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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
4 u8 |* W8 ]$ v, `5 I7 ~Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
/ p+ c! c1 g& ?5 j& V1 M6 zØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
5 B- K* I7 h- J( Y5 ?8 I7 ~9 }( sI'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.
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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
% F' G! I3 c9 Q/ x2 xgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
9 Q0 o* H7 [0 Y8 gtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
' V" C* O2 }3 E* m! @$ Y8 f, VYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
6 `! w6 s- a$ ave supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

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.

5 [. T4 Z& i  g! rEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
# ]3 B% V4 e( _4 C  CSuzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
0 }+ d" s6 f8 c- @8 Xfor these exciting local events.
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* p4 x, `, [+ \+ J3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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1 A) |7 \8 w* g* W/ c/ L& Y6 lPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
7 ~2 p5 a2 _; x2 h+ zDirected by Nick Agafonoff
" n7 ]- C- H2 t+ r, F  W6 n' |75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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& y6 {9 t( e+ Z: x( LFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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4 c5 T5 B+ K% o4 W2 i+ DSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
- M4 F2 O# \, s- {4 ~" XPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
- J0 d$ d( h/ O" w, P$ z8 \) _, `of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
- R7 W; n7 d; A) q# ^8 ^' ~+ Zconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
% o) S2 T' k* z, o. ~4 jinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
, V6 `5 n8 E% p* }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.

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
, e" S  {5 _: a) m, H3 c. y) RAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
* D4 c0 C  R0 Q. H  a, Himprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
! c# ]+ Q5 i& B' P7 \% S' kand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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. \- X6 R, j( p: U) ~1 _+ z/ x' Y0 HAccording 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
5 T5 N+ `% ~- j, ^. \7 \process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
# ^6 P* U3 ?; C, ]: z4 m5 Chands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
, \: N3 g5 A# s$ O3 U% F2 g; m% A1 ~Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
% _; C! O+ [# [$ Vso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

9 o+ c. F' X$ k: m. @2 b2 bPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
5 r+ r* u4 \- ySmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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4) 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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