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2nd Annual

South Pacific Christian Anarchist

Conference

Brisbane, Australia

22-24 July 2008

AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE 2007

Programme

FRIDAY 22nd JUNE 2007

6:30 BEGIN with acknowledging and learning about the traditional owners of the land we meet on, followed by a round of brief introductions then sharing a meal together

7:30 Josh Hobby: COMMUNITY BUILDING & NON-VIOLENCE - Power With & Within

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SATURDAY 23rd JUNE 2007

9.30-11:00 am ---- CHRISTIANARCHY: BEING THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE, presented by Dave Andrews from Waiters Union, Brisbane.

11:00-12.30 am ---- INDIGENOUS EXPRESSIONS OF ANARCHY & FAITH IN AOTEAROA presented by Graham Cameron (Tauranga, NZ).

Lunch 12:30-1:30pm

1.30- 3:00 pm ---- IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTORS TO CHRISTIANITY & ANARCHISM, a facilitated session led by Manu Caddie (Gisborne, NZ) where small groups that go away and research an important historical figure or movement and report back to the group. Subjects include: Ellul, Tolstoy, Catholic Worker, Kierkegaard, Gandhi, etc.

3:00-4:30 pm ---- PEACEMAKING AT PINE GAP, Presented by Jim Dowling & Donna Mulhearn, Christians Against ALL Terrorism, Australia.

4:30-6.00 pm - free space (including local Aboriginal Rugby League game!)

Dinner 6:00pm

7.30-9.00 pm ---- STORIES from AROUND THE S.P.C.A NETWORK - an opportunity for participants to share about what's happening in their own communities, projects, actions etc.

9:00-pm till late ----- Supper - plus OPEN MIKE - a free performance space for the budding musicians, artists, poets amongst us… a response to the days workshops.

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SUNDAY 24th JUNE 2007

9:00 - 10.30 am ---- OPEN SPACE SESSIONS:
- Living with Others Being Non-Violent
- Maintaining a Consistent Ethic of Life
- Funding the Revolution
- Democracy, Taxes & Public Benefits
- Film & The Redemptive Violence Myth
- Contemplation & Action
- Can Christians be Missionaries?
- Anarchist Models of Decision Making

10:30am - 12.00 am ---- THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIAN ANARCHISM IN AUST. & N.Z - a plenary planning for action.

Lunch 12.30

1.30pm CONCLUSION & FAREWELL

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