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

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$ H0 k3 Y) k0 [& |& X  PI 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
6 ]0 M$ A7 G" e( s$ wØ 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
Engagement 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
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work
. a" M; R& X2 dtogether across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
* y: S5 W' j# y5 D# R) h9 tCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'
5 V$ W7 b- C1 r8 T+ Z* |+ \ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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, I/ J6 g2 F+ K; DThe 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.
Rm 217, 10010-107A Ave,
Edmonton,
Suzana, ph 944-4687,
- o5 P% g) a) |2 j; i* r# ~$ {8 cEmail; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca

2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
* \0 R4 I* ^' `0 K  M, dWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
for these exciting local events.

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+ B- I8 g" E. H$ f. }3 U) C3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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$ L' f5 j8 p- ]2 TPlease join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:

"Bougainville Sky"
Directed by Nick Agafonoff
75 min. Australia, 2006
- L' z, a2 z' ^0 c+ n' z" ]Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm
* l( S- u) E! \! x+ c  JStanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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+ z9 q# M7 j; f7 N: \Admission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)

Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance
8 \0 B3 H: {3 Q8 fby featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith
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Synopsis:
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Set on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
( G5 j* L/ c6 m) n( F& P( L% `& Q. BPacific, "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
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
8 D- J1 m; U6 F9 G9 Einternational community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:
  _5 @4 q  c% I, v. @% u* Athey come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
. ?8 e+ z, ?" p: L! `; W  w, [0 [Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
island and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed
& V1 Y; o$ j8 n& H0 iinternational peacekeeping operation.

$ e/ e' }( M1 W: d6 ], eThis beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
2 m( U2 g( a$ q# S7 U0 Eown story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
" h; Z) I, ?' Hwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
, j( s! _9 r% p! y( @4 iscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems
2 j1 e2 o* A0 y7 C) L: _( ^" E3 Pimprobable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs
" B/ R4 A( _0 c( band music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!

( f$ `( N7 P( n" \5 x4 tAccording to Smith "the fact that we were unarmed was critical to the
8 }& T4 W' O- k: J: P2 J9 {success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
& `+ Z. [6 l5 }; K- K& Bprocess, and put responsibility for the safety of the Peacekeepers in the
hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
3 d: A* u8 B$ C  X( yAlso, 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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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the
3 c( o  q, _9 F1 u$ ]Edmonton Public Library.
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* o* M4 V- _5 @- Q( J4) 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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