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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
7 t" q1 d; s+ C: _: A* oØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
! J$ |* ^5 E0 D. V, K, uØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
; e; U) z! [$ iØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.

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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
6 R  ?- _' n; L0 Z" ^0 FIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
2 T3 X$ X; K! r2 p" P. p7 V; H% xEngagement Training.

We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
* w6 }/ f% G; T) B(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
: u4 ]. l- C; @: rCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
6 K1 X- v1 g" J- LYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

/ X) {3 e  O# MThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
  N+ O4 v. K1 @  ?( qs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

- q5 ?# U; i5 f' REnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
5 j& w. n0 y' v: sIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
" l) [( ~. R8 x7 i# M4 o& ^/ R5 pand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.
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2 S2 k# |' ^4 O1 f) X+ O3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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. m6 b0 d$ i5 |' d2 gPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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% u9 _- C) i; P7 l( o) m"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
6 \. x* ^; K! C% UMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
: A2 U( B/ z2 |  ]5 @8 U; n4 l(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
7 B2 a9 g; f# e7 |: {) a. GAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

- h6 R2 ]3 r) H* ?+ [- GFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
5 {, @/ Y) P" t4 h8 r' {Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
- d- f; Q3 @- _8 [; @( |& A3 Lof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
; [3 s5 e; D+ C) Hconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
9 Q: N) N, a/ E3 S3 b+ I# N# Zthey 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.

6 q* w# ^: C2 w0 C/ c5 h9 fThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
% q+ k; D' S4 U( V4 \$ `1 b) qown 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
) A) \5 [- e0 H3 H8 w3 w' C1 Oscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
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and 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
/ z) H" D: o- ^* L$ W$ Y$ Csuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
+ W% C* f: X, y% B5 H4 @2 K! N' |9 aprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
: A+ Q7 v5 M5 r" ^- H, Y6 Ohands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
8 ^- ^0 i- o, B0 R' ~Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
# W" E' p: q9 d4 BIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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