Community Service Sydney

🔥Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Sydney (Easy English) 6pm

**⚠️ IMPORTANT: TONIGHT’S RULES ⚠️** **🎟️ NO TICKET = NO ENTRY** **(If you are on the WAITLIST, you cannot enter tonight.)** **🪑 SIT IF EMPTY** **Please take a seat if you see one to help create more space.** **📧 SHOW SCREEN AT DOOR** **Have your confirmation email/screen ready for Chris & Kev.** **NO WALK-INS. THANK YOU!** **“The perfect Saturday night to meet new friends in a warm, relaxed atmosphere”** **✨ 5,000+ Members have joined across Australia** **✨ Early RSVP FREE / Last-Minute Ticket $5** **✨ Relaxed & Friendly (Not a loud party, perfect for conversation)** **Why Join Us?** **First-timers welcome: About 70% of people are new every time!** **Easy to join alone: Most people arrive by themselves and leave with new friends.** **Language friendly: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese & English OK 🧋** **📍 WHEN & WHERE** **🗓 Every 2 weeks on Saturday** **🕕 6:00pm – 10:00pm** **📍 Harts Pub (The Rocks) Located in the heart of historic Sydney!** **🚶‍♂️ Super Easy Access:** **• 5 min walk from Circular Quay Station** **• 8 min walk from Wynyard Station** **Easy to drop by after exploring The Rocks!** **💰 Cost:** **Early RSVP FREE** **Last-Minute Ticket: $5** **⚠️ Limited spots available — we highly recommend reserving early.** **👉 HOW TO JOIN** **Please click “Join” on Meetup.** **Follow & DM us on Instagram: @_lounge_asia** **⚠️ HOUSE RULES & SAFETY POLICY** **To ensure a safe and comfortable environment for everyone, Lounge Asia has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for the following behaviors:** **🚫 No Solicitation:** **Any form of business recruitment, MLM, religious proselytizing, or poaching is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.** **🚫 No Harassment:** **Unwanted pick-up activities, persistent pestering, or making others feel uncomfortable will not be tolerated.** **Action:** **Any attendee reported for misconduct will be removed immediately and banned from future events without warning.** **⚠️ IMPORTANT** **Photo ID Required:** **Passport or Driver’s License only (Student IDs NOT accepted).** **18+ only:** **The venue is a licensed bar, and ID checks are required under NSW law.** **🎁 BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER (VIP)** **We are building an official app to connect our community safely!** **Join the VIP list for early access and priority invites to special parties.** **👉 [Join the VIP List here]** **https://forms.gle/T2KukvgEiGWEz3VR9** **━━━━━━━━━━━━━━** **初参加・一人参加も大歓迎です！** **혼자 오셔도 편하게 즐길 수 있어요!** **欢迎大家轻松交朋友！** **歡迎輕鬆認識新朋友！** **มาคนเดียวก็สนุกได้ครับ/ค่ะ** **Mọi người đều được chào đón!** **Welcome ang lahat!** **Semua dialu-alukan!** **Semua orang diterima dengan hangat!** **👥 Your Host:** **🎤 Chris – Your friendly Sydney host, ready to welcome you**

Agentic AI Unplugged: Running AI Agents at Scale

Agentic AI is moving fast, but what does it actually take to run agents securely, reliably, and at scale? For our next meetup, **PolarSeven** and **ClickHouse** are bringing together two practical talks exploring AI agents, real-world implementation, governance, security, and scale. **🎤 Hear from:** **Sumith Jitta, Head of Engineering @ Lawpath** The Harness Is the Moat: Running AI Agents at Scale **Johnny Mirza, Senior Solutions Architect @ ClickHouse** Governed and Secure Agents with LibreChat After the talks, stick around for networking, pizzas, and drinks with the local AWS Sydney User Group community! 🍻🍕🤤 **Agenda:** 17:30 - Arrive & drinks 18:00 - Introductions 18:10 - Talk 1: *The Harness Is the Moat: Running AI Agents at Scale* Sumith Jitta, Head of Engineering @ Lawpath 18:40 - Talk 2: *Governed and Secure Agents with LibreChat* Johnny Mirza, Solution Architect @ ClickHouse 19:10 - Networking, food, and drinks! 🍻🍕 **Event details:** 🗓️ Date: 24 June 2026 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM 📍 Location: Level 8/2 Market St, Sydney NSW 2000 *Please enter via Kent St to access the building.* RSVP now to save your spot! We can’t wait to see you there! Cheers, **The PolarSeven Team** [www.polarseven.com](http://www.polarseven.com/) *Would you like to present?* *Complete this [form](https://forms.gle/GAqrJggTjme6Uzsu6) and we'll be in touch soon.*

Unhurried Conversations - Saturday

Bring yourself along, we explain how it works.

