Northside Chronicle - 4 August '09
Lifestyle - Curtain goes up on Black History month
BRISBANE: Lord Mayor Campbell Newman, pictured, today launched the inaugural Brisbane Black History Month arts program to celebrate the city's Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander culture.
BRUISED after a childhood marked by endless bullying, Marcus Pedro took up kung fu with the intention of taking revenge on his tormenters. As a boy growing up in the Torres Strait Islands, his limited literacy and numeracy skills had attracted the taunts of his classmates who labelled him "stupid", a "no-hoper" and "useless".
Courier Mail - 18 July '09
Three Warriors Within: Marcus Pedro's Story
Nell Arnold
MARCUS Pedro's life story was probably not intended as a reminder for the reader to be eternally grateful. This is however, the lingering sense that remains after reading Nell Arnold's short biography of his life. Primarily a journal of self reflection, the book tells of the quantum leap required to grow away from a challenging childhood...
National ABC Radio National Life Matters with Richard Aedy.
The Weekend Post - 20 June '09
Adversity sparks his warrior spiritStory
Carenda Jenkin
TORRES Strait islander Marcus Pedro has been to hell and back. And he is using his experiences to inspire others. As a child growing up on Moa Island, Mr Pedro said he had no self-confidence, was bullied and had poor literacy skills. "I used racism as an excuse for failing courses or not lasting at a job, I'd just quit," he said....
“Professor Nell Arnold has a long and sustained interest in the economic development of Indigenous People. This has involved working with Community Groups in southern Queensland, Cape York, Kimberley’s and the Northern Territory. Her projects have always been innovative and motivational. Her approach is well illustrated by this latest initiative.”Dr. Margaret Valadian
“A moving powerful, evocative story of one soul’s spiritual journey and subsequent awakening that will inspire and motivate the youth of today but also parents and others who find meeting challenges is a repeated rather than once in a life time experience. Author captures well the story telling simplicity and then explores in more depth the how of maintaining spirit and mental fitness. I found myself stopping to reflect. The book inspires and is poetic as well. A book to which I will return, and often.” Giles Tilley, International Business, Author.
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BSP is proud to announce that we are now the publisher for the Australian Army History Unit (AAHU).
We look forward to our partnership with AAHU, and helping to ensure our military history is preserved for future generations.
