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SUMMARY:Powering Missions: How Building Projects Can Amplify Ministry
DESCRIPTION:Powering Missions: How Building Projects Can Amplify Ministry\nSunday\, May 31st\, 2:30-3:30pm (Zoom)\nFacilitated by Rev. AC Churchill \nREGISTER NOW\n \nDownload Flyer \nIn this first of two webinar series\, community partners will help the FAN community explore how building projects\, including energy efficiency and clean energy projects\, can be tools to lower costs and increase your community mission and live into your values. \nWe’ll be joined by Design for Peace\, an initiative of the SWWA Synod of the ELCA\, whose vision is to nurture an ecology of peace by accompanying sacred communities through discernment and design. \nIf you have any questions please contact Rev. AC at Churchill@fanwa.org
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/powering-missions-how-building-projects-can-amplify-ministry/
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SUMMARY:Resourcing Projects: How Mission -Driven Organizations Can Benefit From Clean Energy Tax Credits (Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Rev. AC Churchill \nRegister \nJoin the Faith Action Network (FAN) and Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) for a webinar that will explore how to unlock clean energy tax credits via elective pay. This session is designed to help the FAN community better understand opportunities available to churches\, religious organizations\, schools\, hospitals\, nonprofits\, businesses\, and other institutions seeking to invest in clean energy solutions. \nWe’ll explore the process for maximizing federal credits while they remain available\, with topics including the elective pay framework\, strategies for combining multiple funding streams\, and an honest look at the current landscape and challenges facing clean energy incentives. We’ll also share information about free services available through the Washington Clean Energy Tax Assistance (WA CETCAP) program\, including a real-world case study from a guest speaker who has utilized CETCAP services firsthand. \nThis webinar is offered as part of FAN’s collaboration with L4GG and the Washington Department of Commerce. \nWashington CETCAP is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution\, creating jobs\, and improving public health. Visit https://www.climate.wa.gov for more information. \nLearn more about WA CETCAP at https://irataxcredits.wa.gov \nIf you have any questions please contact Rev. AC at Churchill@fanwa.org \nREGISTER HERE \n 
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/resourcing-projects-how-mission-driven-organizations-can-benefit-from-clean-energy-tax-credits-webinar/
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SUMMARY:2026 Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch
DESCRIPTION:SUPPORT THE 2026 CANOE JOURNEY\nThe Interfaith Network for Indigenous Communities (INIC) urges you to attend and support the 2026 Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch hosted by the Nisqually Tribe July 31-August 5. Participation by people of faith and conscience offers respect and solidarity with Pacific Northwest indigenous peoples\, cultures and communities. Hosting the Potlatch is a remarkable undertaking requiring hundreds of volunteers. INIC is encouraging faith communities and individuals to volunteer before and/or during the event. \nLearn more about the event\, volunteer opportunities\, sponsorship\, and paddle landings en route here: https://www.nisqually nsn.gov/heritage/Medicine_Creek_Potlatch_Journey \nThere are also ongoing opportunities to help with gift-making led by Nisqually tribal members noted here and on the flyer (we recommend you call first to confirm). These gifts will be given to guest tribal members. \nIf you are not in the Nisqually area\, connect with your local tribe to learn if you could be of help or witness at a paddle landing. \nPlease contact Faith Action Network (fan@fanwa.org) to let us know if you are planning to volunteer or attend. \nFrom the Nisqually Tribe: “Canoe Journey 2026\, Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch\, continues an inter-tribal celebration and annual gathering of Northwest indigenous nations… The Canoe Journey has grown to include over 100 canoes and the participation of Canoe Families from other native canoe cultures\, including Native American tribes\, First Nations peoples\, Alaska Natives\, Inuit\, Maori\, Native Hawaiians\, and other indigenous peoples from across the world… Canoe Journey gatherings are rich in meaning and cultural significance. Canoe families travel great distances as their ancestors did and participating in the journey requires physical and spiritual discipline. At each stop\, canoe families follow certain protocols\, they ask for permission to come ashore\, often in their native languages. At night in longhouses there is gifting\, honoring and the sharing of traditional prayers\, drumming\, songs and dances. Meals\, including evening dinners of traditional foods\, are provided by the host nations. \nDownload the flyer: INIC Urges Support for 2026 Canoe Journey.pdf \n 
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/2026-paddle-to-nisqually-medicine-creek-potlatch/
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SUMMARY:Engaging Our Faith Communities for Free and Democratic Elections
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this statewide\, virtual training to learn how to engage your faith community for free and democratic elections. \nThe right to vote is sacred\, fought for over generations and defended throughout the years. In the current administration\, we have seen a renewed effort to suppress and limit the right to vote of eligible groups\, suppress voter turnout\, and purposefully create confusion and mistrust in the electoral system. As trusted messengers\, faith communities can share accurate\, up-to-date information about voting and have the relational networks to encourage voter turnout through honest conversations and timely reminders. \nIn this non-partisan training\, we will cover: \n\nWhat our faith traditions say about voting and the democratic process\nThe current attempts to keep eligible Americans from voting through federal interference\, voter intimidation\, and false anti-immigrant claims of non-citizen voting\nNon-partisan ways you can engage your faith community in the electoral process\, including ballot initiatives\, and supporting free and democratic elections\\nExample programming and actions that your faith community can take to uplift and make visible the sacred right of voting and our shared values of democracy and voice Faith communities\, faith leaders\, and individuals with all levels of experience with get out the vote (GOTV)\, civic engagement\, and initiative education are welcome!\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/engaging-our-faith-communities-for-free-and-democratic-elections/
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SUMMARY:Letter to the Editor Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Letter to the Editor Workshop\nWednesday\, September 23\, 12:00 – 1:00 PM. \nOn Zoom \nJoin us for a hands-on Letter to the Editor (LTE) Workshop with FAN staff on September 23\, 2026 (12-1 PM) over Zoom. As we look for ways to engage our communities in free and democratic elections\, writing an LTE is a great way to share a message with a wider audience and counter misinformation. LTEs are short (150–250 word limit)\, targeted messages that use our personal voices to draw attention to issues affecting our communities. During the workshop\, we’ll review best practices for writing and submitting impactful LTEs to our local newspapers. We’ll also share ideas for messaging in support of free & democratic elections\, the Millionaire’s Tax\, and No Hate in Washington State\, as well as have individual time to write our own LTE. Join us as we practice a new advocacy skill and get our messages out together this fall! \n\nFaith communities\, faith leaders\, and individuals with all levels of experience with writing letters to the editor are welcome!