OVERCOMING ANXIETY - Free Coaching Session

**This is 1:1 call. After RSVP, someone from our team will contact you and send you calendly link for scheduling meeting** This is a free coaching session as a part of our promotional activity, created for individuals who are experiencing anxiety and want to regain a sense of inner balance and control 🌿 In this session, we will explore what anxiety means for you - what triggers it, how it shows up in your thoughts and body, and what keeps it active. You will be guided through a supportive conversation that helps you understand your inner processes more clearly, without judgment or pressure 🤝 The focus is not only on awareness, but also on practical steps. You will learn simple and effective techniques that can help you calm your mind, reduce tension, and respond differently in challenging moments. We will also look at how your patterns of thinking and emotional responses influence your experience, and how small shifts can create meaningful change over time 🔄 This is a safe space where you can openly share, feel heard, and begin building a more stable, grounded, and confident version of yourself 💬

Movie & Buffet Dinner Night; VIP Private Screening of "500 DAYS IN THE WILD"

Social Event - Movie & Dinner Night; We have organised a VIP Private Screening of the award winning movie; "500 DAYS IN THE WILD". The 2-hour documentary weaves together adventure, personal reflections, stunning wildlife, and human connection on the rigorous and beautiful TCT Trail, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast, as well as the Arctic Ocean. 500 Days in the Wild dives deeply into both the physical and emotional travails of tackling an almost impossible adventure. 500 Days surprises with cinematic action, intimate experiences, and visual poetry. 500 Days In The Wild follows the epic 6-year journey of filmmaker Dianne Whelan as she sets out to reconnect with nature and become the first person to travel the world's longest trail. The 24,000 km Trans Canada Trail stretches across the continent of North America, connecting the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans. It is the longest trail in the world. For six years filmmaker Dianne Whelan traveled the entirety of the land and water trails, the only person to ever accomplish this journey. 500 Days (which is 12,000 hours) in the Wild recounts Dianne's journey by bike, canoe, skis, snowshoes and on foot and her cross-cultural visits with those who live close to the land. This feature doc culled from 800 hours of footage is an intricate weave of adventure film, personal reflection and stunning captures of wildlife and landscapes. Using humour, adventure, beautiful cinematography and a great soundtrack (including songs from Joni Mitchell, First Aid Kit, Xavier Rudd, and The Tragically Hip), 500 Days in the Wild will entertain audiences and inspire hope for the future. She started out alone, disillusioned with state of the world, to look for different ways of caring for the land and for each other. She ended the journey a bit wiser, more hopeful, in love and with a passion to share this story with you. This is an unforgettable journey and an unforgettable film. WARNING: You may want to quit your job after watching this Inspiring, Intimate & Incredible Movie based on a True Adventure Story - A MUST SEE. \# Details * Rated CTC * Runtime 120 minutes * Genre Documentary * Director Dianne Whelan * Actors Dianne Whelan, Louisa Robinson * Language English * Country Canada * Awards Winner - Grand Prize VIMFF, Winner - Best Film World Trail Film Festival, Winner - Best Film Nordic Adventure Film Festival, Winner - Audience Award - Victoria Film Festival. 500 DAYS IN THE WILD TRAILER; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-0XhbQwerI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-0XhbQwerI) We will start with the Movie, followed by an award winning Vegetarian all you can eat buffet dinner & then you can do an optional Kirtan Mantra Meditation. Kirtan is the chanting of spiritually uplifting sacred mantras (transcendental sound vibrations). It is typically accompanied with traditional Indian instruments such as the harmonium, mrdanga (drum) and kartalas (hand cymbals). Note: This is usually an extra $10.00, however included in our event. Here is some more information on Kirtan Mantra Meditation; [Kirtan/mantra meditation explained](https://govindas.com.au/kirtanmantra-meditation-explained.html) There will also be an opportunity to meet up with fellow Telegram & Meet Up Members. This will be a great opportunity to get together for a great day, night, under lights for a night to remember. This is a bohemian inspired cinema experience which awaits you at Govindas. Keep your clothes on but take your shoes off, relax and enjoy is the motto here. Upright seats and couches are available but for most regulars it is all about the lie down beds and the culinary treat after the movie in the restaurant which makes it a night to remember. Operating for over forty years, Govindas, a not for profit enterprise, has cemented itself in Sydney’s competitive dining scene & is widely regarded by the locals as a Sydney Institution. Special Dietary Needs; The buffet is about 80% vegan. It is also 80% gluten free, the exceptions are kofta balls, pakoras, penne pasta bake and bread. The only preparations containing nuts are usually the quinoa salad and the ice-cream sundae. For severe allergies please ask to speak to the chef on arrival. Drinks are not included & can be Shaken, Not Stirred. Start / Finish points accessible by train from Kings Cross Station. Distance: 0.3km (approx.) Cost: Dinner & Movie = $50.00 - NOTE: THIS MUST BE PRE-PAID WITHIN 72 HOURS BY DIRECT DEPOSIT OR CASH, AS WE ARE BOOKING THE WHOLE CINEMA FOR OUR PRIVATE GROUP. WHAT IS THE PRICE OF ADVENTURE. \*\* NO REFUNDS FOR THIS SPECIAL \*\* Note: The value is usually 66.00 for a Non-Private (General Public) Screening with dinner & Kirtan Mantra Meditation, but because you are Special, you receive a $16.00 discount for a Private Viewing & VIP Dinner Table for our Group. Gratuity: There will be no gratuity for this event. IMPORTANT: Once you confirm your attendance; FULL PAYMENT is required within 72 hours by Cash or to account; PT, Bank Of Queensland. BSB: 124 001 Account Number: 2294 6955 & Reference: (Your Full Name). Please follow up with sending a private message with your FULL NAME, MOBILE, DIETARY & OPTIONAL MANTRA MEDITATION.

