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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things:! q- r, Q5 L& \- O
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,4 k6 z7 v& n; [  d; u
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
% @0 u% p! e( X" X) E0 I) _Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.# n& f: w$ t) X( l

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2 _& z! e. ~3 ]+ J4 Y; Y1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
2 o" E2 T  c* nI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.3 J" B7 p0 D+ w) H
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
* z4 S' d5 q8 o  BEngagement Training., |. E) ]+ n- r1 v! U7 P/ S) R+ h- \$ W

; }% S# F1 @7 bWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
8 B8 a; o9 _- F7 \(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
) X( v5 f+ H% y4 S8 b# Jgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
) S+ V8 k3 y" Itogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
5 ?& z' m4 G! w1 D2 b0 Z7 E% z5 wCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.8 L3 K: c  V$ D) L6 D
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
1 m* f+ L! M" h; uve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.4 m! q- T; L- B4 c

2 n2 V% J* {- n2 q. i% l$ G( eThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'2 {& b2 W2 {) x4 `1 W' W
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.! p" r4 A6 B1 ?/ `3 ]

) i% d# I5 a0 {1 M! S/ dEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
$ ]* t! N1 `/ b: c  h8 sRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
9 h$ f6 ]1 ?( j) Q: bEdmonton,, T# ^4 z+ r% M) u  D0 Q; l
Suzana, ph 944-4687,# ~1 X. V( ^" T* Q8 h# m
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca. \+ Y" i; ]# M# b, S1 D
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 23 u" v9 p. ~4 f1 N+ L+ X
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
$ M( n+ P) m" \1 v+ aWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley) \0 u! A) W  P0 |
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March% x, o3 h: f: q7 |; @
for these exciting local events.
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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"% W( ]; T6 A0 q
Directed by Nick Agafonoff- m$ R" D; z' `! m
75 min. Australia, 2006% @1 L0 m7 b" y; V5 E( _  r
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm& i( i6 d$ ?) E! T/ b+ V
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre% a) y3 o- J, ^1 a
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
" j  u( m& `8 R. W. l. \Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
* n% W! m% P8 I. J% ]6 pby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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6 ?4 Z( l' z2 e- |# o9 tSynopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
1 m  M$ |# p( j6 _; aPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
* a9 C; D! L4 z  T6 yof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter4 X4 R# M: R$ y+ h
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the  X' `. U: _9 H+ x* M2 U% N
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
  P+ z0 ~4 I  e: U% qthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter, B2 V/ }. O9 A# B% f! n  g' N
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the7 W* N% L$ z0 Q( G9 u. ]
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed2 a9 A4 n2 P# h3 ^1 I1 a$ C
international peacekeeping operation.6 E9 a! C1 o7 N

8 O# D! K9 F+ Z# HThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their4 ]/ v/ d0 m( f% L) d9 _& O
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people3 u$ @: o% l' e; G$ q& a+ h) U) q
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
, v5 {5 ^7 a; z7 }/ l0 j* ascreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
  X, F2 {# z, a7 V3 f2 @Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems* W0 X3 M' C- z0 C
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
" C' u) t/ [: X9 j( Land music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!0 b3 _  _; _- L, g& `" x) S
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the1 \! z; @9 k1 e# l: z9 P
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole- u5 Q6 {5 ~' I- H# Q9 K0 v
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the* Q& \& W, N5 C! d& l
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.; i# i  d2 I6 {% T8 m. t- A: a
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,- E- }* Q' w$ D8 ?' ^1 z
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."% v. T+ n8 E4 k5 W5 d. H

) y2 Q3 E% Y) F2 {# [% OPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton) y  Y5 l5 I. C9 a
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the4 c8 i3 A4 D5 {/ S, ]: Z
Edmonton Public Library.
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, o3 f" K$ t% p/ O4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House  h2 }6 s. ~) i6 W2 a2 K+ s
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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