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

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I 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
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
2 c# ?3 \3 @, r6 `6 J! iIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
$ Z/ z4 j: a- ?* j, O' V( uEngagement Training.

$ h! c* K, }( s7 j/ A' b6 _: vWe 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
% h$ K( c4 x( M. }5 I) P$ q5 kgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
( M  d9 _) ?* o, J0 o8 t( pYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
7 A/ f- C3 P$ H  C% E! mve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

; G0 F9 z* X6 m* ?0 UThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
0 K, D. a8 i; s5 G. q& Fs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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# |$ v. I  V+ n6 oEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
3 L4 b5 n5 r: g8 A) o9 j/ X: iRm 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
# a3 f( F, `" d3 w/ fIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
) I% `  ?7 E5 J& X# ~for these exciting local events.


3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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8 @# r7 v- {* APlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

; d* o) Z5 h8 j/ `; ^6 N( G' B"Bougainville Sky"
! K! g3 p* i- ?& }. ^# YDirected by Nick Agafonoff
/ d) }8 c1 t6 |/ G75 min. Australia, 2006
" e. ]! H6 U, j/ UMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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! @* N( a# m  y/ E: m2 e- O6 q! PAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

Film 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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( W* a1 w& V: U  L. QSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
! E" E: [7 ]' ]& ]+ b6 U1 zof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
( S5 B9 I3 r1 k" }4 finternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
. R+ e3 \3 m8 {( Q% L' dthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
( I4 u: A2 n3 n9 m. {5 }& YIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
5 s/ h0 x, A' w, d$ nisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
: c; k+ P( B+ ~international peacekeeping operation.
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
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
; K& w; z$ T$ S7 @# p6 Wand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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4 r: M4 Y/ E! Q  v+ P0 Q  gAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
* u* e% h& B3 y: @& Msuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
( w7 m# t. S8 |) S" J3 xprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
7 F, b" f9 w/ d5 v8 Shands 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,
) O# g$ d/ N' E) E) m0 C; ^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
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.
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. A" h8 D* Y7 N( P4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
1 R) h' }! y3 M& N0 ~& e6 I* QIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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