Pedalling for Papua is coming to Toronto! A 12,000 kilometre international bicycling and performance tour, Pedalling for Papua aims to raise awareness of the 50 year old human rights and environmental abuse in the underreported region of West Papua.
As home to the bird of paradise, the second largest jungle remaining in the world, and our planet’s most bio-diverse marine zone, this beautiful region has been subject to what many observers have dubbed a slow-motion genocide. As many as 500,000 Indigenous West Papuans have died as a result of the military presence and lack of development in their homeland.
This story needs to be told, and it will be. Over 6 months campaigner Jeremy Bally will tour a multimedia performance on his bicycle through 7 countries. The show takes recorded conversations with West Papuan exiles, refugees and activists live on stage through an original animation. This is projected beside Jeremy as he narrates with original spoken word poetry and ukulele based hip-hop music.
Entry is by donation. See you there!
Wednesday, July 31 from 7- 9 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity
Trinity Square, just west of Eaton’s Centre
(through Yonge St entrance between Dundas and Queen)
Backgrounder: http://www.freeinews.com/global/bc-man-bikes-12000-km-to-spotlight-worlds-most-forgotten-conflict
