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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
]3 l, [; x6 H7 GØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,* K% P) M* D1 |$ @+ j w. d5 {
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.58 C' j) e6 V; Z
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.7 ~1 [; `4 A) F' z9 {
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: @( _9 p& S, y+ q5 ~$ W1 l# h1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
Q& ~% ~& h$ _9 j9 RI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.+ y0 y+ Q* m+ g9 ^2 U N: V
In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
" R8 n/ m5 z6 y4 G9 s6 N) C% zEngagement Training.
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6 D, H w. l6 gWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,% O; Q$ N) K0 _* ]" l' G
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood/ J8 }/ U# r- n/ t5 P7 C5 x
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work0 ^9 U3 K+ h% \1 F/ k+ l
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy2 T y+ `6 P5 X6 F4 m5 @* J
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.8 v- S% ]; M8 W5 M! H
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'7 U3 N5 B- b7 T5 h
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.6 _* O1 p4 Q( N) c' D( S; o
, U: T, R# }7 G" {Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll. Y1 Z- t( P( }
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,* T+ X! w2 C% I. m7 j/ q+ f1 `
Edmonton,
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Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca9 f6 Q% N P& |7 K
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 20 k' F. c; m/ O5 Z2 S3 t s# P! b! H
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
5 ?8 k% b( p& r2 X) XWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley. ?4 V" [# u6 q4 ?4 H9 q2 J
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
5 \4 D$ l: X. t9 R# I6 p# J8 tfor these exciting local events.
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event, \ z1 h! i0 |" W. U Z
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:0 c7 {, a$ c% E. M/ `# i- p# L
4 X2 h4 Q& }' U- m n"Bougainville Sky"
( S0 |8 p0 [- N* I1 A- [4 i( @, t2 d" kDirected by Nick Agafonoff
+ i- N/ \ r% F |; m0 X75 min. Australia, 2006( P& j- k0 T! d+ Q+ o1 F8 o+ K
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm: I9 r$ o3 c! m( y y
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre0 \' K! U) b' q0 @3 Y: z
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)1 A/ Z, \$ |( h% Z3 n/ \/ _
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)4 J/ Y5 [, A' y9 Q, m4 x
* G1 E2 f" |& K9 w/ \5 a6 zFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance; m4 n! M3 J" [! }9 S& g% a8 g2 E7 u6 r; d
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:1 d* S% s/ C8 ^
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South$ S) Z4 [) f F( ^: a, S
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years- p! V6 k" x1 \: Z/ o
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
& t: N8 j* _8 I9 n6 |" Lconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the5 z4 h1 y6 n9 M3 z
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:# _6 Q. S) J2 A2 v
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter+ `# A4 s5 S0 V K" k! f8 `
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the) L* v# y% u- Z
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
* W9 U- K V; u1 b" T7 Minternational peacekeeping operation.$ K% g3 \8 _6 p) G' R& V
7 G% D" ]7 K) G* h* KThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their0 u4 o: O/ \, e
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people! g5 X G; a7 \
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV8 Y! ~ z1 o7 l% V4 ]) t4 g6 Z
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and3 c) u- u" A8 t6 c& C& C. D% S# o2 U& L
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
* _, P! z6 Q. f4 eimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the, }4 ?; T5 V8 S$ U& B3 l9 I
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
, x0 `1 J% {( p$ y5 Oprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the/ O1 {- `/ b& Q
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
5 F% H. g' @/ |, h! |% WAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,8 Q* {! q! W' ?- J" f" k8 t0 j
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."* s% k3 K' V! u9 f9 V& i
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
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Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House; q- S: j" N0 a" }
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.4 o' ?; m& Q; O
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