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American Values Network

The American Values Network (AVN) is a progressive Christian lobbying organization in the United States, based in Washington, D.C. AVN was founded in 2010.

American Values Network, Inc.
American Values Network Logo
Founded2010 (2010)
Type501(c)(4)
26-4222057[1] (EIN)
Location
Area served
United States
Members
5[2]
Key people
Burns Strider, President[2]
Revenue
$102,977 (2011)[1]
Websiteamericanvaluesnetwork.org

AVN is a politically active organization that works with other religious organizations to promote faith-based, compassionate policies on nuclear non-proliferation, the Arms Trade Treaty, climate change, government budgets, and universal health care. AVN says it promotes Christian values and counters hypocrisy on the Christian right.[3]

Overview edit

The President of AVN is Burns Strider, with Eric Sapp as the Executive Director and Rachel Johnson as Programs Director. AVN also sponsors a National Advisory Committee, whose members include Reverend Leah Daughtry, Don Fowler, Brenda Gullett, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and Gloria Williamson. It is affiliated with the American Values Network Educational Foundation and the Mississippi Values Network.[4]

According to Strider, AVN was formed to "build a national organization committed to grass-roots building, networking, communicating, and activating a mainstream and authentic voice that would organize and speak out for progressive policy and issues from a faith and values perspective." AVN works alongside similar progressive faith groups such as Sojourners, Faith and Public Life, and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good.[5]

Organized as a 501(c)(4), AVN can participate in issue-based organizing, advertising, and lobbying and raises its funds through non-tax deductible donations.[6]

Issues edit

AVN has been active in the issues of nuclear non-proliferation, the Arms Trade Treaty, climate change, caring for the poor in government budgets, universal health care, and countering hypocrisy on the Christian right.

Nuclear Non-proliferation edit

AVN has criticized the American government for spending $700 billion on what they call "a nuclear weapons system designed for Cold War threats." Emphasizing the lack of a direct threat from Russia and the potentially wasted funds from the nuclear arms program, they have called on the government to either cut "pork barrel nuclear projects" or re-direct funds from some weapons, such as ballistic nuclear submarines, in order to support American troops with more effective technology.[citation needed]

In 2010, AVN worked to support the New START treaty, a bilateral treaty which reduced the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers in the United States and Russia by half. AVN's "Daisy Ad"[7] highlights the risk of nuclear weapons. It accumulated tens of thousands of views on YouTube and garnered press coverage in NPR, Politico, Huffington Post, and The New York Times.[citation needed]

The Arms Trade Treaty edit

AVN is a strong supporter of the Arms Trade Treaty, the multilateral treaty negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations in 2012 that aims to regulate the international trade in conventional weapons. AVN created seven YouTube videos for Senators Jerry Moran[8] (R-KS), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Michael Enzi (R-WY), James Inhofe (R-OK), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), and Max Baucus (D-MT), senators who have made statements against signing the Treaty in the past. The viral campaign has proved popular, with over 500,000 views in two days and widespread media coverage.

Climate edit

American Values Network has supported legislation on climate change and other environmental issues. In almost all of AVN's climate work, they have rallied members of the Christian and military communities to advocate for cleaner, smarter, and healthier environmental policy. In 2009, the organization to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 which passed through the House but was defeated in the Senate. In this campaign, AVN sent emails to more than 650,00 people in Colorado, Arizona, and Arizona in which members of the military emphasized the need for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation as a matter of national security.[9]

In 2010, AVN released a series of ads on American cable news networks CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC that targeted Senator Lindsey Graham’s change in position on environmental legislative reform.[10] Leading up to 2010, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham supported climate legislation but then flip-flopped on the issue. AVN's ads called out Senator Graham and highlighted the hypocrisy.

In 2013, AVN began an initiative called the Good Steward Campaign,[11] which is a faith-based environmental organization focused primarily on college campus outreach. In the fall of 2013, The Good Steward Campaign organized on 30 college campuses in an attempt to get Christian students to think about and address climate change from a faith perspective. They also support fossil fuel divestment campaigns.

