IPJC Annual Appeal & Report - NWCRI Annual Report 2021 by Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center

INTERCOMMUNITY PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER • 2021

Annual Report & Annual Appeal for Support

Annual Report & Appeal for Support Intercommunity

“…Remember who you are and whose you are.” Peace & Justice Center

—Thea Bowman

Dear IPJC Community, Thirty years of building community and creating change, what a gift! We have much to celebrate and honor this year, especially given the challenging and painful year we have weathered. Amidst all of this the Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center continues to serve as a place for healing, support, and resilience. Thank you for humbly walking with us each step of the way, encouraging and inspiring us through your commitment to our shared mission, and collaborating to create a better world. This year we established the Thea Bowman Award aspiring to embody her spirit. Inspired by her words, “Remember who you are and whose you are,” we continue to grapple with the agonizing reality of Covid-19, the assault on voting rights, dehumanization of our migrant brothers and sisters, the epidemic of gun violence, and the commodification and enslavement of the human body and many more injustices. In this moment, community has never mattered more, especially as we discover and explore how to gather again. At the core of our mission and faith is the understanding that our liberation is entwined with all of creation, grounded in relationship with God. This knowledge and identity is the foundation that we stand on as we work for justice together. s

Thea Bowman, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, fspa.org-theabowman

Over this past year, we have lived into our mission in powerful and creative ways: •• After recognizing the need for increased access to mental health support in the Latino community, IPJC

created Fortaleciendo mi mundo interior, a five-part mental health video series, and walked with five circles of women as they supported one another and improved their mental health. •• IPJC supported the convening of the Collaborative for Racial Equity (CORE) and the Creation Care Network, seeking to gather people committed to justice to claim power together. •• A Matter of Spirit featured new voices, highlighting pathways for action and disruptive experiences and knowledge. •• Through the Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment we challenged 48 corporations to adopt policies and practices that promote social, economic and environmental justice. •• We listened and discerned charting a vision for IPJC for the next five years and approved a new strategic plan in September 2021.

•• Make a contribution with a one-time gift, a recurring pledge, or a tax-free donation from your IRA. •• Participate in and promote our programs, events, and publications. •• Designate IPJC as your charity for employer matching. •• Name IPJC as a beneficiary in your estate plan. •• Pray for our ministry and the creating of a more just world.

Thank you for your trust and commitment to building belonging,

Will Rutt Executive Director 2 INTERCOMMUNITY PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER

Cover Photos (clockwise) © Paul Berthelon, Peter Emery, Erika, Andrew S, Unsplash

All of our work is not possible without your foundation of support. We believe that through building community we can achieve substantive change and that we have a compelling vision to do just that over the next five years. This fall we have set an ambitious goal of raising $90,000, which will enable us to continue and expand our work. Please consider the ways that you can support IPJC this year:

“What God does first, and best, and most is to trust the people with their moment in history to do what must be done for the sake of the whole community.” —Linda Haydock, SNJM

Intercommunity Events Catholic Advocacy Day

“2040” Movie Screening Ecological Justice

On March 23 we held our first virtual Catholic Advocacy Day, enabling the participation of Catholics from a record number of legislative districts (44) and from east of the mountains to advocate for economic and racial equity. IPJC made 132 appointments for over 240 people who registered to encourage their legislators to advance housing, economic, and environmental justice for those living on the margins. This day was a collaborative effort of the Washington State Catholic Conference, Catholic Community Services, St. Vincent de Paul and IPJC. (See p.7 for results of your advocacy!)

