Center For Action And Contemplation Inc

PURPOSE: INSPIRED BY THE GOSPEL OF JESUS, AND THE EXAMPLE OF SAINTS FRANCIS AND CLARE, THE FRANCISCAN ACTION NETWORK IS A COLLECTIVE FRANCISCAN VOICE SEEKING TO TRANSFORM UNITED STATES PUBLIC POLICY RELATED TO PEACE MAKING, CARE FOR CREATION, POVERTY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS. THE FRANCISCAN ACTION NETWORK (FAN) SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN ITS COLLABORATION WITH FRANCISCAN-HEARTED PEOPLE ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE USA THROUGH A FRANCISCAN GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY INITIATIVE. ONE WAY OF DOING THIS IS THROUGH THE FRANCISCAN JUSTICE CIRCLES (FJC), THE MISSION OF WHICH IS TO EMPOWER LOCAL GROUPS TO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ROOTED IN FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY. FAN WOULD USE MOVEMENT SUPPORT TO FUND A 2022 CONFERENCE OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF FRANCISCAN JUSTICE CIRCLES WHERE THE FJCS WILL GATHER TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING FRANCISCAN FORMATION ESSENTIAL TO THE CIRCLES, ANIMATING AND MOTIVATING THEM IN THEIR FAITH-BASED ADVOCACY, FURTHER EDUCATION ON ADVOCACY TOOLS AND TIPS, AND TO DEEPEN CONNECTION WITHIN

PURPOSE: THE CATHEDRAL OF THE INCARNATION IS A NEW MONASTIC COMMUNITY WHICH EMBODIES AND TEACHES THE ENGAGED CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT FATHER BEDE GRIFFITHS CALLED 'THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO CONTEMPLATION.' THEIR WORK IS GROUNDED IN THE AFFIRMATION THAT INTIMACY WITH GOD DOES NOT BELONG TO A SPECIAL GROUP OF RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS BUT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL. CSI PRACTICE DEMOCRATIZES THE GIFTS OF MONASTIC SPIRITUALITY AND TRANSLATES THEM INTO A FORM THAT CAN BE LIVED IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

PURPOSE: GLOBAL IMMERSION A PEACEMAKING TRAINING ORGANIZATION WHO FORMS EVERYDAY PEACEMAKERS AND RECONCILING LEADERS. THEY TEACH THAT CONFLICT IS NOT A PROBLEM TO FIX, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TRANSFORMATION IF PEOPLE HAVE THE TOOLS TO NAVIGATE CONFLICT WELL. THEY TRAIN CHRISTIANS WITH THE TOOLS TO NAVIGATE PERSONAL, RELATIONAL AND SYSTEMIC CONFLICT. THE AUDIENCE IS PRIMARILY POST-EVANGELICAL DOMINANT CULTURE (MOSTLY WHITE) FOLKS WHO ARE SEEKING A BETTER WAY TO ENGAGE FAITH, CHURCH AND SOCIETY. THEY ARE CONFRONTING THE IMPACT OF PATRIARCHY, WHITENESS AND UNHEALTHY EGOS AND THE WAYS THOSE HAVE IMPACTED THEIR BIPOC SIBLINGS.

PURPOSE: EJUSA IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO REPEAL THE DEATH PENALTY AND BUILD A PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM THAT DOES NOT RELY ON PUNISHMENT. THE EVANGELICAL NETWORK IS EJUSA'S BRANCH THAT REACHES OUT TO CHRISTIANS BROADLY AND ESPECIALLY EVANGELICALS. THEIR HOPE IS TO TURN AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM'S RELIANCE ON PUNISHMENT AND TOWARD HEALING AND RECONCILIATION AS A WAY OF RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE AND HARM. EJUSA WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, AND DENOMINATIONS TO ACCOMPANY THEM IN THEIR JUSTICE WORK.

PURPOSE: SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SMALL GROUP MODEL COMBINING DEEP CONTEMPLATIVE FORMATION AND SOCIAL ACTION, FILLING A CRITICAL GAP IN THE MOVEMENT, EXPANDING SUPPORT FOR DIVERSE CONSTITUENCIES, AND PROVIDING A MODEL THAT COMPLEMENTS EXISTING CAC PROGRAMMING.

PURPOSE: CENTER FOR THE WORKING POOR IS AN INTERFAITH INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY INSPIRED BY THE THE CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT AND NEW MONASTICISM, WHICH IS COMMITTED TO STRATEGIC NON-VIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE.