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

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. \+ w3 ^4 x' L% j% L& j% MI would like to tell you about 4 things：
4 _4 I  Q' @9 F) g% {Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
$ a0 u+ @: R7 c$ }Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
# e8 D  v( a$ c6 j; B, uØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.

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* p& ?, f$ D5 M$ A! \: Z1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
: V7 s5 {. [5 Z3 @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
Engagement Training.

We 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
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
4 B. S" d- M, a5 ?1 I: P2 iCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
% E- h: v3 F2 U/ R' aYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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$ t3 A5 v9 ]4 ?1 r* U/ k7 ^The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
  W' D, A7 E  d) {+ E" N. ^( T: ?s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
8 l# Q( O- V& lEdmonton,
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
3 Q, i4 }" Y5 T7 OIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
( f; i6 b  J% z1 p9 X" T0 r. T( [and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
& l& f: E3 _2 \/ Pfor these exciting local events.

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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

( R8 q! H- t5 o2 b, oPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
) O! _4 L& O  x& y0 G" L- B9 u, ], bDirected by Nick Agafonoff
7 M/ S. g# O6 Q$ ?, T2 i5 ~75 min. Australia, 2006
6 }9 Z/ M& U, [Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
. i& d8 g7 w) h  a! N(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
* H8 n! s2 k" e9 u5 O' EAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

9 p6 w5 A4 {% P( l: `! MFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
. D7 }( E, E1 y- B# E( W1 Tby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
2 r% X/ t/ ?: _6 l  U& dof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
+ K+ V4 f: b: s. fconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
# D6 m9 }' \9 Xinternational 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
9 y2 h1 @+ E/ T# }/ r9 fisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.
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2 r" M8 U8 ~( _5 r5 d6 h( O1 TThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
% c6 R- e3 Q- z2 t- e  \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
: O3 x7 ], @" ?Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
' Z: `2 V6 S6 A9 x1 Simprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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- K9 I( O+ E( K8 w) F- CAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
; K: {2 x/ r" q, U. Xsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
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Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
8 O8 X4 k+ }. g# X" I% Eso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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6 L# d6 v3 p  L# _9 `# yPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
3 t3 [: g* \( l0 ~# B1 zSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
$ F) N/ q; _; v9 I  k5 cIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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