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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
3 U4 v: E, l% Z5 uØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
. t' }; f: \4 D% J4 Q" P2 b5 `Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
% s4 w& s- |3 ]# ~1 |2 xØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.


1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
, s, Y$ {1 |& ]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
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
+ U6 W3 k# z; Y; Z% MCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
0 f, a" c! S$ Q1 ]+ b2 L4 J' o/ WYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
# [1 _' s4 r( ]ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

9 @3 A% H$ ?0 w% MThe 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.

" i- ~# e# y$ {: X. AEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

. r7 Q) i- R8 c* O5 o! F2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
, L2 E4 Y# F* HIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
: t  G% B3 H/ j- b: MWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.
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2 H! W' Y$ q4 `: s3 s3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
( S# Z' _1 ^( ]3 j! F. Y8 m! tDirected by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
' r& G" @' b. c+ xStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
8 g- n0 b! W/ J3 C7 Z( SPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
1 H- h. d: s/ D* g$ ~6 Othey 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
international peacekeeping operation.
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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
6 v$ j9 G0 i' Z* @: ]9 d/ mscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
+ }$ j) k+ k' \6 D0 wand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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$ w+ q! P4 ]  lAccording 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
4 |, e) x- m' P, Dprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
9 a; c9 r) [1 M0 N5 R( `hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
2 G. [  c! A4 b) e& jAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
( c& G& G2 W( ]6 Y4 }# X+ G) ^. |+ q: fso 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
  J8 S( z4 \( T# `6 m( z7 uSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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/ ]5 S' a6 k7 q4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
9 q0 c4 n, {. U6 J: GIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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