BrowserStack QA Meetup in Sydney - February

**Join us for our QA meetup of the BrowserStack Meetup group Sydney.** **Session :** The first 1,000 hours saved: A story of AI transformation in Testing **Adam Hughes Test Chapter Lead** at University of Technology Sydney **Venue:** Will be Updated soon **Date & Time - June 24th, 6:00 PM AEST** **" Want to stay connected with the Sydney QA community beyond the meetup? Join our BrowserStack Discord Server to get updates, continue discussions, and network with fellow QA professionals. Don't miss out—be part of the conversation! "** [Click here to join our BrowserStack Discord Server](https://browserstack.com/discord?source=meetups&utm_medium=internal&utm_source=ownedevents&UTM_term=event) Don’t worry if you don’t have all the details of your topic ready, just provide a basic description, and we’ll work with you to finalize it. **Few notes:** **🔹 This will be an In-Person event** **Mark your calendars and reserve your spot now! We can't wait to see you there!** **Note- RSVP doesn't confirm your seat, We will be sending the confirmation email one day prior to the Meetup to confirm your seat.**

Unhurried Conversations - Sunday

Bring yourself, we will go over how Unhurried Conversations works.

Cosmopolitan Stoic Justice: The 6km Parramatta River Loop

Join us to apply Cosmopolitan Justice at this **Stoicism in Practice** event. We will be combining a 6km loop along the Parramatta River with a purposeful community clean-up. ​The word *Cosmopolitan* was coined by the ancient Greeks, because ***Are Citizens of the World.*** While most in the ancient world identified only with their specific city-state, the Stoics argued that we are all part of one single community. ​In Stoicism, Justice is the virtue of social duty. This event is about taking responsibility for our shared space, and training our character through service. ​**The Agenda** - **​Debrif, Coffee & Contemplation** (2pm): We’ll meet at the Old Dairy. Please grab a takeaway coffee from a nearby cafe on your way in. We will sit together to discuss the Stoic plan. - ​**The Clean-up Walk (2.30pm)**: We set off on the 6km River Walk loop. As we collect litter, we practice Prosoche (mindfulness), paying attention to the environment and our internal reactions to the task. - ​**Final Sweep & Disposal**: We return to the Little Coogee area to dispose of our collections in the designated bins. - ​**Closing Reflection**: A quick group debrief at the Old Dairy to discuss what we learned about our own resilience and social duty before we head home. ​**Important Notes** - ​Distance: 6km loop on flat, paved terrain. - ​What to Bring: Heavy-duty gloves, a few rubbish bags, tongs/pickers (if you have them), and a reusable water bottle. - Attire: Wear warm layers and clothes you don't mind getting a little dusty or dirty. ​***Disclaimer: Every participant is responsible for their own safety and physical wellbeing. Please wear appropriate footwear and dress for the winter weather.*** **Stoic Principles in Action** ​ - ***Voluntary Discomfor***t: We might get a bit dirty or cold. This is an opportunity to practice remaining unbothered by external physical states while focusing on internal virtue - ***Social Duty:*** Realising that picking up trash isn't "cleaning up after others," but "maintaining our shared city." ​ - ***The Dichotomy of Control***: We can't control the fact that the park is littered, but we can control our choice to improve it. **Event fee (optional) is $2,** this goes to admin costs of running the group, please consider I am from Wollongong and wanted to keep this group when original organiser stepped down. I have significant travel expenses and am generally organising creative events that take resources. A gratuity would be a wonderful way to make me feel appreciated. Pay on the day, payID 0416147804, PayPal: paypal.me/jonnikaren or private message for direct deposit details. In lieu of event fee, you can buy me a coffee :)

Weekly Coffee Catch Up

**Everyone is welcome!** Whether you’re part of a local community group that’s struggling with admin friction or you’ve just started "vibe coding" and want to build something that actually matters, come grab a coffee. We are currently collating **Bluehex Blocks**—standalone tools that solve real problems today and will eventually dock into our single 1-stop solution for Australian non-profits, charities and communities. We’re all about open doors and high-energy builds—it’s simply a chance to lean in with your skills (or your community insights) and create real impact for the public good.

Anthropic Academy Study Group

Start your Thursday right! Join us for a casual morning coffee at the Hilton to connect, share our progress, and talk through any Anthropic Skilljar roadblocks together. Whether you are non-technical and just getting your feet wet with the *AI Fluency Foundations* and *Claude 101*, or a developer deep in the weeds of *Claude Code*, the *Model Context Protocol (MCP)*, or scaling the latest *Opus* API workflows—everyone is welcome. Bring your prompts, your code, or just your morning caffeine craving, and let's brainstorm, debug, and build together.

