Giving thanks for you + annual dinner report
Capacity crowds in both Renton and Spokane created a hope-filled and successful FAN Annual dinner. See more photos on our Facebook page! Thank You for making our Annual Dinner Celebrations a Success! We approach [...]
Don’t forget to Register for our Annual FAN Dinner
FAN regional clusters build relationship and conversation towards the 2024 legislative session. Pictured top left clockwise - Vancouver, East King County, Edmonds and Spokane.Registration for Dinner Closes Monday November 6!We look forward to welcoming you [...]
Cluster Meetings Continue
FAN board and staff members deeply grieve the continuing loss of life in the Israel-Hamas war, and we reaffirm FAN’s practice of not issuing statements on international issues, even as we know the pain [...]
Registration for FAN 2023 Annual Dinner now Open
Registration for FAN Annual Dinner Open We are delighted to announce that our online registration is ready for tickets and tables at our Annual Dinner celebration on Sunday evening, November 19! Please go to [...]
Welcoming Our New FAN Staff
Faith Action Network staff and volunteers have been out in the community this summer talking with neighbors from Spokane to Wenatchee, Puget Sound to Vancouver, about ways to increase justice across the state! We wish [...]
FAN Cluster Meetings Begin
Please mark your calendars for our Annual Dinner on Sunday, November 19, and stay tuned for more details. We hope to offer an in-person gathering in two locations with online attendance as well. FAN [...]
Remember to Vote by August 1
Please mark your calendars for our Annual Dinner on Sunday, November 19, and stay tuned for more details. We hope to offer an in-person gathering in two locations with online attendance as well. Mail [...]
Concern for Violence against Faith Communities
FAN Board and Staff met for our annual retreat recently to help strengthen our advocacy and solidarity. We are looking forward to the change we can accomplish together in our multi-faith statewide work against injustice. [...]
We’re Hiring at FAN
FAN currently has one open position: FAN Network Events Manager
Celebrating Pride Month & More
FAN joined Cascade Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and Sunnyslope Church at the June 3 Wenatchee Pride Festival last weekend. See statewide Pride events and a new Protecting Pride guide below. Thanks to FAN Advocates at [...]
Turning our Advocacy to Congress
Shalom UCC in Richland unveiled a scroll of legislative wins during their church service May 7: left to right, Mike Stipe, Mickey Beary, John Patrick, Marsha Stipe, Pastor Stephen Gentle, and Lora Rathbone. See [...]
Keep Our Advocacy Moving Forward
Ending hunger in WA, especially at K-12 schools and colleges, continues to be a deep commitment for FAN. We are grateful to FAN supporters Trevor Sandison and Darcy Huffman (who also serves as an [...]
Celebrating our Legislative Successes
FAN celebrated with The Alliance for Gun Responsibility and other advocates as the historic assault weapons ban was signed into law this past week. We Celebrate These 2023 Legislative Session Successes because of YOUR [...]
Final Budget and End of Session
FAN was honored to be in the room yesterday representing decades of work by FAN and our predecessor faith organizations, as Governor Inslee signed SB 5087 removing the death penalty from Washington state law. [...]
Advocate for the State Budget, Week 14
Please save the dates for our online Spring Summits on two Sunday afternoons: May 7 and June 4. To make these post-session conversations accessible to as many people as possible, we have opted for [...]
Bringing Justice to the State Budget, Week 13 Update
We stand in heartfelt solidarity through these sacred days of Ramadan, Passover, Holy Week and Easter, Buddha’s birthday, Vaisakhi Day, and more. We commemorate the anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s death this [...]
Peace for Holy Days, and Week 12 Update
FAN participated in a week of interfaith hospitality at Ramadan iftars with Pacifica Foundation in Snohomish and the Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) in Redmond, and a Passover seder with the Jewish Federation [...]
Week 11 Legislative Update
FAN Operations Coordinator Blake Alford and FAN Economic Justice Working Group leader Steve Clagett (Pictured on the right) stand in solidarity with union workers at the Starbucks headquarters in Seattle. We are seeking the [...]
Budget Needs & Week 10 Recap
We are seeking the next FAN Eastern Washington part-time regional organizer, and hope you will help us get the word out for this opportunity! Applications or questions received at apply@fanwa.org. Take Action As we [...]
Week 9 Bills Move Past Cutoff
Our longtime volunteer in Olympia, Trevor Sandison, has been spending long days into evenings this week in Olympia as the House worked overtime to pass bills before House of Origin cutoff. Trevor is point [...]
Week 8 Legislative Session Review
FAN Policy Engagement Director Kristin Ang (left) and Rep. My-Linh Thai, legislative champion for many bills we care about, speaking at Interfaith Advocacy Day in February. They continue to work on our behalf to [...]
Legislative Session – Week 7
Our staff put in some hard work to make IFAD 2023 happen. Your great turnout for IFAD is still energizing our advocacy as the legislative session continues. Take Action! Today is the fiscal committee [...]
Week 6 – Bills to Support before Cutoff
We're still celebrating the groups that joined us at IFAD 2023 and who continue to raise their voices! Pictured here are Temple Beth Am, Seattle and the Washington Poor Peoples' Campaign at Interfaith Advocacy Day. [...]
IFAD 2023 Review – Legislative Week 5
Interfaith Advocacy Day in Olympia Energizes FAN Action! We are grateful to the amazing advocates who made the trek to Olympia yesterday for Interfaith Advocacy Day (IFAD) – a joyful return to in-person advocacy! [...]
Legislative Session – Week 4
Join us on the Capitol steps! Raise your voice in Olympia next Thursday, Feb. 9! We are excited to welcome more than 200 of you to Olympia next Thursday, February 9, for Interfaith Advocacy [...]
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