We take a look at how grassroots democratic and religious participation has been affected by COVID-19 by speaking to community leaders in the Sydney Alliance.The Sydney Alliance is an organisation that engages everyday people from diverse religious and non-religious backgrounds. Working for the common good in Sydney, the alliance is a coalition of community organisations, religious organisations from diverse Christian, Jewish, and Islamic communities, and trade unions that organises its members to make Sydney a more equitable and just city to live in.