Budget edit

American Values Network roots their views on budget in the Biblical tradition of caring for the poor and vulnerable. They believe that the government has a responsibility to protect "the least of these" and that this call is too strong for Democratic leaders to ignore.

Countering the Right edit

AVN has run a handful campaigns with the goal of either correcting conservative misinformation or exposing conservative hypocrisy. These include their "Tea Party Jesus"[12] and "Christians Must Choose: Ayn Rand or Jesus".[13] In both campaigns AVN developed videos explaining disparity between what conservative Christians say they believe and the actions of people or groups that they politically support.

Healthcare edit

In 2009, the American Values Network worked with Sojourners to create a compelling ad about the danger and suffering that people without health insurance face each time they become sick or hurt. The ad was written about in Christianity Today[14] as well as Huffington Post[15]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Nonprofit Report for American Values Network". GuideStar. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "2011 IRS Form 990 Federal Tax Return" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  3. ^ . The American Values Network. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  4. ^ . American Values Network. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ^ Gilgoff, Dan. "Exclusive: Former Hillary Clinton Aide Launches New Progressive Faith Group". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. ^ . Soul Talk Radio. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Daisy Ad". YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Kids to Sen. Moran: Please Choose Us, Not Dictators". American Values Network. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  9. ^ Cillizza, Chris (18 August 2009). "The Fix". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  10. ^ AmericanValuesNet. "Back Then". YouTube. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Good Stewrad Campaign". Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Tea Party Jesus". American Values Network. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Christians Must Choose: Ayn Rand or Jesus". American Values Network. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  14. ^ Christianity Today. "Health Care Cacophany". Christianity Today. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  15. ^ Huffington Post. "American Values Network Makes Religious Case For Health Care Reform (VIDEO)". HuffPost. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

