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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:9 u( Z& o4 Y4 g
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
2 C; A' x. Z. uØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.56 H% R( h# H# [6 Y  U% p: R+ R3 Q
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.7 P" S7 i) M  f, E9 C

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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
1 M/ W6 v. ^0 {3 eI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
0 _' d1 k7 {' K# B& }6 R: o7 VIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
& t- V! J, x: F5 w$ H* kEngagement Training.
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# H% ~. o3 K! |7 k: n% {We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
& ?. i# Y* e/ V7 R) C(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
  ]2 _6 q9 K6 D  ]/ [groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work* C. h; G* \. l1 `
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy$ t5 Q% P7 P% k6 Y$ }5 i$ B, S
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.+ l6 O8 W9 B' {  o3 s9 h; J
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'2 O& N2 L: Q8 S4 G4 p3 a& K0 ^
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.5 x+ `( {6 @9 [* |, v- A# F
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,0 _0 x$ d( s: C
Edmonton,
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Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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/ \- c! Z$ c, X2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
% x. X' g5 P, qIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting. P. l) I# w% O4 q8 D
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
, _# d8 c- S+ S4 n3 d4 Oand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
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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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) u: A6 P0 }$ a1 H2 O1 P"Bougainville Sky"' ]0 x- Z0 l7 w+ y! @
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
1 `% L  `5 ~% ]# K75 min. Australia, 2006! g  f0 U0 L0 W. F" m
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm4 i  C& |! `$ b2 u9 F
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre) d/ h$ P; H' W, j  H
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
$ h, i/ k. r% J2 dAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)) C) T$ P! P* X3 U  \) Y$ H
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
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. w1 t1 G3 V6 o/ m- |1 X8 zSynopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
+ J8 y1 F. H( J- wPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years$ h: U1 b4 Y  P" O
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
9 _# Q1 c. q4 e1 |, w, {4 jconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
& _, |! g/ S+ V" K; Ainternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
" i0 a1 Z) l7 Z  xthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter% F! {# i% e% P+ v  G: b
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
2 T" ?' t+ r: |6 d4 q4 B/ Disland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed& V: C8 ~  \: N5 V8 T( f
international peacekeeping operation." @9 W+ B/ Z1 g9 A  u5 T
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
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who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV4 o7 r; `) t# _% b; Y+ G
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and1 ^4 ?! X+ E$ J/ t! q
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems7 a% C! [+ J( L) V
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
: x' }9 z# i, a9 q( G. eand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!1 g7 v, X( x/ N/ T* U7 s% K
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the, b7 m. h3 ~1 L# n* N& z
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
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9 o" e! \2 j6 M; J) X7 vhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
5 l! g+ \; g3 H8 U7 S8 ZAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,: c/ s  m; w- N" F' R8 P
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."4 N1 p% ?6 ^$ I+ O/ a7 ~1 E' {

% t5 k$ h4 O9 q& BPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
; I2 N. ^7 l# Q7 Q& l! \Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
$ ^! L# V3 A+ ?" s) K' H: QEdmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House" F; O' J' I, f5 V" I) B
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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