2022 FAN Annual Dinner

Our hearts are full of gratitude for all of you who attended in-person and online, sponsored, supported, volunteered, invited others, and helped make our first hybrid Annual Dinner on November 20, 2022 a success! We experienced so much solidarity as we celebrated together and helped keep FAN moving forward into a new year of advocacy and organizing for justice. It felt good just to BE together in-person again, with 320+ guests filling rooms in Renton and Spokane, warmly greeting each other and catching up. And we felt the connection to over 100 people participating online when the selfie slideshow came across our screens! So great to see people gathered across our state as we learn hybrid ways of building community.

FAN Policy Engagement Director Kristin Ang served as emcee for the evening. The Muslim call to prayer emanated from the stage at sunset, and FAN Board Member Rabbi Jason Levine of Temple Beth Am offered a blessing for our gathering. The Northwest African American Museum Cultural Ensemble/ACE gospel choir added incredible harmonies and a joyful noise, reminding us to Put a Little Love in Your Heart and Keep Your Eyes on the Prize. FAN Board Member Jim CastroLang and organizers Jeff DeBray and Eric Don Anderson hosted the Spokane gathering and shared messages via livestream. Executive Director Elise DeGooyer shared thoughts about the theme Pathways of Solidarity and living into our statewide vision. Rick Steves joined us via video as he expressed his faithful support for FAN and offered a generous $50,000 matching gift to keep our advocacy strong–with your help, we reached that! FAN Board Member Aneelah Afzali of MAPS-AMEN raised the energy in the room with her passion for solidarity as faith in action! And many, many hands behind the scenes made the logistics and technology possible for such an event. We give thanks for all! You can still enjoy the program archived on our YouTube channel (program begins at the 30 minute mark) and view some photos on our Facebook page.

With your help we are nearing our $150,000 goal, with some unexpected gifts still arriving. If you haven’t donated yet, you can still help us reach our goal at the Donate page on our website, by sending a check, or informing us of a donor-advised gift. We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our network and look forward to continuing the work of advocacy with you in the months ahead.

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Past Annual Dinner Highlights

2021 – “Moving Forward with Gratitude”
2020 – “Rise Up Together”
2019 – “Raising Our Voices”
2018 – “Ripples of Change”
2017 – “Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public”
2016 – “Raise Your Hands for Justice!”
2015 – “Together We Can!”
2014 – “Acting on the Dream: The Movement Continues”
2013 – “Beyond Violence: A Time for Peace”
2012 – “Faiths Like These”
2011 – “Uniting for the Common Good”