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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
. c8 p9 r. F2 e1 n7 D& ]. UØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,# e, R+ w& I- E* k$ ~
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5) { y( U2 L; }0 i2 J
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.! ? j' M- g# B% E& s6 Y1 E
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
/ _8 T3 ?* M: J7 _$ II'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
! h) N) j- L: S, y0 W- QIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community( L$ ~ f- f: Y( @
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,7 R9 B) `4 w6 e! m% H0 n! V
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
1 Z4 a7 l3 n* k2 ~; ngroups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work- P! _+ b- W: S" R
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
5 ^" [& J/ P; m5 J1 L; d+ mCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
1 [6 O) S# K& N6 P; R6 lYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
9 E* Z1 X" Q5 q9 Z8 Mve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
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( j$ F1 F$ ?: Q7 _' d1 NEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
6 u$ p8 E w! v0 M) w7 URm 217, 10010-107A Ave,% f+ k4 }1 k8 f( F
Edmonton, o, H7 A! P' S3 H
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
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" d* b" Q0 |, @$ F2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
+ L. m' [: p2 w2 l MIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting& x7 B& i, ] U. L
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
3 G7 ?( w; k8 Rand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March; y# X: |6 x' b0 C, R
for these exciting local events.
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, {8 r& d% T" o3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"
. L; x( v6 L4 @6 U7 bDirected by Nick Agafonoff
/ x9 G, K& S$ N0 R: r1 W75 min. Australia, 2006: u2 y# x1 H1 A* \6 ~+ e
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm+ M' N1 i1 @) K, z7 y
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre, E* u- }; i: ~2 g1 n: G' Q
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
$ R0 [* d5 p) `/ J2 |Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
, A( y7 C9 \ ^ G+ S1 Bby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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1 N( w2 A7 y1 R, {, H, c8 ^0 R# |Synopsis:' M9 a8 |) ], s) ~ @
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
/ |% G6 t( Q X e# o$ `Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
$ {4 |# S e. e% Y6 i2 [* O( \of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
+ d" K: r: b: m; Oconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the2 j, z5 L" x$ m9 p5 e
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
* a) p% K! I$ V; {8 U4 Lthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter* {% R; T [! A1 f
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the4 s6 k) e7 D- _* P
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
9 ?+ i, S, z; X3 D! O& c* v% ~1 jinternational peacekeeping operation.
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their5 t- b J9 _9 a9 {( o* K R" E$ h ^5 p
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people! r# h/ X* ^" d- |4 \& z- x
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV6 ?# {6 r) Y$ k
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
. z4 X3 W5 {8 Q6 C! [/ BAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems# b) b$ f: U8 g
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
$ T( E% v" {& m& Q9 D' y) rand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the/ p4 k0 O e% M& O5 e0 U+ }1 l4 e' L
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole5 P% v2 C! _, d! B# ~
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
# e( Y& b7 O" F& A7 mhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
( j8 M X3 u7 u+ j" u3 \Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
0 _) r) J' d, M- Z) \so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in." ^: w; \) K+ N/ B* T
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton) P4 Q& q0 W. H; x# \1 l5 y
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the# r ?9 I6 {6 ^1 y
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House6 V, o* s4 L, b* q- O
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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