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! v9 d' Y# t8 `. t* ?* b# DI would like to tell you about 4 things:
! `; x) E3 n9 _3 j3 d( O3 G+ B& z& _Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,1 j5 ~$ K4 u4 |' `) @# E/ i
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
8 M# u" M. H# K* u3 a8 ?Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.& |! C4 A8 _6 E5 C' i* u
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8 u) C, U2 U6 z" m1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1: V) T) |" V5 X0 ^/ T n1 Z% G" p
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.. }5 L* ^9 T4 C: A* x
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community8 E% x! C5 H4 s7 O% l
Engagement Training.' o! f3 m# c2 U. _6 }& V4 H) S
4 A4 }9 ~: g, rWe 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 work1 Y$ s5 j+ m9 I0 l
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy( Q2 v5 l# P: I( t- ^+ r: x
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
9 v$ ?1 E* v% r: JYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'% r# P* s1 z7 ]: [
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.: u: T% s* y7 H: m: D/ T
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'+ U: P+ a/ Q8 i! B; g3 ]/ s
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.3 N5 ?3 t3 a% E1 ` S
5 K& z$ o$ j+ ?8 r5 AEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
( g" m+ J& H/ p6 B; y+ g: HRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,) y& {$ i; T$ R- I3 t {1 B
Edmonton,6 C$ r* q q& F' V# r
Suzana, ph 944-4687,- w3 A; p! }" c) u$ |: l8 t. k2 C/ F. H
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
. ]8 ~& A% l1 _9 {World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley* D/ o9 ?, P2 _
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March0 J8 H9 T+ |" N5 U
for these exciting local events.
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"8 a! _' p) w) c! u
Directed by Nick Agafonoff/ k2 b0 J- U" Q) n5 _) C' P
75 min. Australia, 2006- r3 m# F6 B5 g" }5 e, Y8 x8 g" k
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
: T; N, o w9 h5 h ~; x- ~% zStanley A. Milner Library Theatre. F( I N1 ?/ r ^, g! i
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)- a0 J5 a& p7 \- w2 b% ]
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income), b# v& u4 Z. p
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
6 {; \' \" S* h& f$ p8 _' VPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years# L9 g4 }7 M) n! @; ]
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter9 _: x: {: ]: P. j! r. L
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
+ H& B* y- d1 j# Z1 M& Sinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
% z& \# e- {. P$ Gthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
: x$ |6 Q3 |+ c4 \# s. t8 FIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
6 h! S8 v b+ Risland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
5 Y/ `- @0 O" i8 linternational peacekeeping operation.
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1 c7 h4 n& ]# {7 H4 h6 UThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their1 n1 L. R) d8 |4 V" B3 Z6 S
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
8 q! k$ g: {4 swho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV+ \6 D* {% l$ d, F+ S
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
8 j8 F7 d& A' r! t1 ^Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
" p9 E* x" f' p7 _7 @improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
3 F* |- r7 R- k- n# \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, Y4 L3 C# [% n; z3 `$ |
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole% P, z4 E, f# w& U8 l" v
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the# H+ b) r" Q; T4 [6 R5 I
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
5 {2 P" c# P( W$ UAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
1 G. b9 C9 b% p: \/ vso 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
% ^! Z8 W! y% X4 i, m2 V* B0 VSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
6 i S w6 k# c$ m% I7 _: W3 DEdmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
, B! s2 o8 s" l( rIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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