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

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9 ~, k1 E: }$ |" u2 c; ^" TI would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
3 d* ]; s3 E" h: XØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
) {9 y+ v+ |. Y# \3 y% R. BØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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3 ^8 C6 u1 D2 A3 i1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
0 ?. W* {% z! u( _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
, [( w5 `, w! {, JEngagement Training.
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1 |* T  {, u8 S5 K; pWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
5 Z, Z9 S( s0 ?2 U+ {(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
% b0 n/ |* I0 kCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

) q6 x  v, }$ ]/ B; l) u3 R% e8 cThe 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,
Edmonton,
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Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
" z- Q- \2 k  S6 }: L0 P( y) HWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

4 s* x5 Y% R8 c; b"Bougainville Sky"
7 W9 ?$ D. p. J$ @4 H8 U5 gDirected by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

" q% v  Q" }$ h. [( l8 y1 b8 fFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
1 x( M  |# a) H9 Y  C. Y. f0 Bby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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7 P4 f$ x8 p( P0 C7 L0 g+ RSynopsis:
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' ?* ?  [: H5 s3 H. L% c% MSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
+ K: L# N! s1 u* _2 j4 nPacific, "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
" M8 r3 g$ T$ m% R4 p9 A. e. lconflict 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: ]+ w( e  a" `Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
# ]! n' p8 D$ K* e2 b1 Cinternational peacekeeping operation.
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1 x8 r! F) L2 bThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
4 I# T2 C! @; {( S3 ]9 _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
8 N" k, X6 S5 F! j0 U# O, pAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
' i$ {% p: g8 \' Ysuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
$ e- v7 ^& E& j( Q! t+ i- a3 jprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
9 {9 T# J$ M+ K+ ]; p! J% gAlso, 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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; u# @, _$ D  d3 OPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
" Y1 c; m5 }; n5 l# A. PSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
2 e, ]( G& b( L4 `Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
+ j2 J! T, Z+ u  JIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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