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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
9 e) M+ E: u5 g2 |1 sØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
/ y2 ?+ U- r& v5 ^% Q- r: nØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.55 s& c# Z3 N( x8 J
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.+ h t z P0 z
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1( }( g* x$ {3 ?) |+ R
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
1 R; t4 D v/ Q4 X. z- z; x" fIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community7 v& Y- s; n) w2 t
Engagement Training., G3 h: H' a! K$ L( Y
: c: a% k4 j% O6 Q* }We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
9 n4 o0 Q, g7 ?4 v: y. b(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood, @( p) E, H0 H: M
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
* W; b Y1 A) D$ k/ U: Xtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
$ W2 g$ b+ X8 ~" L2 c& o* N+ ACommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.+ `# M4 E$ S/ j# }
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we': ]9 ]3 n7 ?* N1 A
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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The process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'+ e4 E8 P }2 }6 t" ]( [* R8 r
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.2 j- V6 e* u2 ^" P
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.( P5 M$ @+ \ u' g3 j o
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
, m& V+ @1 f4 x" n, v7 s6 y9 OEdmonton,$ A9 e& h2 F# {! }6 Q
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
! T/ j6 e" i/ F6 m+ O1 SEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca. F& @+ }' _* C' Q" b$ l3 `
% l& U8 d4 D9 f" p0 [0 ?6 k9 z2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2# q: L$ c; L" R0 a& I
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting% y6 b5 _5 `# q: h# K' L3 P1 j, i
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley8 p/ V) V: R) F1 m# g9 v8 o9 t& C
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
7 y2 x% _" `6 }( w/ L' d( S: W4 pfor these exciting local events.
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" C3 a( Q' S) m' e( T) D9 I+ q3) Edmonton Small Press Event
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) q6 @- F( t$ i/ APlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:# B0 q6 G& V6 T2 [1 f. v
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"Bougainville Sky"
' ]( l$ M. a- u; k3 ]Directed by Nick Agafonoff. Y* m. S4 C0 s( g
75 min. Australia, 2006; t: A: ^( }& O
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm6 b2 d0 A- i7 n
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre7 W5 Y. u9 m- s' _8 H
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)0 @; ]2 t4 V; l# o: \+ f6 H
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income); {9 Y2 B( U; Y: \5 I8 {! F( H' O
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance, ?# i6 n' ]# n: e d
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:3 P( Z2 U5 A8 t' x* N
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
5 J" U) D5 G6 b! oPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years; \) \9 n) W' O8 y% h
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter* ~& M# V/ u+ T1 ^* R
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the# j9 h0 A) Q" `) t' I
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:, Z% B3 M7 x4 \8 D5 U1 r: x% I
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter) `, C4 x1 Q0 M/ U* D6 M- P# Q+ E+ ]
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the( Y! I1 f$ k* x) R, G, b
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed# s+ b: Z) s" E/ a2 r6 \; C
international peacekeeping operation.3 t/ ]. w' [% Z( `
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
4 K7 N) I( R6 D! ?/ oown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
7 y2 I. w" S. Q, x9 t) t% swho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
+ ?/ G0 k* C# Tscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
$ z4 T. s- Z+ U% ~6 c# n$ ^ L1 ?Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
& c1 h1 S- o8 r4 aimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs4 s* n7 W+ @# Y8 k* n/ f
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
$ ^7 i! e" [2 x. S- Esuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
1 \! a- I6 {- X$ V5 p, f% _process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the4 i' d$ r7 `) ]9 B/ N: f
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.. K0 W E# f( E B/ r. R
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,& K# p, ^& q/ O! L. `# U
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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; H b7 Y5 c/ \Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
; y; M4 c% G- cSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the* d1 ~. ]# D) F0 G W- X
Edmonton Public Library.
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House( R; h$ D. l- X8 u' a; @
In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.! m+ ~. E+ u, ^+ W, ]- C
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