Club Human

**This is a drop-in gathering currently on Thursday evenings.** **We have been experimenting with the start time. Either 5 pm or 6 pm, depending on what is best for those who wish to attend. If there is a collective interest in another more suitable day/time happy to explore.** **Lineage:** At the club, we move through practices borne out of the legacy of [Joanna Macy](https://www.joannamacy.net/main "https://www.joannamacy.net/main"), 'environmental activist, author and scholar of [Buddhism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism"), [general systems theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory") and [deep ecology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology")'. That came to me via [John Seed](https://johnseed.net/ "https://johnseed.net/"). I integrate with these non-carceral peer-support modalities ([Alt2su](https://alt2su-nsw.net/ "https://alt2su-nsw.net/"), [Emotional CPR). And the practice of 'accompanying' from 'Spiritual Care', often called 'Chaplaincy' or 'Pastoral Care'.](https://www.nswccpe.edu.au/mental-health-cpe-centre "https://www.nswccpe.edu.au/mental-health-cpe-centre") As someone involved in the [psychiatric survivors movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_survivors_movement). A person with lived experience of harm within the context of accessing mainstream mental health services. And also a family member of multiple family members who have suffered in the same context. The practices at Club Human are **ever evolving** out of a **mutual learning process**. At the moment they look like: **We re-member our wider body** (10mins) Asking questions like, Where do I land? What carried me here? Where am I at home? Where do I feel myself held? Where do I feel connected? A part? -To ground. -To counter anthropocentrism by reminding us of our sense of belonging and interconnectedness. -To address the loneliness epidemic. **We honour our pain** (10 mins) A practice to honour whatever pain we carry that has not been allowed, or given enough space and time to be felt, seen, heard. It is a practice of fierce vulnerability. Both during the time in which we are honouring our own pain, an act of caring for ourselves, whilst being cared for by others. As well as when we are in the position of caring for others, honouring their own pain, whilst caring for ourselves. It is both an unlearning, and remembering of how to care without judging, fixing, solving, making better, saving face... etc., all forms of repression/suppression. -To heal the epidemic of sickness, disempowerment and apathy. -To counter the loss of how to be with each other in a world of technology. -To counter the pathologisation of human experience. -To counter the medicalisation of human experience. -To counter the stigma of distress. -To accept and embrace that which we would reject, repress, compartmentalise, numb through psych [drugs...etc](http://drugs...etc/) -To re-associate with what it is to be human, to feel. -To remember how to be real with each other. -To rediscover trust and faith that no harm will come from expressing ourselves fully. To address the fear of vulnerability. -To rediscover trust and faith that no harm will come from supporting each other sincerely. To address the loss of trust in each other. -Honouring the truth that harm does happen. And learning how to be safe with each other, reducing harm, and, when we inevitably make mistakes, learning how to repair. -To make space for experiencing community to come out of isolation. -To do so without so-called 'experts', recognising each other's wisdom. **We cultivate mutual care** (10mins) A practice that welcomes being with stillness, being with silence. Cultivating a heart of loving kindness. So we can respond to pain with compassion and love. ***Guided meditation is offered.