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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
6 z4 T% l: E6 b1 i, {! G3 ZØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
5 u. D- Z' w$ ]! {Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.54 i' l+ q9 j1 W
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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7 W7 \* h- s) |* C- j1 K1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 19 G6 F5 F0 F4 z
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
8 h& j+ O# f/ u6 [, ~) EIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
# x. D5 }8 @+ a3 xEngagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
7 D' z9 E; F) @$ p1 {(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood. |9 a* }0 i3 H( S/ R3 U
groups. We're especially focused on developing groups that can work" h7 l3 m/ Q6 u% f7 M' J) L
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy5 u# w( |4 h, }
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
l8 O/ d( Z+ d5 m% ?+ x) _You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
7 Q( G! y: ~# b6 bve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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}" I- @" q! kThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'7 i" ], [# M' w7 n" A! g
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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* Q4 ? ^9 C! k7 g aEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.) C3 V4 }+ @$ _6 h8 e
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
6 O, t* x/ c/ x4 r' L4 B+ a; JEdmonton,) {7 \/ k, X) N7 i5 ?& l/ M' x
Suzana, ph 944-4687,4 }, P' p; A+ \8 f( u4 O
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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3 W4 k0 n, f$ G( k2 E7 A2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 23 f% m: m- o) B; ~/ |
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting: L4 k u4 n; _& N
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley" a9 @0 f3 a- M0 X& L% ]- q
and Eastwood, consecutively. Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
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3) Edmonton Small Press Event. K n1 Q2 l' I+ n/ z8 H+ I9 ?: B
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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$ u) U5 l" F/ y5 \. I7 \"Bougainville Sky"
+ v; P/ ^0 R: RDirected by Nick Agafonoff
3 {2 f& x: J3 g/ |. e8 O9 p3 w& {75 min. Australia, 2006! X& A$ M6 B- _. s1 G/ I- L
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
% U3 c5 J' P Z* ~5 T8 MStanley A. Milner Library Theatre H# L9 |. c* }2 L4 j
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)+ B7 f& {4 J% Q
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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8 N& p0 ^: u4 V2 E' j, J* R( sFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance* _) }% d, o" Q6 {# J. J; h4 q
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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& |$ x* a/ ~" ]' \! s, T$ z; m6 dSynopsis:( o! ]" T& a! b% P
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
- \7 l( r1 f! L# K. v# K9 |+ pPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
3 u8 z6 x# b# b; uof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter) I/ N* Q, }6 \1 c3 ?
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the* c; i0 T6 V% y) d6 [) Q
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
( J' q2 v% U% a9 l- @6 Ithey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
# n# @3 b' b h* L1 x8 R" F% \Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the5 y) q/ k5 `8 R
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
/ V6 F2 n3 \3 g; Y) v$ finternational peacekeeping operation.
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
& x& r8 D" p# b4 Wown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
+ m; T! u1 G+ E& Q3 f& Bwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
7 }3 V$ P8 R( R# [, _" H4 `screens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
/ Q* A' ^; S& s' BAfghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems% [& j+ v, V6 [) O
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
- J5 x8 m4 `! _$ a- ~, `and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!% H$ e4 Z; |9 m$ Q
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According to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the0 ^( r2 m! E1 w( z
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
5 r0 W0 @! j( ~& f0 N# g) [- g, A; ?process, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the1 Q( ?1 ~' B, k* V6 h
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.# [* w. y9 m$ J, o: d
Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
. J( V: Q) B- R( P* M nso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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" C8 t1 r/ I7 ^* t% gPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton" V- ^. Z" F/ O
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
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9 c! f$ N% D0 ?5 s1 G. b4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
7 a9 S. Y( D( l' X3 Q; fIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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