活动 !!! Four upcoming events, including this Friday, Jan 26

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
& B& m; N% ], v! EØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
$ U  _, s( G6 X& T5 nØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.


! D: l+ [* }4 c, Y  r* L1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
/ [0 g+ F) a% G* D  Q6 bI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
' I/ ?: H/ Z* Y+ {  {(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
  F* Z: [- h/ [groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
) V1 \; q" F8 B- gCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
5 H) |3 H3 Q3 I; kve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

5 K5 c6 M' D0 ^6 O5 a8 S9 TThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
9 S8 r  e* k6 Vs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

7 Z5 G* @/ \. D* ^8 y, b1 [+ S( Z+ jEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
: z# n  P3 F  I8 U' O) xRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
! K7 A  k3 }6 z2 c: |Suzana, ph 944-4687,
# T/ D/ ?. ^$ u7 J2 ~Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
+ G( l  X. O9 Y7 M, jIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
1 y. ~9 E  M7 i6 ~World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
( G9 s3 I1 Y7 X- xand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.


+ C" L4 [& Z! R& D2 y3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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# r# P/ [; T9 y! m* t2 m- F6 \Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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1 Y: c  w3 u  \! _! G"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
- o" c8 \2 V2 s6 L  E75 min. Australia, 2006
- g3 a1 Y2 Q6 \0 L. i3 _# RMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
$ ?3 E- j& U0 r% Oby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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& [! I6 s4 q( R! a( v2 M/ KSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
; e4 ^- e/ c5 j8 T; nPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
1 Z7 l5 M/ L2 |+ i; F; kof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
+ I( X; `; G/ Z; ]- A8 Aconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
% t" B' g0 B7 binternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.
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3 D& E" }$ p- Y+ M; n& aThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
! h; m7 _* S2 U9 V; W) mwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
: I  i; P8 d& t, G7 l- R* x$ G5 xscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
9 S& ]! n5 g5 v) Q/ Q* nimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
3 r3 o$ L% |: D" i- y8 dand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
  e& L, B) H2 y; [- b% _success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
6 z) R: k5 c9 g, R$ [0 ?  G5 |hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
1 I5 H: y% [0 b' G$ X, GAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
6 N: m8 G* L; a0 T$ e1 [) Qso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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