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! k/ v, q( Z4 L4 k( u" N* aI would like to tell you about 4 things:
! z, I1 y9 u4 a6 T* p1 NØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
# f% O' T3 J7 F3 V9 RØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 14 b- g0 O8 U' }2 R3 X3 M3 U( A6 j
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
2 _+ h1 R7 Y0 E4 b5 H, tIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
  R) t# }! n6 C* z$ q5 Q. ^9 K) \Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
  U/ w, N9 h/ U6 g& R  c(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
8 O, g0 Q) ]1 \' F! N/ Z& Egroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
/ t9 v) z; R( y. jtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
4 z  g; Q4 k3 ~Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
. r% L. j) S1 o( G: O2 [5 h* L7 u1 z8 tYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
: R8 y9 J: S0 U0 M# X5 Nve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.2 ~0 P  B( G: }6 U0 @

, P: h6 W! D) lThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
& x+ w2 n& ^5 P* V, zs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.3 e( i* O! @9 k  ~% ]
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.' x* e7 N% f7 |
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
6 u# I/ [& ]2 x! {7 H) g& ZEdmonton,
8 [# f4 E. s- Y. \" L& H% qSuzana, ph 944-4687,
: C- k- O7 d# |! y; @! @Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
8 e  T1 p$ y/ g$ a/ XIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
8 a' g6 Q& _0 h; K6 G$ A  LWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
( Q( L7 \0 h2 V( Tand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March6 i) C- m0 q" E' @
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:) v( Y8 w- D- U% z
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"Bougainville Sky". F; l* z6 X, \& f" {0 J' }' j% p: ]7 W
Directed by Nick Agafonoff0 l8 W" _; |- v- C* s6 }8 S: E
75 min. Australia, 2006
8 F+ Y+ Y+ Z  _3 B* zMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm$ O* s+ ^9 V: c! }7 J
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
2 f/ m: Q! i6 p(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)" m, W6 o* x- J* W$ b$ Y! G( M
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South$ n" t* K( V7 C- y
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years' d, a" f& i8 m9 W& l8 ~' w
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter# K5 H* x& t- {# M. b) \6 g% u
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the2 w# o9 V. C7 F1 h6 F6 k/ [$ O
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:: x7 Q) o) a9 d- M( y/ z
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
0 Z2 V6 k; D+ |+ c9 O1 Z! JIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
3 w5 F) a& [1 H9 n+ E2 ]$ h, qisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed& ?0 i6 C3 n' W% x6 q
international peacekeeping operation.5 c' g3 w1 a: `  x* p

" U9 L8 }. X+ ?( A5 x$ A  jThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
* P6 B+ C" t6 \7 \" F# F, cown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
! a1 D0 H2 G: K9 B& m9 qwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV* {/ G  O$ o' M+ Q2 p" I, O
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
, P; |3 g+ p# r) B' A) _Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
: O! s  }& ~$ q0 S- J, X7 cimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs$ l; t0 x" K, j, [1 g, s* G. f
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!* c( b6 r: Z3 `/ f6 v5 a% c) Z4 v7 z
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
# }8 I7 ?3 Z+ U9 Msuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
. }- r. I, [2 m# x* Rprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
, L9 Z) R; L) x6 H7 qhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
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so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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& t/ p/ _- X0 |( f' DPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton# m  v4 T% O9 x# v+ }
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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; Y. U' U! M; ~6 X+ b3 q4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
. t$ z( G7 F* h- sIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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