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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.

SURGE EXISTS TO EQUIP LEADERS TO ENGAGE EVERY MEMBER OF THEIR CHURCH AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF GOD'S MISSION. SURGE PROVIDES TOOLS AND RELATIONAL PLATFORMS TO STREGTHEN AND ACTIVATE THE ENTIRE BODY OF CHRIST.

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.

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.

ILLUMAN EXISTS TO HELP MEN DO THEIR INNER, SPIRITUAL WORK TO BECOME HEALTHIER AND MORE AUTHENTIC HUMAN BEINGS. WE DO THIS WORK THROUGH OUR MROP, COUNCIL CIRCLES, NATIONAL GATHERINGS, AND LOCAL CHAPTER OFFERINGS. FOUND IN 2012 BY THE FRANCISCAN MYSTIC AND TEACHER RICHARD ROHR, WE ARE NON-DENOMINATIONAL, INTERFAITH, AND SPIRITUALLY INCLUSIVE, WELCOMING ALL MALE-IDENTIFIED PERSONS TO OUR WORK WITHOUT REGARD FOR YOUR RELIGION, RACE, ETHNICITY, CLASS, EDUCATION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL EXCLUDED. ILLUMAN IS A SORT OF ARCHETYPE FOR CAC PARTNERSHIPS IN THAT THEIR WORK IS HIGHLY ALIGNED (ALBEIT WITH A LIMITED AUDIENCE AND SCALE) AND IT IS OUT OF THE SCOPE OF CAC'S PROGRAMMING.

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.

THE HAPPY GIVERS NPO WORKS IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD TO PROVIDE EMPOWERMENT TO THOSE WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM NATURAL DISASTERS AND ECONOMICAL CHALLENGES. THEY ARE CONTINUALLY EXPANDING THEIR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND BRIDGING THEM WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS. CURRENTLY, MOST OF THEIR WORK IS IN PUERTO RICO, TIJUANA, PERU, & HAITI. THEY ARE BUILDING A MODEL IN PUERTO RICO THAT TEACHES MEMBERS OF THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY TRADE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS AS WELL AS HOW TO GROW AND PREPARE THEIR OWN FOOD. THEY HAVE A THRIVING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM WITH OVER 200,000 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS. MOVEMENT SUPPORT FUNDS WILL HELP THEM RUN A COMMUNITY KITCHEN AT THEIR CAMPUS IN PUERTO RICO WHILE FEEDING FAMILIES IN NEED AND HELPING TO TRAIN THEM IN GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD. THEIR WORK IS BOTH IN DIRECT SERVICE AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH EDUCATION AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES.

THE TRINITY HOUSE CATHOLIC WORKER IS A HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY FOR HOMELESS FOLK BASED IN THE TRADITION OF THE CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT FOUNDED BY DOROTHY DAY AND PETER MAURIN. WE SEEK TO CONTINUE THEIR TRADITION TO IMITATE JESUS CHRIST BY LIVING AN INTENTIONAL LIFESTYLE TO CO-CREATE WITH GOD A COMMUNITY THAT IS BUILT ON FAITH, LOVE, HOPE, PRAYER FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. WE LIVE TO EXPRESS THE LOVE OF GOD BY HELPING TO ALLEVIATE THE PAINS OF THOSE IN NEED, PRIMARILY THOSE OF POOR, MARGINALIZED AND HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM.

WORKING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF POVERTY BY MOBILIZING THE LEADERSHIP OF GRASSROOTS FAITH COMMUNITIES.

SOLIDAIRE IS AN ESTABLISHED GRANT GIVING INSTITUTION WHO IS POISED TO MOBILIZE CRITICAL RESOURCES TO THE FRONTLINES OF INTERSECTIONAL MOVEMENTS FOR RACIAL, GENDER, AND CLIMATE JUSTICE WITHIN CAC'S MOVEMENT ECOLOGY. MEMBERSHIP IS DESIRED WITH SOLIDAIRE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS THAT ARE MOBILIZING FOR THE GOOD WILL AND WORK IN CAC'S BROADER ECOSYSTEM. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE FROM SOLIDAIRE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IN MOVEMENT BUILDING AND FUNDING. SOLIDAIRE REQUIRES A $20,000 MEMBERSHIP FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THE SIZE OF CAC. THE FUNDS THEY COLLECT FROM MEMBERSHIP FEES GO TO SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHOM SOLIDAIRE BUILDS RELATIONSHIP. THESE ORGANIZATIONS' WORK IS TOWARDS BUILDING MOVEMENT AND CHANGE SOCIAL, CLIMATE, AND RACIAL INJUSTICE.

