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I would like to tell you about 4 things:: y5 m0 `6 I6 {4 t, s8 f3 a
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
# z) Y- ~2 Z0 x. `+ V. mØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.58 g* c1 u; u2 s' F2 t% P
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.7 x8 S/ L( j s/ \ s) Z
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* C- B, n+ A9 v) {* @& R1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
# U6 l2 I1 ]; ^% y5 A4 wI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.. E6 s. Z! O9 W+ {8 Q, M4 t1 B
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
. I3 v Z- \6 P1 j# iEngagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,4 \' _1 o5 j7 o/ a' w1 n: `. B, [. i
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood7 d% N' _7 ^/ K7 z+ U- U' F1 K4 `
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
7 W; P& U( @' g6 ]& w- Qtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy, A6 X% T- f" \
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.2 s- k2 T6 C" ~2 A, g
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'$ ^; x8 J( t7 X5 O1 k, J x1 ^% q
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm., l$ e0 z d# A
0 L$ g# m3 ]$ c5 OThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
& s* a2 \, v9 I! Y2 W8 [s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.& d Y8 Z& U" _# f
8 U H7 H2 K3 R' `# s1 y0 [Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll. W2 Q3 e0 y i. w0 Y3 ~+ @; R
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,. r- n; C+ R) Q- g2 M0 ^
Edmonton,
* [ F+ A. D+ I2 ~Suzana, ph 944-4687,
: u9 Z0 Z' i& s& F8 [Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
' C0 y" J9 I% s, s0 KIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting# N( R, S7 K" t
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley' X$ ?4 ?1 {: i( o
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March& k. H, Y3 R6 u) ]7 [( P
for these exciting local events.
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; l7 u# w4 g& B6 D6 V- ^( V3) 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"- X4 N4 ^1 U% S: L' Y
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
1 t5 T& N4 f( ~. q0 Y1 M& l+ H75 min. Australia, 2006
4 F' Q+ f4 Z' Y- kMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm' t/ F4 s9 W% c/ a9 C% I
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre9 A# S& s7 ?2 l( U
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)& b& u H; G: T# I2 `# v! S2 d
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)2 M2 u3 J [5 {. z C
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
+ q' k5 k T* k8 F) Q5 ]by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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# H" D" Z1 K, Q$ nSynopsis:
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7 s; W, _' D- q* e u: w) V* jSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
8 U' O3 p- ]; d4 ePacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years$ ]0 ?" `2 Z, Z
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter* z% F5 x( ]6 c! R/ U
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the B- I& ~6 u1 L" v4 B
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:; }8 W& R& n. b- _
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
" l( w7 `) d0 `; l6 ?Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
1 G# l* h) B& w+ I* Disland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed/ Z! s/ g0 o2 L: z! l: B
international peacekeeping operation.2 S5 l+ F4 {% n5 `
; q3 b6 h* R, fThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
" Z' t5 H. a) M4 n1 jown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
2 v; _% k. t* G U0 kwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
- Q4 [+ `* Y# f7 c' iscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and! K! O% g1 `; L- b8 h! F' E
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems+ {& E* }9 C) Y i4 E
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
9 |% z. b" I" H; I3 P0 }and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!3 l. ] [* b' k, q; Y& e; X! f
) z7 ~: I% T; u0 O) J. G% {' N% BAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
9 C+ b$ G: e; E# m% P ysuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole( Z* t7 D1 r) F7 B
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the5 Y2 O2 c0 {) Z* |2 `. K
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
2 c7 W* F7 A8 ]3 ^1 a. ]0 rAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything, J: F! M0 F+ L6 C
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."$ L# b1 n3 U7 Q! b* Z
! U+ B& V) \; z& qPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton) `0 j; @3 Q, w0 @6 ~
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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. g+ E8 T0 M k4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House b1 Z% o% D: f5 g) t) Z
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.9 C4 q% O/ l$ \, S/ s5 H
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