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As ballots drop this week, FAN and our multifaith partners encourage you to be a first week voter, use ballot drop boxes, and track your ballot! Making sure your vote counts is a vital way to protect our communities and our democracy. FAN is defending the Millionaire's Tax with the NO on 645 Coalition and part of the No Hate in Washington State campaign opposing I-001 and I-638. We encourage you to vote NO on all of the initiatives! Learn more and check out FAN's one-pagers on all 3 initiatives here. As people of faith and conscience, we know that [...]

Join FAN's 2026 Annual Dinner in Seattle and Spokane Registration deadline extended for Seattle until Monday, October 12 at midnight. Join us in Seattle at Seattle University or online on Sunday, October 18 at 5pm. Register by Monday, October 12. Join us in Spokane at Gonzaga University on Sunday, November 8 at 5pm. Register by Saturday, October 31. We are currently experiencing issues with our phone system and are working to get them fixed as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience if we have missed your call or voicemail. If you have not been able to connect with [...]

Join FAN's 2026 Annual Dinner in Seattle and Spokane Registration closes on October 9th for our 2026 Annual Dinner! Join us in Seattle at Seattle University or online on Sunday, October 18 at 5pm. Join us in Spokane at Gonzaga University on Sunday, November 8 at 5pm. We are currently experiencing issues with our phone system and are working to get them fixed as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience if we have missed your call or voicemail. If you have not been able to connect with a staff member to finalize or complete your registration, please send [...]

FAN Regional Gathering in Yakima Please save the date and plan on joining FAN and fellow communities of faith and conscience for a Yakima Regional Gathering on October 6th! We will gather at St. Michael's Episcopal Mission to connect around our shared values and listen for emerging advocacy priorities. Whether you have been part of FAN for years or are just learning about our statewide, multifaith work - all are welcome! 5:00-5:30 PM - Light refreshments and social 5:30-7:00 PM - FAN Regional Gathering where we will: Connect with one another about pressing issues and priorities in Yakima that we [...]

Join the Constitution Day Community Reading Every House, Every Ballot Our right to vote is our right to shape our society, to care for our neighbors, and to claim our human dignity. With all the uncertainty about voting this year, faith communities have an important role in encouraging and equipping their members to use that right. At First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Seattle (FAME), Desley Brooks--a former elected official--has designed a program called Every Household Every Ballot. Desley notes that in Washington thousands of people receive ballots who never return them. FAME's goal is to do their part to [...]

Join FAN's 2026 Annual Dinner in Seattle and Spokane Registration is now open for our 2026 Annual Dinner! Please join us for an evening of inspiring stories, delicious food, and uplifting music as we celebrate the collective power of our multifaith voices! Together, we’ll honor the relationships we’ve built and the impact we’ve had over the last 15 years. We will also ground ourselves in the work at hand and look toward the future of multifaith advocacy in 2027 and beyond. This year we are holding two stand-alone events in Seattle and Spokane on different dates. At the dinner, you’ll [...]

Learn more about the Millionaires Tax with Faith Action Network We are hosting a conversation on the Millionaires Tax! Learn about this important source of funding for our schools, families, and small businesses and why we are voting No on I-645 this November. At Faith Action Network, we believe that budgets are moral documents. The choices we make about raising and spending public resources reveal whose lives we value, whose needs we prioritize, and whether we are willing to share responsibility for the well-being of our neighbors. Join us on Tuesday, September 29, from 6:30 - 8 pm for Budgets [...]

Love Must Be Louder: Coffee & Community Celebration TONIGHT at 5 PM This past week, Christian faith leaders in Yakima released a public statement in response to a Christian nationalist event being held in their community today. Lifting up their belief in love, humility, justice, and service to their neighbors, they rejected Christian nationalism and are calling community to gather with them tonight. Join us for a time of connecting with neighbors, having a cup of coffee, and sharing about the things that make our Yakima Valley special - including our diversity and respect for one another. There will be [...]

Unite and Rise with the League of Women Voters Join the Washington League of Women Voters tomorrow, August 8, for a day of action to honor those who mobilized for voting rights throughout our country's history and to demonstrate the power of communities doing so now. From Berkeley to Brooklyn, this is a nationwide celebration and day of action. In Washington State there are events in Bremerton, Federal Way, Seattle, Sunnyside, Tacoma, Union Gap and Whidbey Island. You can find more information about them and register here: https://www.mobilize.us/lwv/map/ August 6th was the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of [...]

Even as the August primary ballots are being counted, FAN is looking towards November, where three critical initiatives will be on the ballot. I-001 and I-638 would harm vulnerable children, and I-645 would strip funding from our schools and communities. Last month, Faith Action Network's board voted to endorse the opposition campaigns for all three initiatives. We will continue to share information and updates on the three initiatives at fanwa.org/initiatives. Read on to learn more about the initiatives as well as our upcoming FAN workshop, Engaging Our Faith Communities for Free & Democratic Elections , Tuesday, August 11th (6:30-8 pm) [...]