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

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& N) `5 d+ @: ~* |+ TI would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
5 ?- a0 Q- P/ J1 f. b+ ]Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.


1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
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
! C0 b, z7 [7 c  L% ?: s9 ^. R6 |7 TEngagement Training.
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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
" K6 n8 J! z# P  jgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
$ V* c, l. h  K3 |0 T0 w2 W& w  J2 LCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
# k5 X3 }$ E8 }8 fYou 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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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
5 @( d2 J# z: _" |8 o3 z$ HEdmonton,
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
0 u' P+ s+ t; R; ?! jEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

: {& J0 q6 a0 P* [2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
! V: Q: K9 O( P, aIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
( _& N" C$ V' ^' eand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
) R9 }" n9 N" b0 ifor these exciting local events.

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, G) A! }3 X. {" [" m/ `! ~3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

% o* s- P+ N; j6 i1 _) PPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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Directed by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
! y% Q$ c" r4 aStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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' @. g- y  V0 q3 f1 ?# kFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
% s8 x3 g6 u$ J8 Z  Z1 e( Yby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

Synopsis:
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$ I8 j8 x7 q) Z: ]Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
5 [& r- G) o# q) W; p5 m6 LPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
  U/ d. b' y# sIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
5 O- ~4 K6 r+ Z1 O$ Risland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.

This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
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
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
' N3 S' i  R- i: W5 hand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
, S6 f" S% k- S* isuccess 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
, d( E6 r- n7 W0 T2 F9 z: Zhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
! ?6 S, Q8 u/ cAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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% C$ [7 o5 ^: g: T0 a# p" o# I3 sPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
$ c8 U4 l( g. g3 ?; HEdmonton 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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