*** -To listen to our needs and respond with care. -To extend this care beyond ourselves. **We collectively resource how we see with new eyes** (10mins) A time for both wise reflection. Looking into our recent experience to recognise how and when our view has shifted towards understanding and wisdom. As well as engaging in mutual aid and generosity. Pooling and gifting what we have come to know for the benefit of others' journeys. -To participate in what Joanna Macy called the "[Great Turning,](https://workthatreconnects.org/dimensions-of-the-great-turning/)" a shift from a life-destroying society to a life-sustaining one. **We recollect the good qualities that allow us to go forth** (10mins) Giving space and time to recognise and celebrate the good qualities we have cultivated and developed. Giving rise to faith in humanity, the capacity to act responsibly, and out of love. Here we have the means to see our progress. And know that all is not lost. **We rejoice in others' welfare/ wellbeing** (10mins) [Ajahn Nisabho](https://cloudmountain.org/profile/nisabho-bhikkhu/), shared that the Buddha defined 'Mudita' as 'the cure for discontent'. I err towards altruistic joy as an English translation. Mudita is a practice of delighting in others' welfare. Others' well-being. Happiness that isn't based on getting something in a world that doesn't belong to us. Happiness that isn't based on someone's or some being's expense. An antidote to inequality. -To uplift the mind. -To counter misery, melancholy, desolation, etc., -To counter hyper-individualism, competitiveness, greed, and conceit. -To grow communities of mutualism. **CLUB HUMAN** **is given freely**. No one is required to pay to attend. It is **non-transactional**. Instead, everyone is invited to remember what it was like before everything became commodified. To remember what it was, to be in a reciprocal relationship that creates sustainability for all. To be part of a natural ecosystem of generosity. Therefore, **giving in whatever form isn't disallowed.** These practices cultivate and develop generosity. Generosity is supported, in whatever direction people choose. The purpose of these events is to grow wholesome qualities like generosity in the community. The purpose of organising these events is not the material gain of the organiser. I have **a policy of full financial transparency**. Please feel welcome to ask to see my overall finances. What the costs are associated with hosting, I'm happy to direct you to those. **ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY**: I am trained in numerous mental health modalities. [Alt2su](https://alt2su-nsw.net/upcoming-training/), [Emotional CPR](https://emotional-cpr.org/), and Spiritual Care ('[Mental Health Ministry' intro and CPE1](https://www.nswccpe.edu.au/mental-health-cpe-centre)'). I am an Autistic identifying trauma survivor living with complex trauma. The Abbotsford Sea Scout Hall is wheelchair accessible, including the toilet. This will be, for the most part, electricity-free, a no-bright-lights event. There is a bus stop with [bus no. 438x](https://transportnsw.info/routes/details/sydney-buses-network/438x/74438-X) coming to and from the city regularly. Abbotsford Ferry Wharf is outside with the [F3 Circular Quay to Parramatta service](https://transportnsw.info/routes/details/sydney-ferries/f3/090f3). Email [mudita4all@proton.me](mailto:mudita4all@proton.me) for any further access needs, and I will do my best to accommodate.5

The Cook Up - Men's Social Connections Group