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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
$ [: X- H+ K; D4 d: B& }5 L# tØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,* g3 [! I4 m, ]" M# C
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
( F1 h/ i/ c- ? ~4 j% YØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
7 d/ i- I% G9 tI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
' V. {+ p, a# u: U) oIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
- M9 R5 J% y o, h7 B q8 }2 zEngagement Training./ J; b/ v( o* o. E+ D
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
! |/ P! v' e: M9 `9 S(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood; g9 O" E, W2 T$ A' W2 t
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
( M1 K3 x( F& C9 Qtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy1 D" X8 |- O J/ v5 w' s3 A( h
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.% P5 ]5 F1 W7 J) {4 B7 v- l6 s
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'2 K5 D7 k. l$ {7 v/ M- J
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'
/ C/ R* f9 m0 A6 ^" Bs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.$ N) W( _3 ]5 z8 {+ _$ G2 J C" L
+ l1 @- f+ z* H" b1 bEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
( w' J( f% Z# f- qRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,2 ^5 {; V$ h/ B4 N; H1 U
Edmonton,
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Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca6 k6 c) {2 U3 |; c/ Q( z
! A+ W7 f* M% B8 o* E+ ]) ]2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2' V* ?8 `; e% G
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting0 \$ O: A! [; H$ y0 p
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley5 H0 \# ?) `/ j
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March! p0 h# u: p6 i- y' C
for these exciting local events.
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0 Y$ f" V6 e8 @2 a- u1 u' F3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:) ]% _; X# W1 N$ u" r7 n% L
, H. {( _4 J2 G {0 ~: {0 f"Bougainville Sky"7 B! R' L! }/ i8 F
Directed by Nick Agafonoff+ } N! b3 _6 r8 i+ S) c: m: ~
75 min. Australia, 2006
. c- i" M% t. y& ^! vMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
0 X. r8 T9 ^( w& X* rStanley A. Milner Library Theatre8 K- W6 ?' K! `# B: s4 @1 T* K
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
/ U' ?% K( K! ^- O. o* ?Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income): ?( t" s- z x+ i
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance1 Y7 j+ ^' ?5 w/ c' H
by 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( q& J* ?) |0 n. f% C
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
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conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the" u1 N% S( k2 ~$ I3 B" R+ \
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:: C5 ?6 R* N! S6 a. G
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
4 t7 d2 X1 ~: |: A7 V: n9 t% QIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the9 x3 ]8 G% d3 ^. z1 |* N5 H
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
d% O' C& \7 g7 w* G# linternational peacekeeping operation., F- A6 P8 S! q, ~
* ^2 I# a V% u( {3 hThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
4 D$ f0 Y' x: Y, q, ^6 gown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people% i, T, z( i, V0 e! l
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
5 F6 _8 {5 L& y; H% k. Kscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and! C+ z/ P" E/ ?3 d- U9 [
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems* }# D5 ` r7 l. x5 \; o/ _+ U, ~
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
0 F" R- z5 u4 a0 v; R( xand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!- r$ o9 q% s( {$ M* e# v v
# M0 B; s! J) K/ a/ N% iAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the- |# p9 G+ T; X3 I4 p$ O
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
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hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
5 P, n T: I. t; I; wAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,+ @9 l, R$ ~& ? a! H7 f- l- u
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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8 ]; z" X0 k- a3 i( D2 qPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton0 m& r/ T5 }: G8 `3 r) e8 N: }% ]
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the0 |0 D+ i% b" X5 Z
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1 e1 o% p. G4 F% A+ u4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House' K! k* r# p2 f6 M" E0 s, @
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St. z" P& D! y) ?) E. M, ]$ r
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