A Response to the Election Results from FAN’s New Executive Director
Dear FAN,
Now more than ever, we must stand together, work together, resist together, and in our own ways and practices, pray together. Love must win.
Today is my fourth day as the new Executive Director of FAN. All day long, yesterday, I kept hearing a phrase from the book of Esther in the Jewish scriptures, “for such a time as this.” This phrase reminds me of how Esther led the resistance against the empire. Dear FAN, we are here and brought together for exact times like the one we are experiencing today. We have existed as a network of faith communities for such a time as this.
Let us grieve together, stand together, work together, resist together, and in our own practices, pray together. The operative word being “together”. I believe that love must win. I also believe love compels us to action. Our action together is our faith lived out. Our ability to love well, love powerfully, and love as a diverse community, is the fuel that will keep us going through the dark hours.
Grounded in the values at the heart of our faith and wisdom traditions, we can use all of our experiences, education, and resources to love loudly against what will likely become a violent and harmful era for the most vulnerable among us.
Let us celebrate the election victories for justice and sustainability in the State of Washington and continue our work to protect the people and planet we love.
Join us and the work we do together through the Faith Action Network. We need solidarity with one another more than ever and in the months ahead. Together we will put our love into action.
Peace and hope.
Joyce del Rosario, PhD
FAN Executive Director
