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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things：
: G* R1 A/ F' d0 SØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,
) Y, W1 Q5 H7 O* b' NØ Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5
5 R& ~1 j; h( r5 Q1 t9 LØ Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
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
5 y- E5 s6 g. j, S$ _Engagement Training.

$ P! U  u8 Q9 O; r: `& I5 W) jWe can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday,
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood
: G) v3 T; u0 @- g, F& w: pgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
Communities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
3 K) P6 f) m( ^! _+ _4 \You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
% e: T/ ?" b* i2 B. Q( I) Hve 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 two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.

Enrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
) n* n, `% w+ a* u9 Z3 Y- k/ g4 RRm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
$ j+ h5 D* x5 f) _* PSuzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
! O) f% i: v! W' J5 A0 AWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
) D7 B. m4 w9 u  F4 kfor these exciting local events.
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# [2 |  i9 X8 a! `% j- ~/ t3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
' p8 F+ l, c' O  }Directed by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
, p$ R8 ?5 T: k3 eStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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. ?* S2 y) J  |+ OFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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3 V8 B. {! g4 |Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
! g0 n" d# r  M3 }% K5 iPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
of fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
. g2 K0 f4 t- n$ b* Z( gconflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
. ?  [/ L3 w5 J  Q% V$ M2 C8 [" @island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
international peacekeeping operation.
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This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
6 o" p% ~9 @# K; c5 }0 t5 hown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
/ s, O6 n+ ?3 v  G, \' h5 Xwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
* @8 K* i, H, L: w7 fscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
1 u$ s) }1 `: v6 j& Yimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
2 n) f) k" x+ {% I% aand music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

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
) H3 K0 _5 w3 X) `0 ?% L$ w, x" Y  Uprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
$ y$ F/ W2 Q8 |' Q* d! IAlso, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
. f1 Q" Q* H- Q* r( Lso 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
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7 {" O: X: n# V/ b* u; b( i4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
+ N( k6 V" B( Z2 g* |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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