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The American Values Network AVN is a progressive Christian lobbying organization in the United States based in Washington D C AVN was founded in 2010 American Values Network Inc American Values Network LogoFounded2010 2010 Type501 c 4 Tax ID no 26 4222057 1 EIN LocationWashington D C Area servedUnited StatesMembers5 2 Key peopleBurns Strider President 2 Revenue 102 977 2011 1 Websiteamericanvaluesnetwork wbr org AVN is a politically active organization that works with other religious organizations to promote faith based compassionate policies on nuclear non proliferation the Arms Trade Treaty climate change government budgets and universal health care AVN says it promotes Christian values and counters hypocrisy on the Christian right 3 Contents 1 Overview 2 Issues 2 1 Nuclear Non proliferation 2 2 The Arms Trade Treaty 2 3 Climate 2 4 Budget 2 5 Countering the Right 2 6 Healthcare 3 ReferencesOverview editThe President of AVN is Burns Strider with Eric Sapp as the Executive Director and Rachel Johnson as Programs Director AVN also sponsors a National Advisory Committee whose members include Reverend Leah Daughtry Don Fowler Brenda Gullett Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Gloria Williamson It is affiliated with the American Values Network Educational Foundation and the Mississippi Values Network 4 According to Strider AVN was formed to build a national organization committed to grass roots building networking communicating and activating a mainstream and authentic voice that would organize and speak out for progressive policy and issues from a faith and values perspective AVN works alongside similar progressive faith groups such as Sojourners Faith and Public Life and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good 5 Organized as a 501 c 4 AVN can participate in issue based organizing advertising and lobbying and raises its funds through non tax deductible donations 6 Issues editAVN has been active in the issues of nuclear non proliferation the Arms Trade Treaty climate change caring for the poor in government budgets universal health care and countering hypocrisy on the Christian right Nuclear Non proliferation edit AVN has criticized the American government for spending 700 billion on what they call a nuclear weapons system designed for Cold War threats Emphasizing the lack of a direct threat from Russia and the potentially wasted funds from the nuclear arms program they have called on the government to either cut pork barrel nuclear projects or re direct funds from some weapons such as ballistic nuclear submarines in order to support American troops with more effective technology citation needed In 2010 AVN worked to support the New START treaty a bilateral treaty which reduced the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers in the United States and Russia by half AVN s Daisy Ad 7 highlights the risk of nuclear weapons It accumulated tens of thousands of views on YouTube and garnered press coverage in NPR Politico Huffington Post and The New York Times citation needed The Arms Trade Treaty edit AVN is a strong supporter of the Arms Trade Treaty the multilateral treaty negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations in 2012 that aims to regulate the international trade in conventional weapons AVN created seven YouTube videos for Senators Jerry Moran 8 R KS Lamar Alexander R TN Thad Cochran R MS Michael Enzi R WY James Inhofe R OK Jeff Sessions R AL and Max Baucus D MT senators who have made statements against signing the Treaty in the past The viral campaign has proved popular with over 500 000 views in two days and widespread media coverage Climate edit American Values Network has supported legislation on climate change and other environmental issues In almost all of AVN s climate work they have rallied members of the Christian and military communities to advocate for cleaner smarter and healthier environmental policy In 2009 the organization to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 which passed through the House but was defeated in the Senate In this campaign AVN sent emails to more than 650 00 people in Colorado Arizona and Arizona in which members of the military emphasized the need for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation as a matter of national security 9 In 2010 AVN released a series of ads on American cable news networks CNN Fox News and MSNBC that targeted Senator Lindsey Graham s change in position on environmental legislative reform 10 Leading up to 2010 South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham supported climate legislation but then flip flopped on the issue AVN s ads called out Senator Graham and highlighted the hypocrisy In 2013 AVN began an initiative called the Good Steward Campaign 11 which is a faith based environmental organization focused primarily on college campus outreach In the fall of 2013 The Good Steward Campaign organized on 30 college campuses in an attempt to get Christian students to think about and address climate change from a faith perspective They also support fossil fuel divestment campaigns Budget edit American Values Network roots their views on budget in the Biblical tradition of caring for the poor and vulnerable They believe that the government has a responsibility to protect the least of these and that this call is too strong for Democratic leaders to ignore Countering the Right edit AVN has run a handful campaigns with the goal of either correcting conservative misinformation or exposing conservative hypocrisy These include their Tea Party Jesus 12 and Christians Must Choose Ayn Rand or Jesus 13 In both campaigns AVN developed videos explaining disparity between what conservative Christians say they believe and the actions of people or groups that they politically support Healthcare edit In 2009 the American Values Network worked with Sojourners to create a compelling ad about the danger and suffering that people without health insurance face each time they become sick or hurt The ad was written about in Christianity Today 14 as well as Huffington Post 15 References edit a b Nonprofit Report for American Values Network GuideStar Retrieved June 7 2013 a b 2011 IRS Form 990 Federal Tax Return PDF Foundation Center Retrieved June 7 2013 What We Believe The American Values Network Archived from the original on 2 June 2013 Retrieved 6 June 2013 About Us American Values Network Archived from the original on 29 May 2013 Retrieved 6 June 2013 Gilgoff Dan Exclusive Former Hillary Clinton Aide Launches New Progressive Faith Group U S News amp World Report Retrieved 6 June 2013 Eric Sapp on his work with the American Values Network Soul Talk Radio Archived from the original on 8 June 2013 Retrieved 6 June 2013 Daisy Ad YouTube Retrieved 23 January 2014 Kids to Sen Moran Please Choose Us Not Dictators American Values Network Retrieved 6 June 2013 Cillizza Chris 18 August 2009 The Fix The Washington Post Retrieved 24 June 2013 AmericanValuesNet Back Then YouTube Retrieved 24 June 2013 Good Stewrad Campaign Retrieved 23 January 2014 Tea Party Jesus American Values Network Retrieved 23 January 2014 Christians Must Choose Ayn Rand or Jesus American Values Network Retrieved 23 January 2014 Christianity Today Health Care Cacophany Christianity Today Retrieved 23 January 2014 Huffington Post American Values Network Makes Religious Case For Health Care Reform VIDEO HuffPost Retrieved 23 January 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Values Network amp oldid 1192753486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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