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/ l# J9 j( {7 p' l8 M2 O5 }I would like to tell you about 4 things:
, `( q0 N( O# s1 T0 z, NØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
3 ~3 C9 P' x& H* eØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5- k* Q6 V$ ^4 j2 b
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.& ~$ L/ Y" v* b4 u6 G8 \
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 19 c& w: U6 K) _3 q) w. s2 k( E! G1 v
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
% ~& O- F/ a$ j& ]2 @/ }; u- _In phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community s4 E# A3 l& A% q2 k. M3 l
Engagement Training.7 R$ [' z. J% e: ^6 N" L `
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,, Y- A7 u8 v0 V% v a; j
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood0 R$ p- s8 U+ Y. P/ G! l7 Z
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work6 G4 T |8 n2 a2 w& O' K
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy' T, `5 T- v2 S7 u6 H# x5 Z/ k
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
) p6 N$ m6 p( m# ZYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'( A- G) b' `0 P* A, }* g" n/ l
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.* e5 @" k% |3 D3 Y$ ? S
* P! `7 l2 Q d X# T" }The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
) D! E2 d M" ~% i+ vs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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3 q4 s9 r5 g0 ^0 H5 CEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll. [$ R: }; t2 W
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
$ {" K. F. |% N+ Y* C2 VEdmonton,
. u2 n1 z9 w$ kSuzana, ph 944-4687, L& L- r% N: x' p4 p, M$ b
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca/ {9 |8 s$ h+ l! S2 D
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2& t, Q) {- B4 x; H
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
. Q# s% ?( n- c2 q, b9 NWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley6 r- s+ ^4 U( b& K+ L
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March$ Q1 R* M8 J4 I9 _3 d2 i% N
for these exciting local events.+ Y$ {& X }9 P7 n2 z9 N1 t
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event, T8 _6 a+ Q: F7 @7 Z
4 y6 d, Y) a" X# C( I9 {Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film: ?% p9 o \; r3 [8 {0 L
/ ^" o3 g* ^/ G: I p8 _0 e$ y"Bougainville Sky"
0 k0 s* ~5 l- C/ J0 e3 d; LDirected by Nick Agafonoff
/ T! T3 A7 ^+ V; [$ p75 min. Australia, 2006
* U1 z- I! C' n" d) W2 eMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm6 h8 [; T) H# b8 Y
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre9 Q0 T F& m- l4 C, Z
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
0 h4 m: w1 _5 w; Y' U) d8 C" y1 \Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)3 ^5 W; N/ }% Z1 b e
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance9 ~1 Y9 H, M4 f; w, i+ V) K4 R/ Y
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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1 K' @1 @0 ]3 @8 WSynopsis:2 T7 v! G F/ b/ Z
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South' {8 U* a+ @( S0 ~ L9 X
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
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conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the" B* e/ N7 j0 h, q4 u4 E) x
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
! ]5 I$ e ^8 ?. W1 V: wthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
* i1 g- v+ W# j( f' ? Q3 t& s. RIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
3 Z! O6 O! g* _$ H' q7 p4 l9 ^island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed7 H: }' |+ J* w) G# {+ W
international peacekeeping operation.1 q4 l7 S/ ]! A' F
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
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who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV2 x( j3 ]" w& R
screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
: t3 J# u& C0 G' p. T$ I- ]5 qAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
1 R" c7 b- s) P% ~9 nimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs2 i9 \0 B: ]) L; Q- Q$ V! f
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!5 P) K7 \9 f2 ~5 i
$ V/ ~) M. f/ fAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
. R I* F4 c/ B ysuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole+ {0 i( B, i" `
process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
1 k5 @$ X# g9 W( z. }4 a' Ahands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
$ I7 ?$ `+ U& u1 b7 N- j" X* u. FAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,5 o f4 q. s' u" t
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."7 [" J& W2 ?2 g, J# P. N
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
% r7 @) ^9 R4 X# R6 b: B# uSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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! I1 _; n+ l ]+ H% U& H' h4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House$ v: o* t' Z( X% n6 E, x
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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