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5 Q I+ @: V" c5 s) T+ }I would like to tell you about 4 things：4 G" [6 a/ L, V9 E8 t
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
, Q H9 U9 M' B8 c0 T: ^7 HØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5% m7 }% N, K+ t2 Y
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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( c6 y( J/ i6 c$ R9 v1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 13 z( v" s! X3 K- S3 G* _
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
" X8 B0 R' h% a! j$ z, N) h& ?* g; VIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community, s6 D9 H* N* o8 N
Engagement Training., ]% G: ~% I0 r9 `: o+ P
4 b* @* f* K) ^; m% P+ o, OWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,3 N2 r5 j* u* S% b0 R7 u0 m
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood) C0 E3 w- {* n8 H6 c
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work6 ^4 I0 g: }# b2 o) A
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy- T/ I4 X* T! x4 k3 E' j5 Y7 \, t
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
! e% o. k( X- r* q; c% {You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
7 R K0 H& e0 T( x f0 ^& O* hve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.3 Z8 W# ?& I. _& q# C
) A( A% ]; u4 KThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
. }/ T* ~4 {! ?% n3 z9 js two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006. ]2 U9 L( z+ q4 h2 Z
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
- l3 R! @& o: M$ L/ m! ^Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
! y) {. t, } o" K, Y1 X. S$ \' c1 nEdmonton,
* I6 @1 B, ?1 g9 H4 F6 LSuzana, ph 944-4687,
6 g( B/ R7 i. R0 S& i, g; mEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca4 p6 Z8 t) v+ b2 T, t5 x
0 V' W( Q! I+ D; b" j) ]: n# ?2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
5 H9 q4 ]2 D. x" DIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
% a& N' J+ _3 m6 T8 ]World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley$ l9 H. u/ G$ O! i8 M
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
2 f! b, c- Z# i dfor these exciting local events.& ~. r! r# e* C8 H, j9 P
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! `3 C4 {, W6 C7 I5 V" H; N3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:$ s7 M0 Y2 ? {, j: ] p8 T
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"Bougainville Sky"
3 n" H0 O* {# z0 v( LDirected by Nick Agafonoff
5 C4 v( h5 y0 ~! C75 min. Australia, 2006
" a* T: C3 A. O" q& Q S: ~Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
% g, Q; |" W* Z h4 z" ]Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre( t+ Y( M4 X1 t8 `7 r
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
6 y7 E; Y% @, q. D1 IAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income): D$ x+ Z! i# r8 h9 ^
3 u; b, P8 o5 x' j4 i2 qFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance( Z1 Y3 L+ q/ a4 y5 }: J: Z3 F
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith8 D V d0 ~5 M4 A$ Q! v
+ Z6 C" y' T3 M" g( |1 sSynopsis:
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1 z- s7 R G1 S% l: S5 fSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South& y" r5 J. Z C }: d: N
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
& K2 a/ m" u4 S7 y3 ^of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter# k$ ]3 L# _& D9 s+ M: q8 N
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
- B1 {( N9 {" C0 C+ J- p, rinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
6 I& s" Z6 a9 _. t" ~0 K% |" @they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
. [$ B. V( H2 Z2 M7 uIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
w" L2 }, t6 C0 Y" L6 t2 r! tisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed, t9 s2 m; a! J* l; p; B; X" w4 T1 _( f
international peacekeeping operation.
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their$ _9 G0 j T4 T$ t- f
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people4 |- o+ F) D5 h3 }0 B
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV3 P# q0 y# G, E1 v! ^8 t
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and% u! i$ l5 b" M" E8 o
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
3 Y; P5 F. V( b: a% `0 Timprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs# f/ `. i( l. }( d) k
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" g' _- p" {) D
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole# Z( D Q- o6 }: s4 T$ _, o
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
5 @0 v4 T$ l P% o6 Jhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
9 }# r b* D+ D9 j" o% {Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
$ Q* I4 x! |, s$ p! P# B1 ?so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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0 @& k) O3 h% r- y! ~Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton' }( |% g. l* b U! v
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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9 A5 }7 t# i! p( H6 W; P8 e4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
2 Q+ a& v' A" J" Q- R0 u8 ?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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