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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
2 r% s& l" ]  B& R8 mØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
) }9 ?) |, ]3 G0 s; ^Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
- J# A( Z* n' w. E) wØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.


1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
5 r: }, ?, K5 `4 @. a" l2 SIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
: G# ?) b# n# F" }" A" u(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
% Y2 @, b' Q# fgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
* `8 F. o# k9 x! b) q+ B4 b* |! [8 rtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
: D( O+ _8 f5 D( G, ^8 fYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

# F$ k" V7 k- F* JThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
' ~8 ~4 ?1 }5 ?5 U0 es two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.
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5 x+ u+ e. a; N+ @* \7 YEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
+ E; e4 D, }1 A) T! |Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
" [& y8 j# p2 o7 C1 l1 {, fSuzana, ph 944-4687,
) H' f+ z9 j, A) m$ K" {" }# PEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

8 B3 O) M4 x' h3 Y7 _5 u7 d2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
2 y% p4 a0 ]0 u5 SWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
2 O( }' T. K+ S. r( \/ C0 t8 gand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
, z+ X: O6 c' v* D0 T) ifor these exciting local events.
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4 Q9 N4 X8 ~0 s3)  Edmonton Small Press Event

Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

  @$ k( L6 C- y. {* U5 g: a"Bougainville Sky"
* R% n+ ^( X" }; T9 aDirected by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
/ z8 @! M# n! ^Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
2 o& [# h" c5 t# }! Z# GAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

0 n+ e4 |6 Y# F- Z$ R* {Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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, ?- y; z  _7 L" }( FSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
; c* w! D6 z5 K+ D1 Q! e  P. e+ O3 nof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
3 C& ]) r3 s! C; ?: Tconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
2 l# F. g. q3 Y+ X. wthey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
3 B2 W' [6 W6 L1 B# S% Y) ^5 aisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.
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; `# w3 j2 l& g) o8 ?This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
& ?: B$ i  E3 [4 p# Rown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
. E7 b# S: f0 J0 {. V7 p2 zwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
$ Y4 a( a7 z  R  }0 z! s: m7 Bscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
- t3 [( B2 `, H$ oimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
% @+ E4 G; X/ e9 Cand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!
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) k* e6 V- q9 j8 e. |: A. zAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
) t+ x7 S: L3 r) R8 {, Zsuccess of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
0 z4 P7 m# S, h' `1 ^6 ?9 Xprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
9 @$ @! _1 B. Z5 V8 l. a8 c' i& ^hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
' i! W7 B( U( c8 S+ ]Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
# W: X" U2 u" a: wso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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- o  A0 L( k* r1 R5 Q. ]! aPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
' v) b  o3 P) Q8 G8 E! oEdmonton Public Library.

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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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