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,
; V% Z8 G& w% W. P. v0 aØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
0 _5 o  p  c9 c: f5 J1 }) p5 }Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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/ T4 A* R& b% u* c* [8 {% @1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
* L  R3 x' N1 L9 VEngagement Training.

) r, N/ h; G6 A! S4 U$ h+ bWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
5 ?7 j. V+ n5 H3 G; T( o(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
& Q& g1 z) V$ S+ Y7 n2 {groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
2 _' S, B, G7 N& h( W! DCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
! ^5 V2 M3 d! D4 e9 x* i0 P. WYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
. k0 }2 u" A5 k' y/ S1 w/ i; mve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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+ R% O3 y& k: [, A/ g5 lThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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9 C2 ?3 E8 C# `2 ^( ~) iEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
7 o* c+ K9 @/ _1 G2 S3 RRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
& w$ G; r: t' b9 e, s5 \" i% P9 `$ yEdmonton,
7 X5 R/ K& f( A6 w( a; g! xSuzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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6 C; M7 u  M/ Z& m! c. H/ a2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
9 r3 I$ S4 `6 QWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.


8 O, t9 O# \$ ?: p% s: L& A3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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5 M# K, X" e7 H9 l# C. g8 ~# E. r! FPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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  Q0 B! O2 a, q. s; u9 E"Bougainville Sky"
5 U: K/ j) V; D6 f) oDirected by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
9 l  ~% ~$ ]: N% {: b, s" A* aStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
- g8 ?0 |( x( s) Z5 M) J. x( lAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
( N6 J$ i0 H# g, Q) pby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

: W9 ]) x+ u) m- o% Y" a5 GSynopsis:
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/ s4 M1 w2 |' O* L( lSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
9 ^0 D0 Q9 a3 ]8 nof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international 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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, W% h- _3 V; Z( F2 VThis 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
6 H! v" r: J$ G& M" Himprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
; n" m4 D- [5 @' gsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
- }0 {% p( f( Aprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
  K! P3 A; P; nhands 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,
9 v6 b# c7 {4 g, i1 ]* w: x6 ^so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

, Y+ r. |" c% s7 c6 N2 aPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
( J1 G2 Q: L* o$ H- }Edmonton Public Library.
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$ ]* _& _; D9 q4 c# z$ b4) 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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