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

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: W# N; ]  c/ b+ z% n3 tI 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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: \' i. ?$ Y$ H0 j+ Z, H, w8 W# O1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1
0 W4 {- V( G2 ]! lI'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
" r% _/ q/ {/ }' pEngagement Training.

We 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
- a  \& |. Z  F& F. E3 j( V( qgroups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
9 @6 r1 c! W* c0 TCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
0 A4 @' a, L4 R+ ?  O' L; L# GYou can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
* [/ g6 S  l7 {1 F4 tve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.

, F  `% S. {# b0 r& P8 VThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'
+ ?! |4 g) M, Ws 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,
' Y' H4 W6 m7 Q' @9 FSuzana, ph 944-4687,
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca
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1 J4 d- R" ^% S+ w; F0 g2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
. _$ u& r" c. P1 `& E" H& jIn March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
World Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
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for these exciting local events.

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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
- F8 v6 S8 @1 F# [Directed by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
( t' }5 I2 _* x- ]Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
. g( V0 Q7 [0 T! M, D(7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton)
Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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& V" c1 z) M! Q2 m9 b+ J- wFilm screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith

% n/ z; ]. N) V. Z6 r( }Synopsis:
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3 q4 o6 q, c1 V  n+ ZSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
' A& m+ V6 y* r" {" F6 SPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
* }# s2 ~7 x; Sof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter
conflict 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
3 T1 Z  X& y+ Y( m; Q: mIain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
9 V- s- Z. c- _9 _island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
8 |9 Q1 a" l0 n' g( tinternational peacekeeping operation.

This 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
2 T9 K' r# ~3 N  ?: w1 @6 wscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
$ {4 y* D" }3 H) L: ~) x% W, }improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
$ N) X4 H0 Y( E$ ?: Y- p! dand 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
8 U) K6 z/ p" P$ K, g! Zprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
1 n; f7 a2 F; ]# l) W: F, ^2 A  phands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
% W; Q8 l( R* S: Y1 A) [Also, because we were unarmed we couldn't scare anyone into doing anything,
so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."
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- ]0 B# b( f6 y: k+ ]  _6 V" D" K  KPresented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
2 E. M  q; |' B: f/ p- @/ bEdmonton Public Library.

6 Q. x4 P3 x) Q* _; ]8 S5 r1 F: K4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
7 p) N  O9 ~) l4 bIn support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.
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