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/letter-to-the-editor-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Budgets are Moral Documents: Why We're Defending the Millionaires Tax
DESCRIPTION:On Zoom \nJoin us for 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. \nAt Faith Action Network\, we believe that budgets are moral documents. What a community funds shows what a community values\, and who is asked to pay the most shows a community’s values. Washington already has one of the most upside-down tax systems in the nation\, where low-income and middle-class families pay a far bigger share of their income in taxes than the wealthiest. \nI-645 would make this worse by increasing costs for working families and putting critical tax breaks at risk of repeal\, including tax breaks for low- and middle-income families and for small businesses. I-645 would repeal the Millionaires Tax package\, a historic new law that will modestly increase taxes on just the top one percent of Washingtonians – while cutting taxes for the other 99%. That’s why FAN is joining the effort to fight this repeal and is convening a conversation to educate faith communities and speak from a moral voice about why this matters from a faith and conscience-based perspective. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, September 29\, from 6:30 – 8 pm for Budgets are Moral Documents: Why We’re Defending Millionaires Tax. We will be joined by guest panelists: \n\nRick Steves\, Founder and Owner of Rick Steves Europe\nEmily Vyhnanek\, Associate Director of Campaigns at Washington Budget and Policy Center\nThe Rev. Dr. Kelle J Brown\, Senior Pastor at Plymouth United Church of Christ\, Seattle\nRep. Osman Salahuddin\, Representative for Washington’s 48th Legislative District\nTeresa Bendito\, Organizing Manager at Rural People’s Voice\n\n \n  \n  \n  \nAbout our panelists: \nRick Steves is a popular public television host\, a best-selling guidebook author\, and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. He is the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe\, a travel business with a small-group tour program that brings more than 30\,000 people to Europe annually. Rick lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds\, Washington\, where his office window overlooks his old junior high school. \nRev. Dr. Kelle J. Brown is the senior pastor of Plymouth Church United Church of Christ in downtown Seattle\, Washington\, where she is widely recognized as a powerful preacher\, pastor\, and public theologian committed to justice\, compassion\, and community transformation. For more than 30 years\, her ministry weaves together rigorous theological reflection\, pastoral care\, and artistic expression\, particularly through music and creative arts\, to nurture a radically inclusive and liberative Christian witness in the Pacific Northwest.​ \nRep. Osman Salahuddin represents the 48th Legislative District\, including parts of Bellevue\, Redmond\, Kirkland\, and all of Clyde Hill\, Medina\, Yarrow Point\, and Hunts Point. A Redmond native and proud son of immigrants—a special education teacher and small business owner—he earned a B.S. in neurobiology from the University of Washington\, where he served as Student Body President. Before being elected\, Osman worked as a researcher at Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center and UW Medicine. He has served his community on the Redmond City Council\, worked for the King County Council\, and contributed to non-profit boards like the Transportation Choices Coalition. \nTeresa Bendito was born and raised in Wenatchee by two Mexican immigrant parents and she still calls that community home. Since college she has worked as a community organizer\, co-founding Parque Padrinos to champion park advocacy and create culturally relevant outdoor experiences in South Wenatchee. She now serves as Organizing Director for Rural People’s Voice\, where she develops leaders who represent working people\, advances policies that support everyday families\, and organizes across Chelan\, Douglas\, and Okanogan counties toward a strong\, multiracial working-class majority.
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/budgets-are-moral-documents-why-were-defending-the-millionaires-tax/
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SUMMARY:FAN 2026 Annual Dinner – 15 Years: Many Faiths Fighting for Justice (Seattle)
DESCRIPTION:FAN 2026 Annual Dinner – 15 Years: Many Faiths Fighting for Justice (Seattle)\nDate: Sunday\, October 18\, 2026 5-8 pm\nLocation: Seattle University – Campion Ballroom\n914 East Jefferson Street\, Seattle\, WA 98122\nPlease 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. You can learn more and register at fanwa.org/annual-dinner
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/fan-2026-annual-dinner-15-years-many-faiths-fighting-for-justice-seattle/
LOCATION:Seattle University – Campion Ballroom\, 901 12th Ave \, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
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SUMMARY:FAN 2026 Annual Dinner – 15 Years: Many Faiths Fighting for Justice (Spokane)
DESCRIPTION:FAN 2026 Annual Dinner – 15 Years: Many Faiths Fighting for Justice (Spokane)\nDate: Sunday\, November 8\, 2026\, 5-8pm\nLocation: Gonzaga University – John J. Hemmingson Center\n702 E Desmet Avenue\, Spokane\, WA 99202\nPlease 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. You can learn more and register at fanwa.org/annual-dinner
URL:https://fanwa.org/event/fan-2026-annual-dinner-15-years-many-faiths-fighting-for-justice-spokane/
LOCATION:Hemmingson Center\, Gonzaga University\, 702 E Desmet Ave\, Spokane\, WA\, 98202\, United States
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