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

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$ U  u2 ^* t3 C- {I would like to tell you about 4 things：
Ø our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
) n0 s4 z! S* W! E: f6 d3 Z+ zØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
' p3 t) C: K& N+ z5 \I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
In 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,
$ ^1 m3 u; o, u& |) J6 ]" c) X(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
5 G* H  R2 c& g8 {9 i" _/ ]groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
0 n! s$ A$ D. l- Atogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
. J2 I. P) m( ^4 V" nCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
# X% K' R! q4 T. i# lYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
" z/ {, ]6 d- J$ q, k( c$ K1 qve 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'
  L  j8 ]" X, f3 z+ c7 a5 ~s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
* j' w. q; {9 a8 X/ M% o2 M! x% eSuzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

( m+ g+ s! ~9 S1 Q+ \: O6 ?4 E8 ?2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
- d- @8 `; @; {1 n; i' l5 Mand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
4 l# k/ a5 N& X1 |5 _; D" cfor these exciting local events.
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' K7 Q8 `0 F1 V) Y( w1 k: L5 S3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

0 R% R, _, M: ]3 JFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
! K5 |3 i0 f, P9 F0 t5 Iby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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2 }6 e) a4 T, n3 wSynopsis:
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4 _& `7 f! _$ |3 C; GSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
; Z& W1 v" p. @* C9 gof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
2 e9 v* G. Q0 r3 Y0 J( fconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
% X/ N4 I0 F5 I) j0 |# f; }they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
! N# s: O' j+ o, R* ]7 p/ |, nisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.
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, Q; k3 {& x! K# SThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
4 O1 M4 ?; }  W1 f: }+ c; z2 x# _* Awho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
* M6 }1 W& X$ b, ]7 yscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
" M, q+ U5 R6 q7 v; j8 _0 |7 x" |Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
4 l9 Q6 Y% Y2 U$ y* ~8 }2 limprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
. N2 [  K# O- }+ K3 L1 _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
success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
* a, P) x; O7 ?  x8 J9 P8 U$ Lprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
* s  P9 ~1 F0 K' G" hAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
6 v2 Z# O0 t( g) Rso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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4 _1 e; q) A2 d( lPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
5 {5 v/ o0 N4 \' \) N9 cSmall Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.
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2 [1 ]3 b# m9 g% F3 K, H* a4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
5 w" t' d) X+ A0 sIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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