活动 !!! Four upcoming events, including this Friday, Jan 26

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.


3 f  k4 S6 h1 Z6 x3 Y/ W1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
7 l7 m; o, G9 B. K- OI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
) l* g4 }) O7 RIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
Engagement Training.

We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
4 x' d/ E7 a2 F9 n# egroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
. o9 j0 C/ p& `% w: m: p  ?together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
( i# f0 m  m; k+ w+ F: n8 aYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
3 G2 u  k, Q- F4 @: P5 I' m5 Hve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

5 K3 h( i, P( t- H9 Z2 LThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

' G/ l, }& @/ q8 r2 k1 ^Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
6 E: r" A1 T: `, L$ X7 H: ERm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
7 f! _% o0 C4 xSuzana, ph 944-4687,
& v" `% g1 h" z- A; a& g# OEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
$ B# W/ j5 J4 e, a3 cIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
+ `: I8 z* S+ `9 M+ h( m) P7 V3 ?and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.
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6 h; J" t3 C2 Y0 W3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
9 a: d% M# M8 S75 min. Australia, 2006
7 V8 T1 j$ u  G! \$ TMonday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
% J' X" w/ i$ l# C3 a5 TAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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, l* u( j; N0 n- I& Y- \& VSynopsis:
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- }" x* O. }; H# }0 k( {3 U1 fSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
0 T6 X, ^/ k% X: m) a/ ^7 N4 x* GPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
" B# _, e6 f3 k& }# q0 y  gconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
! n6 U# @9 T+ D: {8 T2 s4 d1 sinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.

1 f! V% ~/ \& Y* W8 EThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
' s# ?0 U+ n  E7 fown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
. M, Q5 P; w2 g- D# swho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
7 @" h# B) O7 u" \$ \8 y/ U3 Q6 Nscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
" T$ q5 g! @+ y0 F( dimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
! K' ^, `& F$ Bprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
2 c: @, `: o. F( Jhands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
$ f+ l4 o  d+ Q  f+ |so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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( f- P- N: E( @4 \- ^Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
# N. `4 L. y4 O  }' pEdmonton Public Library.

4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
2 t; ?7 \# o" a) N0 nIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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