FAN Advocates & Friends at Lobby Day for Ecumenical Advocacy Days in

 Because our world is in desperate need and being in the U.S., we have a particular responsibility and opportunity.  Because combined and organized, a unified Franciscan- inspired voice can be heard and heeded  Because our Franciscan identity and spirituality is most fully enlivened in the pursuit of justice, peace and care for creation.

 Peacemaking  Poverty & Human Rights  Care for Creation … all through the lens of Franciscan charisms and values!

 Spiritual & Educational Resourcing  Building Relationships for Social Transformation  Civic Engagement & Advocacy FAN Members in St. Louis, MO participate in a webinar on health care reform led from Washington, DC! Members of the FAN Action Center Staff and friends from Maryland advocate for climate change on Capitol Hill. FAN members rally with Franciscans and Franciscan-hearted in support of a consistent ethic of life! … all through the lens of Franciscan charisms and values!

Spiritual & Educational Resourcing  Lenten Reflections on Care for Creation  Earth Day Ecological Resources for Youth Ministers  National Care for Creation Web Summit  Franciscan Approaches to Climate Change at Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2009  Inauguration of Instruments of Peace: A Franciscan Peacemaking Group Process  “Franciscans in the Holy Land”: A national webinar with major religious leaders, emphasizing the Franciscan presence and charisms in cultivating possibilities for peace in Israel / Palestine  Care for Creation  Peacemaking A local church’s greening efforts highlighted in FAN’s Lenten Care for Creation Resources.

Spiritual & Educational Resourcing  White Paper on “Franciscans and the Problem of Underemployment”  Immigration: ~ JustFaith Immigration Supplement ~ National Franciscan Immigration Action Conference in Chicago  National Webinars on Health Care Reform from a Franciscan Perspective FAN Interim Executive Director Larry Janezic, OFM and FAN Action Commissioner Pio Jackson, OFM at the Franciscans on the Border Conference in 2008 (right) and the choir leads music at the Franciscan Immigration Action Conference in Chicago (left).  Poverty & Human Rights

Civic Engagement & Advocacy  Interfacing with Congressional and Administration leaders to highlight key Franciscan values and how they relate to legislative efforts  Economic priorities that respond to the needs of the poor  Health Care reform rooted in the fundamental value of the human person  Development of budgetary priorities that promote diplomacy and peacemaking in U.S. foreign policy  Promoting a consistent ethic of life as it relates to humans and to all of creation FAN Staffers meet with representatives from the Office of the Speaker of the House.

Civic Engagement & Advocacy  Training members to develop processes and approaches that will allow for effective engagement of social justice issues at the local and national level from a Franciscan perspective A FAN Member meets with her Member of Congress in his local office to discuss climate change legislation.  Local, national, and international Franciscan responses to human trafficking  Regional civic engagement training for Franciscans and Franciscan-hearted persons focusing on effective organizing and advocacy

Civic Engagement & Advocacy  Calling upon our members to engage in targeted, focused e-advocacy at key moments in the legislative process  Promoting Franciscan wisdom for The American Clean Energy and Security Act  Calling for accessible health care for all and respect for life in health care reform efforts  Promoting fair, just, humane, and comprehensive immigration reform that keeps families together (in conjunction with the USCCB’s Justice for Immigrants card campaign)  Utilizing the collective strength thousands of Franciscan and Franciscan-hearted people to enhance promotion of values that promote the common good at critical times  Calling upon the Obama Administration to promote a just peace in the Holy Land  Mobilizing support to dovetail with Catholic Relief Services’ operations in Haiti following the earthquake

Building Relationships for Social Transformation  Utilizing our website as a “Franciscan public sphere” where ideas and insights can be shared  Bringing a people- and creation-centered spiritual focus to internet social networking  Using state-of-the-art web conferencing services to draw together the diverse body of U.S. Franciscanism

Personal Members Individual members of Franciscan religious communities “Franciscan-hearted persons.” ANYONE committed to the Gospel and inspired by the witness of St. Francis and St. Clare. Personal Membership in FAN is financially free but invites an investment in the work of FAN and personal support of its national efforts. Becoming a personal member of FAN is just a click away. Join for FREE on the FAN website!

Institutional Members Catholic, Protestant, Ecumenical and Interfaith Franciscan or Franciscan-hearted organizations that make a formal commitment to the financial support of FAN These institutions become key stakeholders in the direction and focus of FAN activities. Institutional Membership in FAN invites a financial investment based on the size of the joining organization and its expected incorporation of the work of FAN in its local or regional efforts. A representative sample of FAN’s OVER 45 institutional members: Bernadine Franciscan Sisters, Reading, PA Felician Sisters USA Franciscan Friars (OFM Conv.) Province of the Immaculate Conception Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Help, St. Louis, MO Order of Ecumenical Franciscans St. John the Baptist Province (OFM) Third Order Society of St. Francis of the Americas A representative sample of FAN’s OVER 45 institutional members: Bernadine Franciscan Sisters, Reading, PA Felician Sisters USA Franciscan Friars (OFM Conv.) Province of the Immaculate Conception Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Help, St. Louis, MO Order of Ecumenical Franciscans St. John the Baptist Province (OFM) Third Order Society of St. Francis of the Americas Please speak with us further about this.

Research Analysts Action Commission a representative body of key FAN institutional members. a recognized group of leaders within the institutional member organizaitons who work to build the relational network of persons and ministries an advisory group to help FAN formulate and focus issues of advocacy for transformation a conduit assisting communications between FAN and institutional member leadership. Action Center the Washington, DC based office staff of FAN organizing the core day-to-day operations of the network providing focus for the network’s mission and its successful implementation Board of Directors a broad based group of Franciscan institutional leaders collaborating in the strategic development and fiducial responsibility of the organization External Stakeholders Other institutions and organizations identified as having an interest in FAN’s ongoing development which FAN may consult with in an advisory capacity Franciscan scholars and thinkers who provide key insight on policy issues for the network

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