BE PRESENT AND WISDOM & MONEY (THE TRAILBLAZING COLLABORATIVE) HAVE CO-CREATED THE TRAILBLAZING INSTITUTE TO TRAIN TRAILBLAZERS IN A NEW WAY OF BEING THROUGH THE BE PRESENT EMPOWERMENT MODEL, WISDOM SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, AND TRANSFORMATIVE MONEY PRACTICES. THESE TRAININGS WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INNER TRANSFORMATION AND MORE OPEN WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS. BE PRESENT IS AN ORGANIZATION WITH A LONG HISTORY (1988) AND MUCH EXPERIENCE IN ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING LEADERS IN MOVEMENT BUILDING. THEIR JOINT ENDEAVOR, THE TRAILBLAZING COLLABORATIVE, CAN POTENTIALLY ENGAGE CAC'S AUDIENCE MEMBERS IN INVITING THEM TO ENGAGE WITH MONEY AS A DOORWAY TO SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION AT THE PERSONAL, COMMUNAL, AND SYSTEMIC LEVELS. WISDOM & MONEY IS A CAC PARTNER AND HAS SUPPORTED CAC IN DEVELOPING ITS FINANCIAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEY CONDUCTED A PARTNER SESSION AT CONSPIRE. THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION WITH CONSPIRE AND WITH ROSE FEERICKS ARTICLE IN THE MENDICANT, WISDOM AND MONEY.

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

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.

HEADQUARTERED IN ALBUQUERQUE, FRIARS OF THE PROVINCE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SERVE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST WITH LOCATIONS IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, COLORADO, AND TEXAS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1985, THE PROVINCE STRIVES TO CONTINUE ST. FRANCIS'S MISSION TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN OUR CONTEMPORARY WORLD.

EQUIPS FAITH LEADERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, AND ACTIVISTS WITH RESOURCES FOR SPIRITUAL SUSTAINABILITY.

RED LETTER CHRISTIANS' GOAL IS TO MOBILIZE INDIVIDUALS TO LIVE OUT THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. THEY MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE IN THE WAYS OF JESUS AND JUSTICE IN THEIR ONLINE PLATFORMS, PODCAST, DAILY DEVOTIONAL EMAILS AND IN PERSON EVENTS. CAC FUNDS WOULD HELP THEM CONTINUE AND EXPAND THEIR REACH, AND RLC IS WORKING TOWARDS LIFTING BIPOC VOICES (WOMEN IN PARTICULAR). MOVEMENT SUPPORT FUNDS WILL ALLOW RLC TO PAY MORE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO RLC'S PROGRAMMING. RLC'S FOCUS IS ON MOBILIZING INDIVIDUALS INTO A MOVEMENT OF BELIEVERS WHO LIVE OUT THE TEACHING OF JESUS THROUGH ACTION SUPPORTS WORK THAT CAC DOES NOT CURRENTLY DO AND THAT IS OUT OF SCOPE FOR CURRENT PROGRAMMING. RLC'S WORK IS IN CHANGING DOMINANT INSTITUTIONS WHILE ALSO NURTURING PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION.

FOR THE NORBERTINE COMMUNITY, APOSTOLIC WAY OF LIFE IS ROOTED IN THE LIFE OF THE EARLY CHURCH. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MISSION HAS BEEN DISCERNED BY THE ABBOT AND THE CHURCH OF ST. NORBERT ABBEY. TO WITNESS THE REALITY AND THE POWER OF A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF FAITH WITNESS IS THE ESSENCE OF A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. NORBERTINE ABBEY BELIEVES THAT CHRISTIAN FAITH COMMUNITY IS TRULY POSSIBLE IN A CULTURE THAT IS INCREASINGLY UNCONGENIAL TO COMMUNITY, AND THAT SUCH A COMMUNITY HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM ITS MEMBERS AND THE CULTURE.

