This year marks the 40th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy’s first visit to Australia in 1976. To celebrate this historic occasion a group of his Australian students have embarked upon a project to offer 40 Peace Talks about Sri Chinmoy and his philosophy in 40 different university campuses.

Coffs Harbour campus of Southern Cross University is one of the first to host the event. The beautiful coastal city of Coffs Harbour, situated halfway between Brisbane and Sydney, will also be on the route of next year’s 30th anniversary Peace Run.

As we prepared to publicise the university talks, it seemed to be a natural fit to incorporate some of the Peace Run activities into the programme. Consequently a call to the media went out and an invitation to meet with the Mayor of Coffs Harbour was extended.