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.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
. k4 N# k( C1 U# h8 H9 ^7 UI'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
  S( B4 y4 g5 KIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community
Engagement Training.

+ |8 S- y! v  c: N/ sWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
& a2 k+ g: o3 m0 }8 w* u0 O(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
- d8 I) B: \' F5 kCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
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'
( S; E2 [% Q; H1 ^' hs two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

9 U' x9 S$ A/ UEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
. W. k% r" r! @$ F6 Y3 FRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
1 L4 H" X) K' o+ iSuzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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, _5 s4 _* K7 C$ s% E2) 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
! X' ?9 |0 ~0 \) g$ Eand Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.
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0 o8 {5 |4 {7 K6 [: @- k3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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: ~& \  C9 l4 S( p% L"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
  O$ G) D( X7 M75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
! }  A# Z5 l1 cStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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: u' h% v% {- R1 lAdmission: 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

Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
Pacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
, R/ T$ k3 ~) S# f5 xof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
5 h9 |2 {3 u% P( T1 {conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
% E5 k7 j8 w" `2 P1 W) M1 L; qinternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
5 n6 r' a4 ], C& K1 wIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
9 S, ]' G7 g2 O2 v$ Sisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
  e  x3 K# f. A) [. i1 K6 @7 p" i+ iinternational peacekeeping operation.
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0 w/ ~- j' @2 `" U* I2 k2 mThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
who brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
0 b. y! @" C8 e; Z) w" \$ t2 S( [& k/ cscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
& {2 H- L& _! \; o8 z3 Nand 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
% s& d, K+ g) K0 u+ @* @2 Mprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
0 U* }/ q  O6 S. w- EAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
2 i' Y) p7 \( p) |; _7 eso we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
Edmonton Public Library.
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/ R  _& i# X, S. h& p4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
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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