THE MISSION OF HNS IS TO EXTEND THE SPIRITUAL LEGACY OF HENRI NOUWEN THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF HIS WRITINGS, THROUGH SHARING ONLINE OF DAILY MEDITATIONS, THROUGH WEBINARS, PODCASTS AND ALL APPROPRIATE ASPECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY DESIRE EACH PERSON TO KNOW THEY ARE 'GOD'S BELOVED CHILD'. THEY WORK VERY INTERNATIONALLY BECAUSE FANS OF HENRI NOUWEN STRETCH RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD. THEIR PODCASTS INCLUDE GUESTS SUCH AS ANNE LAMOTT, DR. RUTH HALEY BARTON, BRIAN MCLAREN, SHANE CLAIBORNE, JAMES MARTIN SJ, PARKER PALMER, BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR, ADAM RUSSELL TAYLOR, SHARON GARLOUGH BROWN, JIM WALLIS ETC. THEY ARE FOCUSING ON REACHING THEIR AUDIENCE THROUGH OUR WEBINARS AND ONLINE EVENTS.

THE SHALEM INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION SUPPORTS CONTEMPLATIVE LIVING AND LEADERSHIP IN VARIOUS SETTINGS. IN THEIR RECENT WIDER WORLD INITIATIVE, THEY ARTICULATED A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON SUPPORTING PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THEIR CONTEMPLATIVE JOURNEYS, THROUGH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THROUGH A BOARD INITIATIVE, THEY RECENTLY INSTITUTED THE SHALEM CONTEMPLATIVES OF COLOR. WE HAVE OFFERED A PROGRAM, CONTEMPLATIVE CONVERSATIONS ON RACE, AS A DAY-LONG RETREAT, A SERIES OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONVERSATIONS, AND AS A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE LEADERSHIP TEAMS OF TWO CHURCHES. MOVEMENT SUPPORT FUNDS FROM CAC WOULD HELP THEM EXPAND AND FURTHER DEVELOP THESE OFFERINGS. SHALEM'S WORK OVERLAPS SIGNIFIGANTLY WITH CAC'S PROGRAMMING.

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.

BE PRESENT AND WISDOM & MONEY (THE TRAILBLAZING COLLABORATIVE) HAVE CO-CREATED THE TRAILBLAZING INSTITUTE TO TRAIN TRAILBLAZERS IN A NEW WAY OF BEING THROUGH THE BE PRESENT EMPOWERMENT MODEL, WISDOM SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, AND TRANSFORMATIVE MONEY PRACTICES. THESE TRAININGS WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INNER TRANSFORMATION AND MORE OPEN WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS. BE PRESENT IS AN ORGANIZATION WITH A LONG HISTORY (1988) AND MUCH EXPERIENCE IN ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING LEADERS IN MOVEMENT BUILDING. THEIR JOINT ENDEAVOR, THE TRAILBLAZING COLLABORATIVE, CAN POTENTIALLY ENGAGE CACS AUDIENCE MEMBERS IN INVITING THEM TO ENGAGE WITH MONEY AS A DOORWAY TO SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION AT THE PERSONAL, COMMUNAL, AND SYSTEMIC LEVELS. WISDOM & MONEY IS A CAC PARTNER AND HAS SUPPORTED CAC IN DEVELOPING ITS FINANCIAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEY CONDUCTED A PARTNER SESSION AT CONSPIRE. THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION WITH CONSPIRE AND WITH ROSE FEERICKS ARTICLE IN THE MENDICANT, WISDOM AND MONEY

SURGE EXISTS TO EQUIP LEADERS TO ENGAGE EVERY MEMBER OF THEIR CHURCH AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF GOD'S MISSION. SURGE PROVIDES TOOLS AND RELATIONAL PLATFORMS TO STREGTHEN AND ACTIVATE THE ENTIRE BODY OF CHRIST.

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.

ILLUMAN EXISTS TO HELP MEN DO THEIR INNER, SPIRITUAL WORK TO BECOME HEALTHIER AND MORE AUTHENTIC HUMAN BEINGS. WE DO THIS WORK THROUGH OUR MROP, COUNCIL CIRCLES, NATIONAL GATHERINGS, AND LOCAL CHAPTER OFFERINGS. FOUND IN 2012 BY THE FRANCISCAN MYSTIC AND TEACHER RICHARD ROHR, WE ARE NON-DENOMINATIONAL, INTERFAITH, AND SPIRITUALLY INCLUSIVE, WELCOMING ALL MALE-IDENTIFIED PERSONS TO OUR WORK WITHOUT REGARD FOR YOUR RELIGION, RACE, ETHNICITY, CLASS, EDUCATION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL EXCLUDED. ILLUMAN IS A SORT OF ARCHETYPE FOR CAC PARTNERSHIPS IN THAT THEIR WORK IS HIGHLY ALIGNED (ALBEIT WITH A LIMITED AUDIENCE AND SCALE) AND IT IS OUT OF THE SCOPE OF CAC'S PROGRAMMING.