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9 C) X0 t$ p/ P' P3 SI would like to tell you about 4 things:4 u, a. B2 C1 i6 R
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
* \4 a5 O0 x3 k! E% Z4 ~5 XØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.52 e) Q- e0 ~8 \+ d: Z
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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0 v8 O8 X3 B; S( ]( m+ @0 K2 ]1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
2 F0 Q9 Q2 S7 T" d9 ?I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.* G. y7 C$ [: ~, Q4 Q
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community6 X3 L; t L/ R* h1 N
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
% [, f1 e3 {! i9 B(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood- C2 U m& z/ y. S. v6 y0 H
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
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Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.! R$ Q& Z- d& M3 Y2 {1 o3 v1 _
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'# ~3 H; w# g' q$ N
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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2 a% ]8 d; `; o( n8 O1 `2 a2 [Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
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, K) j- D- u* U: T/ EEdmonton,8 }/ ^. g% p3 J. E
Suzana, ph 944-4687,5 O$ P: \ Q4 z0 N; n6 f3 A M2 q( g
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca# Y3 l- c6 }# p" E4 C
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 26 L! a$ d: e: ~, A1 Z+ g
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting* i/ a3 u( G; X5 f! I. `
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley& D% v8 n* c2 |8 J& i6 g2 a" I
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March T# |1 G7 Y8 T4 v; ?
for these exciting local events.
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event* r3 n" K8 w6 J) L' T& w
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky") c, j+ ^, \0 ^; L( `
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
( N' y. b. d7 y/ m' a75 min. Australia, 2006; h( m1 O: f( P4 b+ n
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
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, Y, l6 l1 \& l. }# X5 M5 LAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)# o$ P: H7 T* d" y) f, I \
. T% @0 c. @' t* _( D8 RFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance9 ^* `, |/ W6 Y8 j* C
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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7 @( Q- s) C9 V5 S/ l8 P8 GSynopsis:' I& k2 P3 \2 ? y% V' R4 N
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7 d- s" ]/ ~: k9 u4 ^+ `Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
- M* s8 X* h- MPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years3 S8 p- `8 ?: B4 W8 s9 g d9 s5 _
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter, ?! ^5 V! S8 U$ b
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
/ v2 r8 I2 l. ]7 Pinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
O: h9 `* V' k4 e- b" Athey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
, x- ^/ n( F, ?# m2 WIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the q1 n. \0 j, ]3 c |( d0 R) ]
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed( q. U* v! r" H) A: \
international peacekeeping operation.6 S; l5 O5 l |
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
9 h- @) s% M) `: t& B3 Fown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
1 x9 B% p- m: q$ ^# D9 awho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
" i9 b: ^5 R- |6 iscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and" D# ^9 ^: f% N0 U$ q# |" g7 \
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
8 k8 f* s( ]( G% x* ^) dimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs; L6 ^4 K) p- l' ]9 ~; f' a
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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6 h3 {$ `" R3 C; t& s" \According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
' u M3 n1 d* n" W! z; ?success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
) _3 T1 @* r! }. @; m& tprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the; v$ Z3 O. k ~' s
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
3 `# A% n9 J+ [. }( X Q) DAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,& a( V' @" e: |% B* C7 k* {
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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3 m3 W! r/ a- `Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
- v8 O3 E/ [* q9 @$ O9 U' i7 h7 F% o: lSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
# x/ X5 h3 K# M, A3 UEdmonton Public Library.
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`) ]* [1 |+ M9 B7 @6 I4 i: u% o4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House2 {" n/ j8 o( f0 F5 X
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.6 g. ]/ j# k* B
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