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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
! c! G1 R4 I  M; ?4 E0 HØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,& a/ T0 z' ^7 B2 ?* j: ^* o
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5. N: s* v' |; L
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.+ b% x: h6 L" y: i; `2 n
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1( v# T* P' x* v  d
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
0 D) S  N; @3 t0 p$ D, D2 @In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
# j) ]) S% O2 QEngagement Training.
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. y2 U7 |  B/ R$ mWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,$ ?' }% P" h7 h0 I# S
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
4 S  V* I2 W  F( x9 V: D( Dgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
' V# J$ N0 Q  @4 b/ j2 i. W; Q6 E  Mtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy# [' g! B( s8 @& Z. B* Y
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
4 y  v  y, p( o5 w8 UYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'6 W: ?4 z  o; q8 G# J
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'! Z; q, j& y' G/ e( H5 {7 U0 c# x
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.* D3 h* V# L/ p) t$ q* ?
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.* {% P5 p1 _0 I$ S8 z3 W
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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Suzana, ph 944-4687,
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, f9 x7 K& t5 a& L+ u3 x2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
% l, K; Z9 t; kIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
' q. W$ H5 w% B- c1 v) bWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley' z- p, I; X3 H" ~. q
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
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+ X1 i; u  G0 N! Z8 O, B3)  Edmonton Small Press Event9 M/ [$ j* @$ Z; Z9 B% y
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:1 v2 ~  G# n% @
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"Bougainville Sky") E  ^: {0 v! x, y; B
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
* x: F/ e+ Y; G/ h+ D# z+ G4 s75 min. Australia, 2006. g  ~9 G  O0 ^+ E: d
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
1 r) @  Q8 M0 w. X# a" tStanley A. Milner Library Theatre) W1 ~$ e" m& v2 X
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
3 X* \0 M  B( f& h8 n3 p# pAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income), H) F1 x9 p  R" ]

; m, |, c* c8 n5 d( h% t. e  YFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
! x" T0 c& s) b- z; M& T( cby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
& B9 F, `/ C) h9 J, @) pPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
9 K! b" y; }1 _4 I2 J: d) D+ Oof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
6 x' F0 _3 ?2 L. W3 a/ Z% f$ W% Zconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the  Z& K' ~& b( r* D1 p) U6 d
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
2 X6 x( K  u& p( b0 P  bthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter7 @' ?/ \8 u9 U' z/ ~
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
1 S3 l% q; O# O) ]. Cisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed8 [: g& `. E" U! r/ P
international peacekeeping operation.& _; n" X6 }- I8 Q8 C$ ?6 g# ~

  i: a+ E# R5 `( z3 xThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
$ g0 q% n9 r. R  s; zown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
8 z  l6 U5 ?0 C$ A1 cwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
, Z! V/ `' S5 [& O. x' e& l. Yscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and5 d1 j' ]* \* y2 `4 E3 Y; X
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
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and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!) r2 c6 ^- b# ]

5 G2 L+ S! s0 U0 J0 J5 I2 Q& `According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
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process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the' M. f8 s( D# u* `+ e
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.- t; I! f4 `7 _6 d: L
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
; I" Q; t! G8 F$ f5 _so 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
9 N4 T3 S  C! S6 [! r' Y8 u% USmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
1 f( J( [3 L& O3 ?( fEdmonton Public Library.( i6 I8 N' B8 t" k2 y2 r4 U
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House0 e) X. Q5 ~3 @% C/ s. R
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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