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

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7 O& O! |! V1 ^. G- W) _. LI would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
# G8 M1 a. E" l5 h5 u- PØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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- T8 |# C2 e( B) {$ o1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
+ n1 |$ t  Z! s) jIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
Engagement Training.

We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
9 H5 }( d1 D$ n4 J/ c2 _0 g& xgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
& |$ a& N8 z3 ]Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
0 K" n+ B% e- D$ ]( nYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
' j, W$ s% L3 ]) U% Hve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

6 N% o. g1 |( w7 dThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
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.
& \# m1 n" ]$ }Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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Suzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
& \9 U" o+ F2 E5 m& }In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
- }2 \4 z+ K7 U' F- z9 t  a0 Mand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.

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* Z- e* V" }! k3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

7 l/ ~9 ?' g+ W"Bougainville Sky"
1 R" P1 V4 d* aDirected by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
: b& U9 p$ e- |9 _6 A" GAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

( z7 ~8 h) w# i5 q' EFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by 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
$ |9 g/ ^. w0 I  aPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
# L, L) O- K5 u2 ]& r* H# g" L+ Tof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
1 r! o8 A* ^0 l; I( Y  ?& Y: H# O, Uconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
* @* v; |. g$ ~% Dinternational 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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' `4 i* G/ e' @# S( iThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
; r, p' ]/ V% l8 j. I$ \who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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! `, R- _- T7 a2 [/ c2 rAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
9 m& S# q7 S' x: u7 _3 z  s" ^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
5 u" C1 a6 R  m# e3 ^2 Hhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
7 s% F5 B; f, t2 j+ x3 W4 g5 }( e6 P1 Eso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
* T; B. m0 h4 u1 a7 T& nSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
: T  Y5 D' B/ H0 M0 eEdmonton Public Library.

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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