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I would like to tell you about 4 things:7 S- o2 k% x1 b) h5 O
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
: F0 n7 w4 F1 n# B3 E' }Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5( c1 S1 F* G2 D& K
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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/ [# | b- |2 Z1 Q% E+ f+ e1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
) a8 h" y5 a7 Z' P7 q) cI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.3 a( S E3 Z- B4 P* g
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community u4 D }; ]( o& q2 Z* N& u# d2 w
Engagement Training.
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4 [% ?" Z7 E: S1 ^! t2 s7 y' BWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
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together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy' r( n Z/ j9 c" @* L, e9 p
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
4 G1 t3 g7 y1 Y% i8 _- pYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'/ F$ |# y: i( Q8 Q
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.! C: p0 V# i) A2 m6 }- r
& r* e7 M$ V5 P2 k' \& \The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'. I, [3 k A: I$ s5 p2 C `, q
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.; a8 f( v) d% E1 X) T( }
. O9 r g- f: y$ L4 ^# ?2 G. j+ lEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.% r$ D* A+ O% H, [% @2 k' w3 V
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
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Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
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World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley+ w$ d) f7 e5 Z
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
$ T) ^/ u# D* Q7 Tfor these exciting local events.
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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; W& D) `. u7 F7 l7 L! _Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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; Y# _" I; C$ a/ {' e"Bougainville Sky"
7 l2 c0 `; i( Z. tDirected by Nick Agafonoff Q* N, x$ I1 P0 |! x
75 min. Australia, 2006" v. i+ I) E( Q+ ^5 P
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
( z: V# g+ P2 aStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
" Z# W. P# [. f! @/ F2 q% }: O. N! r(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
: `5 P+ x$ _8 d# ?5 fAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)9 k0 K/ P7 g# g& R F3 J# f4 e
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance2 S$ p0 v: c! @: q7 m( h$ w4 _: E7 }
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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" G# B1 O2 d, D+ U& \! v% w: z. ]5 _Synopsis:
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& H3 u; U) j( F6 [8 {Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
1 P# {8 C0 K$ b4 j# P' p1 G) tPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years0 k J( f' |' |
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter- E$ s7 y* t% i* S( r
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the }# E6 Z# \* r7 g* F. p% y% ]
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
; [" }# S/ N- q; {- V9 X: V- Jthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
1 W6 K( H& a+ fIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
2 b0 z4 h' a; A) h; a) _island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
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$ O i% @" C/ Q% b+ s' w6 A5 ^This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
+ [9 J7 E& ~4 L# h$ L- R& S% N' }own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people% B& y7 [" I% g' k5 I9 U {
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV9 a8 A8 X/ p2 t! F
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and7 g7 S j3 i; f1 d, K
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
& P1 v' `. S Qimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
$ z7 j! g3 Z y& b( O/ J' nand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!; e; ~8 a/ S3 Z6 l6 y! X
# y9 s+ X2 L+ ?2 T' F" f2 JAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
, u" q W& Q1 Q: `7 \0 isuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
% j O, C' _+ ]# D( }* M; Zprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
2 W9 l4 d! |2 C1 bhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
" B( Q, d. ]2 @2 I% ]( FAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
0 z0 b( a' O0 A/ L( g& i- Oso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."! P- {3 }9 a# [! k) m$ O0 a8 [
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton0 Z L2 N8 E! I. G" D
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
5 Y) p7 S3 Z7 ]# ^9 K8 |- iIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.: Q2 W7 h2 t+ H0 f8 V% Y
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