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

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* @  {1 d9 m: {& H  h# o7 M& K0 hI would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
; ]2 e- P: l! ?, L/ {" u# C, g# NØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
5 |+ n9 V2 k! X7 ?0 [3 o& f5 iØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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. N0 p  ?1 ?9 o$ N! D5 q1) 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
Engagement Training.

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
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
7 ^6 p' W5 P1 Z3 ?" s4 jtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
, f- f* t0 [; d3 T* e/ G- o+ D- TCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
) Z% H5 q( v+ MYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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3 Z' R( P& X6 BEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
6 Y) e. Q6 A# ~6 {& @7 L+ GRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
, [) d3 n1 y: r9 U1 I2 I  ZEdmonton,
! _7 A2 a) }; c7 ISuzana, ph 944-4687,
: d9 p& y* v: y% NEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
, M- ]- v  w$ e" g1 g2 v: d) ZIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
" G1 f' B! f$ J2 D4 K9 Y# Cand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.

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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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5 \) q3 l' H  Z& ?3 z8 s, t! O3 {Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

! \3 h: u8 M, N& n4 _  h9 u# x"Bougainville Sky"
1 [$ U6 ~) a9 ~- jDirected by Nick Agafonoff
0 U" M: N3 I8 F" J  e. P  j75 min. Australia, 2006
* q3 n: K' V$ k% SMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

9 l6 d8 Z8 I! H; s. h% IFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
1 @8 u$ |7 ^$ P; u6 _by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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9 u, s7 v( b& t( c1 w1 ^Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
4 t% `% q* v1 @- q% @( hof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
) U5 ^% l  M% v" f, T5 [conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
* _2 y- }6 i0 n/ G& r# T) Y5 |international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
0 z2 ~6 h" _2 L) E/ S( L2 U0 zthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
  U" |( Z3 J8 O+ W8 {. ^- \Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
( V: R1 D; i) \! _: `/ U. ^7 risland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
& t; r( [8 o5 ^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
+ t$ W/ N! j# s# r* T2 Jimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
# D7 P5 e9 K$ c1 A3 p5 nand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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According 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
' V* i' b7 W: Z+ R  pprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
1 G; X; R( g/ U0 ~: E. ehands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
. C9 b9 e1 i% `; G( |  [Also, 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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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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0 _, d( _/ [7 s* J, t  G+ U5 q4) 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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