CPACS and the Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) are hosting Jeremy Bally and his show "Pedalling for Papua" in the CPACS poster gallery on
November 12 at 6pm.
Please join us to hear about Jeremy's adventures and his campaign for peace in West Papua which he is cycling around the world to present. Entry is free, but I'm sure he'd welcome a donation to his cause.
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
Mackie Building K01
Mackie Building K01
Arundel Street, Glebe
University of Sydney
University of Sydney
(across the footbridge over Parramatta Road from the main campus of the University of Sydney)
Also
The dates of his tour are below. Please forward on to any groups in the areas he is visiting who might be interested in hosting an event with Jeremy
Jeremy at Roger's Pass in British Columbia, Canada at the start of the trip.
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7 countries. 6 months. 12,000 kilometers.
For information on when the tour is coming to your community in Australia see below:
Stories allow us to know each other. They build empathy by simultaneously teaching and engaging. They lay the foundation for action.
Pedalling for Papua is Canada’s contribution to the global effort to broadcast the story of West Papua. After 50 years of human rights and environmental abuses hidden behind a media blackout, West Papua is being slowly and relentlessly exposed to the world. A long oppressed indigenous population committed to non-violent reform and a growing base of international allies committed to a partnership for peace fuel this movement.
West Papua is home to Asia’s largest jungle, the world’s greatest underwater biodiversity, and some of our planet’s oldest cultures. It is a rare and threatened treasure which Pedalling for Papua is dedicated to uncovering for the world to see. We ask that you join us in telling this great story.
About Jeremy
Jeremy Bally was born and raised on the West Coast of Canada. A cyclist and musician, he first heard about West Papua through a concerned friend who’d just stumbled upon the story herself. Over two years of engaging more deeply with the issue, the vision for Pedalling for Papua began to take shape, and in 2011 he flew to Indonesia to see first hand what the situation on the ground. Inspired by a new language and a journal full of sobering accounts from interviews conducted over a 5 week period, he arrived back home and began preparations for the first campaign.
Jeremy transformed his experience in West Papua into a multimedia presentation, and cycled it 7500 kilometres across Canada, educating thousands of Canadians about the human rights, environmental and political situation there. Enthralled by the experience and bound to the cause, he has decided to put the lessons of the first tour to good use by…how else? Doing another one! Just bigger. And more effective.
When not cycling, Jeremy plays his ukulele while walking through the forest, occasionally stopping to climb a tree.
Australian trip
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