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Help protect the progress we've made together. Learn more below! We Welcome You to Join us for a FAN Liaison Training We are so grateful to those of you who serve as liaisons between your faith community and FAN! And for those of you who may not be liaisons but who provide leadership for your faith community's engagement in social and environmental justice! We want to take time this summer to check in with you, share some resources, and hear how we can support you in the coming year. We invite liaisons, legislative district coordinators, and other faith community leaders active in--or [...]

FAN staff are excited to welcome you to our annual Spring Summits, scheduled for two Sundays this spring: May 5 and June 9, 3:00-4:30pm. We’ve opted to host these summits online to allow more people to join and to enable advocates from across the state to hear from each other. During this year’s summits, we’ll be able to celebrate legislative wins and hear about stalled legislation and what is needed to move forward next session. FAN staff will share an update on the three ballot initiatives that will have an impact on everything we do this year. And you will have a [...]

Register for a Sunday Summit at the May 5 or June 9 links or learn more on our Spring Summit page and bring your voice and your advocacy to the FAN table! Register for Spring Summit Expand the Child Tax Credit Take Federal Action Now! Our eyes shift to Congress as the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been stuck in the Senate since January. An expanded CTC would help 16 million children in low-income families and this modest effort would go a long way for children living in poverty and struggling families. Urging your Senators to take action [...]

FAN Board Members, Rabbi Jason Levine and Jasmit Singh, were present for the Governor’s signing of SB 5427, establishing a bias incident hotline for WA state. See the list of successful bills and budget items you helped make possible at our website on the Legislative Agenda page. Register for Spring Summits! FAN staff are moving into what we call our Spring Outreach season, where we get to be present at your community gatherings and denominational conferences, and talk with you about what happened this legislative session. Most importantly, we seek to hear your concerns and priorities for what we might [...]

FAN Policy Engagement Director Kristin Ang was present when Governor Inslee signed HB 2368 this week, enabling the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance within DSHS to administer funding for immigrants seeking asylum who do not qualify for federal refugee assistance. This will include the $25.25 million budgeted this session.Signing and Implementing BillsNow that the legislative session is over, the Governor has been signing bills into law and will continue to do so in the weeks ahead. We continue to update our Bill Tracker with final actions when bills are signed into law, and we will share photos or news of [...]

A message from FAN Executive Director, Elise DeGooyer: Spring has always been a time of opening to change for me, as I watch irises, rhubarb, and LOTS of green break through in my yard. So during this season, it is with mixed emotions that I want to let you know I have decided to leave my role at Faith Action Network at the end of June. After 10 years of committed service, I’m ready to grow into my next chapter of work, and I’m excited for FAN to welcome in a new Executive Director to guide its future. I will [...]

We thank you for your thousands of Pro/Con committee sign-ins, letters, testimony, and visits to Olympia that made positive policy change possible! Sine Die! End-of-Session Recap The 60-day 2024 legislative session concluded Thursday March 7. The last day of the legislative session is called Sine Die (pronounced sigh-knee die), Latin for “without a day,” meaning the state legislature adjourned for the last time without setting a day to come back. This past week the Capital was filled with floor action focused primarily on concurring (and sometimes not concurring) changes made to Senate and House bills. A historic number of bills [...]

FAN staff Blake Alford and UW Social Work intern Sarah Starrett participated in this week’s Balance Our Tax Code rally in Olympia, calling for progressive revenue to meet critical needs in our state. Thanks to coalition partners Statewide Poverty Action Network for the scroll of budget items we need to keep pushing for! Take Action Today March 1 is the last day to consider bills, except initiatives and alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, differences between the houses, and matters incident to the interim and closing of the session. Session ends on Thursday, March 7. Our [...]