Subject: Happy new year, John!
From: Cat Zavis <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:25:21 -0500

Happy New Year and Thank You for your support! We've spent the last month raising money to meet our budget for 2016 and we're so close - just by $3,000 to be exact. Before we share some of our hopes for the upcoming year, we hope that you'll remember us in your year-end giving decisions. You can click here to donate online now and thank you in advance! [ http://org.salsalabs.com/o/525/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=13102 ] 

With 2016 on the horizon we just wanted to take a moment to say thanks and share a bit about our hopes for the upcoming year. We're not sure what the New Year will bring, but we hope that 2016 will be a year of radical transformation. This past year brought some of that transformation to the forefront. We've been particularly inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, led by Black women and trans/queer/lesbian/gay people bringing to light not only the inherent racism in our society and police forces, but also the intersections between racism, poverty, immigration, the environment and more; all the while calling for serious systematic changes. We hope that 2016 will be the year when brave movements such as this also integrate a spiritual analysis and approach to social change.

You can be sure that in 2016, our 30th anniversary year, Tikkun and the Network of Spiritual Progressives will continue to bring you our unique blend of progressive politics and spiritual meaning. Here are a few highlights that the NSP is working on and hoping to expand in the New Year. We are making waves with support for our changing the way policy makers view what's realistic. Oakland City Council Member, Rebecca Kaplan, is introducing a referendum in support of the ESRA's principles, our New York chapter has reached out to Mayor De Blasio seeking the same, and our folks in Minneapolis are working to obtain an endorsement from the labor movement for the Global Marshall Plan. Meanwhile, we have had our first meeting of the Interfaith Leadership Council, a group of pastors, rabbis, and other faith leaders, that is exploring how to bring the values of the NSP into their congregations and their spiritual/faith-based organizations; and people from all over the world are still downloading our online classes from this past summer. Watch in the New Year for our plan of action to continue with the above efforts and build and expand upon them in your area. If you want to get involved, please do let us know by sending an email to me at [email-masked]. 

*So thank you! None of this would be possible without you because you make up this movement. And remember, it's still not too late to make a tax-deductible donation. You can donate online by clicking here [ http://org.salsalabs.com/o/525/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=13102 ] or you can also mail a check to our office at 2342 Shattuck Ave. #1200 Berkeley, CA 94704, or call us at 510-644-1200 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Pacific Time. 

Blessings for this next year, 
Cat 

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