Sydney Alliance Convention: Together in Dignity
Listening & Discernment

Tue Eve August 2nd, 4:30pm-8:30pm
UTS Great Hall

After 27 months of reacting, it is time to listen, rebuild and renew the relationships that give your Alliance its relational power. We are surrounded by urgency; issues, pressures, political reactions, media cycles, disasters, housing stresses and climate. To solve issues as an Alliance, we need cooperative, relational power.

As delegates to this meeting, you will leave transformed by the stories you will hear and share in small groups. You will leave with a sense of what it means to be part of a “greater Sydney”, and likely inspired. You will also hear, contribute, and discern the strategy for our action going forward.

We create this time for ourselves, our organizations and each other.

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The Convention brings together delegates from across the 50+ Sydney Alliance partner organisations and Friends of Sydney Alliance to:

Listen and share in stories, struggles, and solidarity across the diversity of our community
Endorse a common vision for Greater Sydney and a strategy for the Alliance in 2022-23.

All delegates will be sent papers a week before the convention.

Logistics
Date: Tuesday the 2nd August, 4pm-8:30pm

4:30pm-5:30pm:
Trained leaders: will be encouraged to caucus, connect with old friends and colleagues, discuss the plans and meet new connections.

New leaders: will be invited to a 45-minute introduction session to the Alliance.

5:30pm-8:30pm
The formal event section of the evening including:

There will be four rounds of listening and sharing on these themes:

1) Looking back: the experience of covid, lockdowns & climate disasters
2) Housing & work in dignity
3) Climate & renewable energy
4) Our democracy & Walking Together with First Nations

Followed by:

5) How will we act together? - In organisational groups, deliberating and making commitments to a strategy together

This event will finish on time in true Alliance style at 8:30pm.

Ticket costs:
The Alliance is made up of people from all walks of life. If you cannot afford a ticket price, please be encouraged to choose the unwaged option.
Likewise, if you can support other delegates by "passing it on" through a donation on the following page, your generosity is greatly appreciated!

Parking and Transport:
UTS has limited free parking options but is 10 min (max) walk from Central Train Station.
We will send a logistics email closer to the Convention with nearby ($) parking stations. (Sydney afternoon traffic is the worst!)

Prayer Space:
There is a space available for Maghrib prayer at 5:16 pm for those Muslim leaders attending.

A gathering of delegations - registration

On the next page you will be asked to identify an Alliance partner or friend organisation from a drop-down menu.
If you are not already connected to your fellow Alliance reps, you will be connected with them ahead of the convention!

If you cannot see your organisation listed or are from multiple organisations, please indicate in the text box provided and an Alliance staff member will follow up closer to the date.

Delegation Notes:
Members of Local Teams who do not have another partner organisation should chose the option
"Local Team - Friend of Sydney Alliance"

Members from the Uniting Church:
If you work for Uniting or attend/work for Parramatta Mission or Engadine Uniting - please choose those options.
If not, but your congregation is part of 'Parramatta-Nepean presbytery' please choose that option.
If none of the above, please choose Uniting Church Synod of NSW & ACT.