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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
; b- s. c0 H8 o0 h m& s RØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,7 o' N/ w% @9 }6 B; V
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5# `- }+ I4 l! U9 J3 E
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.4 e4 ]# j$ q$ `4 z
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* N! e7 r1 l, j( D+ |5 C% V( J; J/ l; Y1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
; H8 w3 X i" L9 kI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.# z0 ^6 L3 g+ n
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
1 L' [! Z& J& B+ A) V; qEngagement Training.7 P/ C9 R3 w1 y9 x& k" H$ v
" `7 Z W' V/ ~' e, kWe 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 work2 d) Z; {1 X0 z7 y1 P$ K
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy4 Z/ y3 l6 F* N' a7 U3 o
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.9 ]8 y- G# f J2 \1 _
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'- @: f2 i" s1 c, p4 ]1 U
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.1 F' \4 ?6 H2 |2 _. _: B
' y7 B' R* D. X! D q* sThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
. Q/ C6 x4 I) K: W$ f8 E+ T. ~s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.% A( e5 J. k; U! M( i6 _
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
: n$ B1 s# }5 _$ B' ]' H* Y( Y+ O# LRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,# X- \3 l2 `9 X. c+ {( K7 N" R$ ]4 e
Edmonton,
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Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca) a3 |# F' o! P7 E' R' I9 h
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 27 W: B2 ?- `! x! ^
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting+ Z; O. |% v2 H, [
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
5 I5 m8 c& o9 iand Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March4 I+ N0 H5 j+ l2 T# h& j
for these exciting local events.
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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) H; O2 P4 v$ Q& X8 G& [* mPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:! S& k j, u) l; g3 O
/ l+ a: F: r1 x4 J' i"Bougainville Sky"
; N" [8 I0 w u7 ZDirected by Nick Agafonoff D' Q/ f$ M" u
75 min. Australia, 2006
6 x9 u# }! }9 qMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm) p" c5 B. R' d4 r5 J0 ^
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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& V) u5 X: X% ] f4 fFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
* W9 P+ B& X3 z* T( T6 iby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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" k1 w9 I6 i5 g6 F0 q' M' T& jSynopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
7 j( m1 o/ {: j8 K0 tPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years6 M9 @9 C( m# X/ r( u( r
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
$ x' f; o, s1 ^0 ]conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
& j8 E5 M# C5 b# q; o- Xinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:, y- M/ ?$ j0 B- {1 I' p
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter$ q. U, Y- s7 S. H5 ^; u3 C7 d/ l
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
7 F( I# _" a3 q7 ~island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed8 H5 s5 B" M# L
international peacekeeping operation.9 Q4 q+ K1 t P' J: S9 D* b
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
S ?# A5 J' W3 n4 J! |; A" ?own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people$ `9 i! W, H; \3 ]8 e6 B
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV1 P& c# J' n9 P" D7 ^ Q0 n
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and" h8 y( k; p% \. ~- f
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems' {/ q/ E; W, q% b
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
. |" K6 C& ^8 ^$ o# V" Oand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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0 ~' w" [ Z* N- Q. ^1 P/ b8 @According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the( q0 F9 ]! l9 s% e# P8 A
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole4 c4 l' w1 }- i
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
% J- `7 ]0 d% Y$ _9 Ahands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
' q6 O$ R. m, d7 a6 ]Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
" O9 n: i9 _/ p2 ] h) \; n, X( n, ?so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."( W5 V. | x7 M7 R
4 H2 J& B X/ lPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton8 M# b% Y: G" Y6 [$ x
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the! {: P t) z2 {) Q5 l
Edmonton Public Library.1 l" i; r- W6 X* @: r. l8 W$ F
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
8 Y: _7 W% S" \* }# JIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.; M( I4 p8 x2 u
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