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# ^# m+ f/ |5 V! v6 @( fI would like to tell you about 4 things:
$ u* H7 [9 v) O- B5 i0 i7 m9 pØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
, ~' R0 [1 v3 q% d: [8 Y5 xØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
5 e8 X3 w5 U, [ i+ }Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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# U; Q6 ^" ^- K1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 18 A+ Y8 Q' f& u/ @; M' {; C$ k
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.! U0 M3 o, W3 G- m. ~. Y
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community" y# t* N% |0 a' H7 j/ e0 N- w3 S2 Q
Engagement Training.9 f; g* y7 c1 O( p- m
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,5 C3 U0 X1 ^, ^+ \$ z
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
3 e& Y N% T* Hgroups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work; Q; w) @ u! C1 }' l
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
3 h+ O3 u) Q+ G/ ~: o# ?% }3 N/ iCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
4 s% v- M' k: J) a* RYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
8 m8 @9 A# a F/ `ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.: [- f! X; K0 i
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
2 f$ X- v9 H$ h0 u+ n' Q, D" REdmonton,
5 W: e ]# t/ v# k9 Z3 MSuzana, ph 944-4687,
/ f) @) X5 J% c1 |" ]* K: AEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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9 C; i5 ?! {+ u# C% ?! w. \# N$ w2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
& V" j1 v8 s0 e6 ?In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting( k7 y/ I S* f# S) u; x
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
5 e1 B. e- E4 @, p% Y: q; Zand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March! N# S( K# n5 Z4 @* L4 t" }% O
for these exciting local events.
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4 }. `" u% c* B1 Q: g+ p2 o! T3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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$ D C$ q- e f, {8 F5 e0 N"Bougainville Sky"
1 f4 f% o o+ Y3 S! A& s1 T( V) GDirected by Nick Agafonoff
4 V+ B7 v2 y( G" k$ D75 min. Australia, 20060 D8 U: ]% q2 X. g/ O/ z
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
; a6 _5 q6 S$ u, G% e. RStanley A. Milner Library Theatre4 D7 P0 {9 Y, a1 F/ g
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)$ `% ?5 z$ ]- S. j! b+ X
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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7 e6 M# ^) ]! w6 GFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
+ J: V. g5 E# W8 Oby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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& S6 X# \9 b6 h/ \2 ?$ DSynopsis:; r6 g# A3 ^$ @; z
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South$ w' l4 C: W: l1 |1 q2 ?, S) _
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
* Z- d2 B6 [ g! l2 }- j- `4 Eof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
% P3 h/ s& ~- q! [6 j' W. l0 C1 dconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
8 [$ B3 Q' R, g; ~& _& E7 Ointernational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:$ b; F6 L* X) X0 W7 r+ b# l( m* {
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
' S! w6 {& K1 ?! F7 kIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the7 Z/ e0 `* u# o1 F
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
6 q- b4 h5 _8 x( G& s0 E, cinternational peacekeeping operation.
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their7 x) s: L; y) W! J
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
# D0 ^+ k2 e' v2 zwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
% D' R! \* l& x- X1 E# k7 Q+ }4 Lscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and! t6 e- W* i- ^+ ?& H4 L. K
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems/ v5 n# A: M1 |% Z
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs) | z! S) u6 W- g
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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1 ~# Q% h7 }0 Y8 ^1 yAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
$ X2 y4 n9 k$ w1 V+ Gsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
8 L7 N7 L+ p! H# V( ?& |, Mprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the/ v5 A- Z- U: W+ k1 z% Q
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.& M1 u; p; o ]1 O
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
i6 B6 j% R" O( Jso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."7 h! J( g& s6 z) A, d n& z
* @' H a7 r" `0 ^. M% hPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
. G7 H4 g2 {; B0 V, U1 @! sSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the; k8 u8 a; S+ E" D7 w4 }- q
Edmonton Public Library.8 P9 \1 Y& l. u
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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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