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- `& U3 h9 t0 ~! d. j0 {I would like to tell you about 4 things:
8 |, C$ O7 i5 m% U! ]Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
0 t' y: T% }* U9 K. j+ V; ~Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5$ y' M1 j/ I* C/ l
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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& W7 o, Q6 @1 o& K7 C- G1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
3 e, D$ l- Q- l" ?I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
0 o" M$ S9 u3 hIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
: q8 z K4 Z% A7 H3 l9 fEngagement Training.( N' z; \' V l# p' W% T/ m+ n
$ b& |/ t2 Z. b9 k; bWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
1 p* a* _3 M, `(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood! \, G z: q P5 ?' k4 a
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work/ ~2 y9 ?1 d8 G8 |% R6 H/ |5 k/ c
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy$ @8 O) {. e A7 e; e& x
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
! ]2 G) f. |- Q+ L3 v! OYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
- h- W6 { Y, g x; t( q) q! ^ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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+ T3 L+ d0 N8 o3 p' y( MThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
- V7 W7 c! {% d. Y( Os two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.$ R4 f) d8 f* p/ K
6 I9 v: G% m, n! S: aEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll. g( {1 `5 m) h' X1 H
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,4 {! B/ q9 y, n5 X
Edmonton,5 s6 J% r% [) S" M5 o
Suzana, ph 944-4687,; A( \3 B8 Q0 G/ q3 B, v" P
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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' n, f8 L/ Y# g* i2 z2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2/ j% b( ]6 G: k- Y4 D' @
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
6 k2 p0 v5 J2 K( a+ ]World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
! z" F0 x6 ? l* I S2 gand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March% J( Q5 l# L! O% b3 n
for these exciting local events.
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event) G; | A+ [1 p9 m/ z2 }! ^
2 h0 c! K/ t+ J7 W/ q+ M) J4 w7 hPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:* S* d9 V( N% `3 j. |% ]" I6 v0 ~8 ?
0 k7 R. k$ [# R6 R2 R+ z$ Y"Bougainville Sky"! W4 C7 P8 w, g" n P3 n
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
0 N7 x9 Z7 b; V1 K3 J" z75 min. Australia, 2006
/ u$ I8 m- |8 n% f! T8 mMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm2 }/ _' Z# V( G: m
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
/ ~; c9 Q0 B8 d. g5 x; V+ j2 ~(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)$ }' L4 D1 h: x1 I! z* H. n
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)# N$ D7 G* Q+ Q9 X
8 k1 {! ^# E& q0 d, a# n; qFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
7 J# Y) j# }- r Y7 c, ~. c( cby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith- p1 t5 S$ S- \, I4 q* [
6 k o7 Z! U4 k" }' L Z; C( m+ YSynopsis:8 | b z# u2 n+ i
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South- t+ `) e0 p6 O$ w
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
: g( B8 s& d; L2 V1 fof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter/ ~% d4 a1 v O9 F* I
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the1 {( n& X5 G( P
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
8 c$ r6 I1 `8 p7 Pthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter _, N- A4 m% w9 N1 m1 \" B
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the q, g6 q; ~- E( Q1 {2 }- E
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed7 _6 U5 u9 c3 r6 N, d8 {7 W
international peacekeeping operation.: i6 c9 r# c+ y( A. [# x
& i8 T7 r; d! B! qThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their9 d$ s% Z3 M- I; d6 C. W. ^ c$ ^
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
9 F0 Z: ^. @7 Z! kwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV' _( k$ C6 j, E5 T' V' ?* i
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and, k q- z" g S* C+ u
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems2 q0 v" U) q. `! B8 M4 u' {
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs% N( A3 _: N! k8 _, f& F, M
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!* \, ^& P% [; l0 }4 V& A2 X; h' [7 D
" w0 ?0 c1 E1 z' ^' W iAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
; c8 e9 W2 w' s( ~$ B- |. osuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
3 H, X: x, J* u5 _& \process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
5 k5 ~1 F. F u% {7 Mhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.: }. W' m9 \9 ~, v% X8 V! I8 C3 p3 U
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,# ^2 C! ^* {* P; ~
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& N2 p* L8 P2 ]# Y: q. @
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the0 q) @1 Q c8 l" V) E
Edmonton Public Library.; ~) B2 N8 j+ `" m
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House2 w* B, t) p! p) Q2 @
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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