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+ r3 R" x) n" k2 DI would like to tell you about 4 things:
: X: n* W% R q# @0 U& QØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,6 K$ X) a$ {/ y& s& T- H
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5; v% U: `) W; ?8 v1 ]2 ?; M
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.% ^1 k) f$ R4 v$ Z& `* Z
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4 v- E/ D! v& }' }/ s a3 a" O1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1" c8 V5 ^& `- @+ F$ p2 a) m% ~
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
1 x; K3 Q7 v5 d/ P" V1 h3 cIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
# Y8 h9 N ^9 Y; `Engagement Training.6 S% U) O& W7 z5 P7 v* R
+ K: Q$ @ w% _1 G ?' C) z6 \We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,# }/ ~3 e$ A6 ^) e+ d4 u! Y0 l
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood; D5 |3 T. _6 O
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
8 Q U4 t1 g* Itogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
+ o9 h% g0 d2 v& b, y/ vCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
: X" B4 S! k& @8 o( y9 g% i% GYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'7 E1 Z- Z' S! [2 ^" L4 J
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
- G7 O; z* Q9 J7 O1 V& _( Ts two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.' E/ F s/ I) k5 q, G# C
- |" Q) J+ P! q( R9 \4 I) gEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll., B7 b5 B: W2 \5 ^
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
/ m4 M9 `" t0 K1 gEdmonton,
# F( p0 b" p( F8 a9 d4 k* ~8 D5 |Suzana, ph 944-4687,
8 B1 n7 a9 E* QEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
5 t6 h4 D0 I% E TIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting4 ^* d8 Y. y3 T( Y7 K" x
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
; \! o: _3 s2 `$ X* L+ Y( Kand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March s$ |6 i' }: {9 J% s
for these exciting local events.* J, i1 e$ }! n$ w6 [ e6 [! {
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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9 W, L5 l4 v/ V0 r" w- SPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:4 T4 |* O1 O9 F; ~; s N# a
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"Bougainville Sky"
& ]2 W) Y8 V- ^1 VDirected by Nick Agafonoff
7 |9 U. a( H1 T+ o8 i1 l75 min. Australia, 20060 D2 }1 S$ f, W, |) L
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm0 d! x- H. j0 M
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre. q5 k- k( z: _5 U
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
: _- U. _* U4 d- Z+ i5 Y: B. K) LAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)3 `7 g: @( l+ o* ?
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
1 @$ s; P) H. d0 l* ~# eby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith# v3 a7 O9 o. }% T, K5 l& [
, | } _/ @; S- d, B/ f+ [Synopsis:
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9 j6 x9 g$ m$ h/ JSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South5 C; B) M Y0 p8 i% i0 F5 v5 ?
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
3 K' S( F) M& h* ]of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
% G" w; G' X) ~* I& _- l4 lconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
- [( Z# o$ C: `* ?9 Rinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:" N) R6 N' j( X
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
0 A: @) Z) R9 Z. m6 |/ ^( f0 mIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the0 I1 r5 c! S; R- C
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed+ C' {+ `9 u+ _+ ]) S
international peacekeeping operation.3 \6 ^1 H$ U% A4 l( r
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
5 W# ?8 l/ e5 V' town story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people$ ]! D+ C% m8 t8 ~0 p4 A/ M0 b
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV/ A, R* i: O: D v
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
7 Z7 R/ U7 |5 G" {5 _/ |# _; H. xAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
. F! }+ P5 u% g5 D9 i9 kimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
' B2 R. i4 q' }0 A* g& f; Eand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!2 n2 Q. U; R) o! t0 c) X2 d
2 P; m( j, U$ s* UAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
2 p5 j$ M6 F/ T6 T& C% ~success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole# Z! O6 m2 h9 z Y# E0 u. ?
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the+ t5 c) `1 M3 A
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.8 F& g. C$ k" A/ g6 b
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
/ ?! p% {$ D0 X! N I P" Hso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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- b9 D f& |/ W3 z& N- A7 j, k; _Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
' n1 H/ ~- m" m3 ?Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the; h- ?8 B( v# R$ `! r3 n P
Edmonton Public Library.$ e2 r6 O/ Z1 p) ]5 \
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House* X6 \! q5 Y3 o' r
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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