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

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& t6 X3 m5 H: w" Y. w  H2 GI would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
9 z8 `$ v+ u9 v& RØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.


. M8 j9 }0 _, u' t: v1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
9 {. [* ?8 X: C3 e2 O* MIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
Engagement Training.
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# ]; j( \* ^, ^3 |* @We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
/ D# W5 r, \8 j" I(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
" T/ b2 ?) |3 A6 M  d. ygroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
9 |4 |3 j+ K. {1 B0 e4 z) \4 t0 D1 gCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
& i+ A% U# I5 R* d# cYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

/ e# T" m! T* eThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
  [- a  `1 A& `  C2 x+ e: Is two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
6 v# ~+ @: u0 J  v6 oSuzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

% B: k  W) {' J' i  V8 Z: G1 V2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
9 x$ ]3 S- h' a8 V4 V7 X" IIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
/ A; ^' v6 L+ E- y3 h1 n# y) Uand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.
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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

  w; V/ w  b; I0 L& b, K& r! IPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
1 o! n* N/ c0 W3 t3 ^1 \7 e75 min. Australia, 2006
6 l/ ^3 O2 }" P" T! N$ AMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
9 x+ K$ o- x3 P+ ]+ S( L+ S(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
- ^0 ]7 N8 G6 Z$ _by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

Synopsis:
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) X5 w2 c  a: w) \) n6 t2 f8 u3 TSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
" g) C6 I! C8 v4 G5 I3 v% QPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
# Q* g! ~- k" H* Zconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
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.

; o0 @% r' V7 {This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
2 d/ x2 w) z) y* K8 M" iown 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
  [$ ^( r/ [( T7 }6 {screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
/ [6 ^8 A" y6 {! Q5 B/ t" band music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
: h, w. e- |0 y- V, h' ysuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
6 u- n) b/ \% jhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
: V" O( T  b& Z5 ?$ D1 NAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."

1 }. Z0 D9 H+ Q( DPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
0 b6 }& h+ y2 R% FSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.

$ ~7 [( ^7 S: g8 d! C. S7 y: o) y4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
2 Y6 ]4 W( X& Y' hIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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