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

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9 k8 [9 T. @8 C, h- Q- O9 f+ A' i4 wI 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+ ~3 N( A; I4 r6 dI'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
4 x# Y3 y0 J9 k8 ]! r. S, oEngagement Training.

* c8 O& t8 z' h: \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
6 |: D# G4 ]0 b: H' I1 u$ igroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
8 c- r6 E% `+ F3 H7 R" Z, M, jtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
  n4 W8 Z- @1 [. aCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
0 B* \  C7 E6 j' JYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
, ]) v+ C' q  X+ B* f9 S' ?1 |) fve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

( i% c6 h3 z7 q6 l/ [The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
, ?7 C$ E% ]! N  r: R1 |* fs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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2 S! }, k+ t% b/ E9 dEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
# L6 \8 {8 U  k, M# YRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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Suzana, ph 944-4687,
  C3 e/ I% Y8 ^8 H$ |Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

3 {0 i0 l/ T4 n$ [2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
& b' ]. {6 q$ l+ n9 yIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
2 _+ l( Z, u: c3 z! zWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
" ^* e: K. w# e( e' vand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.


. k: D2 J" m# D3 |3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

6 W! ?/ E9 l, @/ `& C8 u5 `Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
' ?; L, M; Z* W$ u" n$ r75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
9 |8 y2 P8 c" X* v8 KStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
" i+ g! ~! }1 e) t2 B$ z( y(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
1 e8 y: l6 @; V) K: |by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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+ Q% z0 Q6 Y8 }2 {% t1 {Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
& J& [& l4 q7 ]2 Z5 B( dPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
# c& z4 Y3 C; ^of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
1 M$ O2 ]  z3 M' ]conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
% Y9 R- Y, \, H' B6 U$ Tinternational 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
; \8 X' J/ H7 J3 H* K2 H7 _  visland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
4 z% _. K; R" |3 j" Kinternational peacekeeping operation.
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4 y7 P# L9 T5 U" }7 S- WThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
* t1 C+ ?% k7 Z0 |" r, a, m' Bwho 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
3 b6 s" U% \9 yimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
  g- R/ G) r" g$ X4 yand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
/ o4 W8 v/ k3 w5 nsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
2 d4 Q* N/ e) _" Uprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
4 z$ G) ^) A  N$ o; j  y* M/ Zhands 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,
, S/ M/ P: {, ]so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

3 d! b9 u* p/ R4 rPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
6 L% R& w! N6 j7 N3 B2 zSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
, G$ B9 w8 ?0 nEdmonton Public Library.

4) 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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