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I would like to tell you about 4 things:6 k6 O8 I% D5 Y, {; X
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
3 I7 g; D' C6 ?0 pØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
: I1 w- O, Z/ j" v0 o1 BØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.# Y7 C7 T& x: ?7 D7 G. }
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1 ~% V+ [: J/ G1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
: Z& E/ M' j vI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.% z1 B0 e, |! P7 Z D- V* c( ~
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community$ @! ?+ S, u& B* e
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday," Q: d- J; \* c) h; `/ R/ V& g
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood$ Z. @: P2 F4 q1 @7 C9 _
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
. r- Y2 Z: d2 o0 C$ c; D7 mtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy9 U- W) W% Q; p+ _) {
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.# M, J: \: ~5 V7 ~; ~% G, a
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
1 O+ l$ A: A! S1 A4 ~2 V1 Hs 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.
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Edmonton,% o9 r" V" P$ X$ N. D! _/ c# W1 E
Suzana, ph 944-4687,. R$ ]0 c; s% a7 ~4 d/ ^3 a
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca5 P; i2 L% M( b8 { k6 ^
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
# J9 c" t( p4 t4 c( CIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting. O8 u6 A% S. ^# b: A7 E6 j
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley! @5 B, N$ l$ t
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
+ a4 z5 P2 ?: L1 [for these exciting local events.
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5 p5 m& E3 J5 G# N, {2 ]& n# @. ]( ~3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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% k3 v8 _7 V8 Y) X, e- T5 C) CPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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2 r& H2 L. S* ~9 P3 T+ W"Bougainville Sky", v0 @* }" H1 l
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
4 a; m" I+ Z3 h75 min. Australia, 2006
+ [8 c( n/ h6 c. K( g- yMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
+ ~& }8 Y+ o/ s- y. k- DStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
n" ~2 u3 R) ^* `6 l(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)/ D6 g8 w) R/ v/ l
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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% C5 \0 r/ A. i' {/ fFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
4 C4 s) U2 V$ b: Pby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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- r; h u; O4 RSynopsis:" w) n/ I% M3 v9 Q
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+ f; _6 m" i; R. I3 cSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South! t, `( R& T, ]0 Z+ |: |. f; Z/ p
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
9 B# J3 s2 x% g+ ^1 kof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
" o5 B/ U5 B3 }8 }7 Z4 e+ Mconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the6 T% T3 f3 N. [; L
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:/ V8 L: s8 n# |. c; P8 K6 u
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
0 \2 f: t; x3 V9 o U5 d* ZIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
8 X x; n9 N* H0 O. I$ zisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed) I% M' l% n/ ]% `$ B
international peacekeeping operation.
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2 N( Q" ?" B: o2 l: r! J8 D! HThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their$ E( M& E( u, s5 N
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people4 E( }# E5 L0 v! q& {5 }
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
- O+ t5 M: p; U+ H4 ~# X( Hscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and7 B* f1 C5 z$ n8 c+ b7 X
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems- H: ^5 O+ z+ G& V0 K/ [
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
- _9 J, n) J v& D7 qand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!8 _8 U2 i8 t+ f( ~; u5 P
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the; T3 p Y: d' x( z7 T8 E" O
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole6 M% Y& c& L- Z$ i1 |. X$ f- k
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the. G7 t: E9 g6 @! N) ^4 d
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.- g3 ?! [+ }) D( y# ?
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,3 M. a: U! @) k6 G2 P7 V: r
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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' a6 j* w* K+ I9 EPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton! ]& P4 ]( _7 }, a
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the8 }: ]! O% b* P3 Z6 G. [
Edmonton Public Library.8 d) b" U# I9 n' Q
' [5 f% `- [8 q. e! r! Y8 Z0 Z# s% ]4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
) r; ?# {1 B& TIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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