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

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7 k; Z+ V, `. P3 OI would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
+ G. m8 R) F! O  @Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
! p) E. W1 S: ~0 S: ]Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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3 k5 _: R3 a1 m5 ]1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
. n; e& }/ Q0 kI'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
0 L8 `& ~" t2 p  q' g; w3 _Engagement Training.

' A8 T  M" z$ k5 h5 a: FWe 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
5 g2 N' q* N# q& Bgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
3 \1 |9 P! a4 u; g' vve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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! b3 F: D; {: B$ p' u& ^" fThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
+ |5 Z7 C3 H/ ]s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
* u3 k) W0 X" l- iEdmonton,
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
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
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
& s) i* o7 v7 b1 p4 k8 A3 Dand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.
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( l  d* p6 _" J$ ]9 g4 r3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

( e! I+ ?2 a6 |! J& PPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
* h! E* {; K1 n  o3 p. m75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
; k8 ]$ u, X- S5 f(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
! c2 `0 c: r: ^Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

' k! C: n/ X) H: r& M2 M9 ZFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
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
. p# b! q4 M+ z* _. _' V% cPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
/ P/ W# I* _7 I- a9 E8 w( h5 lof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
  a) F. q. l/ o0 z3 Cconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
9 W3 {1 A# o2 a- \1 K0 pthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
' y+ [. j7 g; C; W$ }# K6 Yinternational peacekeeping operation.
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9 ?. o; k- m, t2 ^% 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
( g" u& B9 h6 J5 q/ R7 Gwho 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
% @5 D2 {5 }* H( _$ b5 Aimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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4 v% j+ Q' Z4 X6 p9 XAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
. S  H7 O- X% ]process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
7 j/ K; @  n2 l: r* ihands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
- F" Y/ E& W- `6 ~$ O5 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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$ _/ ^; b/ b) b& BPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
1 c5 S& r8 f7 l& ASmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
$ y7 i3 U+ |- _6 h1 NEdmonton Public Library.
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- a& h/ j1 w' R4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
0 I  C7 u; ~0 C" e- u3 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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