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

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I would like to tell you about 4 things:
. B) Y! V0 |2 ?! \) NØ our Community Dialogue Project Phases 1 & 2,( ]9 ?( E2 Z7 z  b* R% |5 ]
Ø Edmonton Small Press filming of Bougainville Sky Film & Performance - Feb.5" w, E9 D. i" z2 `, F
Ø Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House Jan. 26.
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1) Community Dialogue Project Phase 1  i$ o2 H( i: {' C% a4 c0 }
I'd like to invite people to join our new Community Dialogue project.
" [0 H2 T$ _4 zIn phase 1 we have a couple of extra spots available for Community: g: z: m9 R: r$ G/ y# z
Engagement Training.
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We can accept a few people to join us this Friday (3~6 p.m.)and Saturday," @5 o4 g; e4 e' I. l) p) Z$ N
(9~3 p.m. ) to improve skills in building multicultural neighbourhood% G: L) ^- e; V. Q' ~) R- V+ x, F1 N
groups.  We're especially focused on developing groups that can work( Y9 B* S9 a5 X# z
together across cultures to create community projects and Action for Healthy
" O9 f/ Z9 o+ W! c! J7 fCommunities can often support these projects with funding of up to $1,000.8 e! ^, x, i9 i7 E5 j
You can find out more about some of the projects (Community Initiatives) we'+ f6 v/ @) r" f7 ~; u1 _8 M
ve supported recently at http://www.a4hc.ca/community_initiatives.htm.
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6 P% \# U) c' g. V( u& PThe process we're using is the World Café, one you might know from Edmonton'* B8 v+ S2 r8 h' f# E3 T2 s
s two world cafés hosted by Plan Edmonton in 2005 and 2006.$ F+ p! Y) k3 V3 s  v0 L

% w% \9 b# n: Y2 A- m: G# N" b  BEnrollment for the CET training is free, but please call to register and enroll.
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Suzana, ph 944-4687,  ~/ q/ g  j8 U( R! ^6 [
Email; actionsd4@shawbiz.ca- ]# e7 R4 l" {
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2) Community Dialogue Project Phase 2
: ]% H/ J/ f, A0 z4 {: @In March (March 9, 16 23 & 30) graduates of the CET training will be hosting
' C6 t+ b: d' @0 ?1 w- @& UWorld Café style community dialogues in Alberta Avenue, Norwood, McCauley: j, T2 m/ a- j$ d; T/ r# `. F
and Eastwood, consecutively.  Mark your calendars now and sign up in March
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3)  Edmonton Small Press Event
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Please join us for the Alberta Premiere of the documentary film:
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"Bougainville Sky"
* I- P- c# J7 |! u: d. m. `- }Directed by Nick Agafonoff
  E& t7 \( _+ L; L7 o; U; @5 ^75 min. Australia, 2006- k. P! U9 M2 ~9 C1 s& F' R( v8 u
Monday, February 5, 2007 @ 7pm% {6 E9 C2 K& D2 B1 U* A! A  m3 g
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre
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4 ?# K. w$ W( g  IAdmission: By Donation (Free to Low-Income)
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Film screening followed by a Q & A session and live performance& Y( e4 x0 K* O6 H9 v$ w* K( q6 G8 }
by featured Australian songwriter Iain Campbell Smith( P% g3 _3 x4 J8 C
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Synopsis:/ n# A" e! M7 m+ d& b0 e
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: f* U" r) G( o( Z0 lSet on the remote Papua New Guinea Island of Bougainville in the South
! B. A, D% M2 ~8 D+ R6 GPacific, "Bougainville Sky" is the story of how music helped overcome years
$ O, e5 O9 t6 K# tof fear and distrust to rebuild peace in a war torn society. When bitter( i, I, q, T# W' l
conflict on Bougainville Island ended in 1997, the combatants invited the
2 [# L; X; O$ X3 ~international community to send in a Peacekeeping force on one condition:  ?+ Z  D' C$ a( z9 H
they come unarmed. Amongst the Peacekeepers was young Australian songwriter
5 u8 R: |% @" a' E6 }Iain Campbell Smith, whose music and radio program became a legend on the
+ z* A3 A2 X; F% eisland and contributed to the success of the world¹s first unarmed4 M* o% @/ d9 r3 N! x. ?
international peacekeeping operation.
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; k8 g5 `- q- X: W- U0 A: }This beautifully shot film allows the Bougainvillean people to tell their
3 H8 L1 s. c+ b1 F1 S* ]own story and captures the struggles, the strength and the humor of a people
9 F% \7 S7 l8 M8 O9 _. Nwho brought themselves back from the chaos of war. At a time when our TV
$ G) @, M, F) J+ m2 M2 R$ n5 p: uscreens are filled with images from the interventions in Iraq and4 G' }5 h- o, F/ z" J4 V
Afghanistan, the success story of the Bougainville peace process seems" Z. K+ d) Y- Q, X
improbable: an unarmed international intervention fostering local customs9 d6 V# P! I9 m
and music to strengthen an indigenous-run peace process < and it worked!) m" J' b+ P2 I$ {6 `

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success of the peace process in Bougainville. It set the tone for the whole
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hands of the militants and the people, rather than the other way around.
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so we learned to communicate instead. That's where music came in."" C. d/ b# g- J# L0 d
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Presented by the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism and the Edmonton$ M7 N7 |( p/ ~% j: c& y
Small Press Association. Sponsored by Ronin Films and supported by the4 J- o( a, m2 J  t9 ]$ P! c; R
Edmonton Public Library.. ]9 S% M! C3 o* {; f  t  ]
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4) Kimamow Atoskanow Foundation Coffee House
( d8 z- n: P# m7 |In support of Aboriginal people affected by HIV AIDS Jan 26 1:00~9:00 p.m. at 10590-109 St.' o- B  Z& z: U) m$ _
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