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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
, W* x! f; F7 W+ O0 ^6 bØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,+ o, f1 B# M/ b2 C
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
$ Q1 D) Y' W! b' d2 i2 UØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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: X$ S5 i3 D& b# v" x1 `0 T# x1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 12 W. X5 T5 Z/ j* d
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
8 V3 r# a/ f; _In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community$ t# N- M. r9 A' Q9 E
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
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groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work9 y' h8 Y. n, N, H7 _. W2 F# e& S
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy& d4 X: H' \1 q9 n, i% ]
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.; s$ W% v# @5 B& z+ o! W
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'# Y5 K3 x4 m+ X* r: J/ r" Q
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.- u! _5 t6 ] L B2 C: m) M
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'+ A0 t1 m% R* ]+ m
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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y1 X, N) g) R) o) C, J$ QEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
4 E" O4 K9 q% T+ o* a, f& D9 W' @: tRm 217, 10010-107A Ave, S, s5 `& I4 a6 K
Edmonton,5 j O: W3 k, _, [, a; g
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2/ I, T4 A; `- r0 o. F3 h# d
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting3 G. ]7 b' r& ]
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
( l' c. x" q/ r7 a$ E! E7 P: hand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March% W- d) o; [6 n
for these exciting local events.; E" r. R9 b2 J& F$ l, g& A
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9 e( P: }, [9 M+ S" r5 N3) Edmonton Small Press Event# i% t- O& m$ ` K3 N2 _2 y8 M. X/ o
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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7 _" ^9 y4 z J& b"Bougainville Sky"
% m6 c/ T+ T9 cDirected by Nick Agafonoff
/ `# ]' I6 c9 s) |75 min. Australia, 2006
+ z4 U5 P( r9 H& H' F: \3 j$ Q3 CMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm% `; ?7 P) j1 q6 a6 {, }0 v2 |3 b0 @1 \
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre8 b' w- r, f$ }0 B7 b
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)/ S V4 W8 n+ _7 G: c
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
% A6 O; A: E0 h. g( lby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith: o, a$ {; }7 c" j$ ?8 B; f, | k
6 t& [# h( v" p1 E: S3 CSynopsis:
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* Y, A: j* E0 R) L) E) ]8 WSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
& n; j7 c8 A0 o% sPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
7 ]3 w% F# I! s' l' R6 qof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter0 y0 e& n: }% G. r6 a+ i6 ]' Y) I
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
. v& ^! K+ J& y/ g: m. jinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:: i8 i7 m! L7 e( J! s
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter4 m+ @9 L5 t- i8 x
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
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international peacekeeping operation.4 b+ k3 b5 C: C% `) d! R) D* {3 i D% T# M
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
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screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
% V: h) C/ e8 oAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems3 d2 @8 W! s! d
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
3 l( m( I0 ?, Tand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!) \, L8 J5 g, d# |8 {
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
) v1 O3 t9 ^8 c, gsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
2 G9 K) J0 `7 S4 f6 ]# [5 Bprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
7 X9 k2 M. }: Yhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
8 Z# [0 @7 k9 z K. K* FAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
+ }/ u2 _ H4 Z, P* m) qso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."/ r* l/ U3 R/ d5 E4 d/ h- u$ j- }% g
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton0 t1 k$ e" y3 ]& `* s" ?
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
) n8 `0 H# ]. 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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