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Text of the IFAD opening by Rabbi Avi Fine, Assistant Rabbi, Temple De Hirsch Sinai February 10, 2022 "Good morning all and thank you for a being a part of FAN’s Interfaith Advocacy Day. Allow me to open with one of my favorite Jewish texts related to using your voice civically. This text comes from the Talmud, which is a collection of Jewish law, codified around the 6th-8th centuries CE. The authors, who we refer to as “the rabbis,” are writing as leaders of a Jewish community with very little power relative to the outside forces in the countries in [...]

Juli Prentice (she/her) FAN Intern, Candidate In-Care for Ordination in the Northern Lights Region Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Giver of life – Oh beating heart of the universe which binds all of our human and more than human world to together in a common fate, We know that your eyes are on the most vulnerable in our midst and your ears are open to their cries. We gather today as advocates for justice, for peace, well-being, and wholeness: to work on behalf of those most adversely affected by greed, selfishness, and shortsightedness. We gather out of love for our [...]

Rev. Cecilia Kingman is the Minister for Faith and Justice at the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and lives with her family in Tukwila. Vaccines are a big deal in my family. My dad contracted polio at the age of nine, just a few years before the polio vaccine was released. He spent months in an iron lung, unable to breathe on his own. He knew that many other children in his ward never went home. Dad's lungs and legs were affected. He walked with a limp afterwards, and when Post-Polio Syndrome arrived many decades later, surprising medical professionals with its mysterious [...]

What do Faith and Politics have to do with each other? FAN Co-Directors were part of a conversation about Faith and Politics that premiered this week. We offer this video blog that you can use to start your own conversations in community. Thank you to Paths To Understanding and their wonderful Challenge 2.0 media program, so graciously hosted by Jeff Renner. What is the proper relationship between faith, politics and government? Are they exclusive, or does an active faith life demand involvement in politics and government policy? In this week’s edition of Challenge 2.0, we meet with members of a group [...]

Dr. Jasmit Singh provided the opening Interfaith Leader's reflection for Interfaith Advocacy Day 2021. See the recording of this event on FAN's YouTube page.Good Morning and Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa | Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh ||It is so wonderful to see so many volunteers from across the state representing different faith traditions join today for the Interfaith Advocacy Day.  I want to thank FAN, Elise, Paul and the FAN Board for putting this day together.  I wanted to share with you a reflection on why it is so important for us to use our voices - to speak up on issues [...]

An op-ed written by Rev. Yvonne Agduyeng (she/her), Pastor of Seattle First United Methodist Church. As a pastor, I will always advocate for the safety and health of young people, which is why I strongly encourage you to vote to approve Referendum 90. My faith tradition calls me to nurture loving relationships and I believe that a vote to approve R-90 will foster safe and effective spaces for youth to access information and learn about healthy relationships. On the November ballot, R-90 asks voters to approve or reject Washington Senate Bill 5395. Approved by the legislature and signed into law by [...]