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I would like to tell you about 4 things:, A+ P- a( ~4 ?5 T: g8 l# t1 s/ ~
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,  J, q0 k0 b! y, r/ ]
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
& @6 b2 O& s* [$ T, xØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1, A6 N( r( `8 ?; I3 S6 s7 `) Z1 Y
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
; E) h% j3 M+ lIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community9 q7 o( Z+ S  N, V" \" d
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
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groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work* y& G5 V" G! Z
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy9 B* D& i: U1 I- q, N  {! C, I; E, [  ?
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.  _5 O0 L: L6 O5 h+ S. o3 D
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton') }/ ^4 O$ H/ D8 x* Q: x- n
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.. d, _9 N3 V" e  F& ~
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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Suzana, ph 944-4687,  O7 ^; _2 Z3 E- `& N0 @9 {
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca& f% m8 n; l  D- O& h% m
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
1 h& d. v; [- l/ TIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
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and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event/ K0 a% h0 \6 q' n( C; r; M: \5 R

. D/ ^- u, h6 Y& Y8 gPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:7 L8 }3 `. h8 ]. o) |" x

) `, I4 H- {. P7 F! y" B"Bougainville Sky"
6 j( _9 M2 U- L. [& D6 jDirected by Nick Agafonoff
& B" o* h, @0 Z3 K% L75 min. Australia, 2006
$ \1 A. d5 M- {7 D2 p# EMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm% T( r& D2 R" L) d7 w" S( I
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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9 |* O% P& S, B& j! \0 q& FAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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% n( v" }) Z( b, k$ F9 \Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance! Q' e. l1 Q& m6 B' J, d8 r; J  l& _
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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) k  @6 X! e- r; ESynopsis:( L) H+ _+ z! M* N9 ^
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South5 e0 S  m2 A) h/ l
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
- ~' X, ]$ E5 J4 t! y7 jof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
1 L/ A& j2 I9 S& n: \conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the& ]9 _. i3 m4 z
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:" G  h5 @9 A* N  \
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
# J' j6 B$ P$ p1 `/ h- JIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
3 u1 w0 [1 i% h( [* O+ S9 Iisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed3 k, ~2 P8 |: \' _$ @' W4 x& z% T
international peacekeeping operation.! P1 h( j! w2 O! ]8 Y* V- w( \
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their! Z# }7 Q2 f( c+ l) ]. a9 z" N" A4 H
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people% e4 [0 x' a9 x+ G% N
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV# z  v* [" D7 R( \
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and( z7 G/ [& k. [# p- h3 `6 G* k3 Z$ q
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!
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the. w  V% `# S6 g( {5 l# R/ q
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole! q! |' P. V& q1 Y6 N+ w$ y
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
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Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,! ?. [3 a# v/ e3 M8 R; z
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in.": j3 W  t* h3 U. Z# k8 _

* Y/ m$ O0 ~3 N$ ~Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
* `9 e$ e# P/ f# G' _3 |1 S) z  ESmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
) J6 ~7 M- H- ^1 P) bEdmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
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