In February the Creation Care Network of Catholic leaders throughout Western Washington sponsored a viewing and discussion of the film “2040,” which maps out a pathway for change that can lead us to a more ecologically sustainable and equitable future. This story of hope encouraged the Network to invite Archbishop Etienne to join us in our commitment to address the existential threat of climate change. (See p. 6 for more about Creation Care Network)

Repairing Our Justice System

A Conversation on Restorative Justice System

In March of 2021, IPJC and our CORE partners hosted a panel on restorative justice featuring: Jennifer Kelly from Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative Northwest, Bobby Garcia from Jesuit Restorative Justice Los Angeles, and Joe Cotton from the Archdiocese of Seattle. The panel was hosted by Samantha Yanity and co-moderated by Jack Matter and Rieko Wellington, students at Seattle Preparatory School. (See p.5 for more about CORE)

Linda Haydock, SNJM

Spring Benefit

Rooted In Justice: 30 Years of Creating Change through Community IPJC celebrated its 30-year anniversary in May with our first ever virtual Spring Benefit! We gathered over 300 people to celebrate our legacy of justice and established the Thea Bowman Award, which was given to our founding executive director, Linda Haydock, SNJM. Thanks to your overwhelming and generous support, IPJC surpassed its goal by over $50,000, raising a total of $181,000! ANNUAL REPORT | APPEAL FOR SUPPORT

Programs Justice for Women

Fortaleciendo mi mundo interior

With the pandemic, our in-person Women´s Justice Circles were put on hold. Giselle Cárcamo, our Justice for Women Coordinator, had conversations with more than one hundred community members and former Circle participants throughout Washington who expressed the need for mental health awareness and support. IPJC responded to the community´s needs by developing a mental health series in Spanish for immigrant women which was launched in July. The series “Fortaleciendo mi mundo interior” (Strengthening my inner world) consisted of five prerecorded Zoom interviews in Spanish with three renowned psychotherapists. The topics addressed how to connect with our emotional strength, regain our emotional balance, learn to listen to our bodies, heal emotional wounds, rediscover our inner light, self-efficacy and resiliency. Using the five-part series, Giselle facilitated a total of 25 virtual support sessions with immigrant women across five counties: Grays Harbor, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston and Walla Walla. Each virtual meeting strengthened the concepts learned in each episode, processed new insights and discoveries, and built a virtual space for emotional growth. The series had great reviews and it was viewed in more than ten Latin American countries. The five video sessions have collectively been viewed over 2,400 times.

Online Circle!

In the Fall of 2020, Justice Circle materials in English and Spanish were adapted to a user-friendly online version with visually appealing digital handouts that can be accessed on a computer or mobile. We walked with women in the following five communities.

Mt Vernon, WA - The Circle chose to advocate for expanding language access, translation, and interpretation services for all Latino parents including those who speak Triqui or Mixtec. Circle participants created interpretation request 4 INTERCOMMUNITY PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER

cards that parents can carry in their wallets to show to school officials to request interpretation and advocate for their rights. Cards are in Spanish, Triqui and Mixtec.

Everett, WA - The group petitioned a local community organization for funds to hire a psychologist. The community Mt. Vernon circle initiates interpretation request cards! partner agreed and, together with a mental health professional, helped design eight group sessions. The support group, Flourishing With My Emotions, was successfully launched at their community center. Participants found an opportunity to be heard, to learn about mental health, and to make connections while investing in emotional wellness activities. Aberdeen, WA Circle participants became application assistants for round three of the Washington COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund (WIRF). They promoted the relief fund through social media and helped the undocumented community access vital funds. Aberdeen Women's Justice Circle

Tigard, OR Circle members increased mental health awareness and education through a social media campaign, workshops in Spanish—in partnership with local universities and colleges—and a mental health support group for Spanish speaking parishioners.

“I am very happy to have shared this experience…We have reflected, wept and laughed together. The community is not only built from the outside, there are strong ties that come from within. I am very proud of our group, of the women who have accompanied us.” —Participant of “Fortaleciendo mi mundo interior”

WIRF Support

In April 2020, IPJC partnered with the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) and the local religious community to petition Governor Inslee to establish a $100M fund for undocumented workers. Our collective advocacy resulted in the Governor establishing the Washington COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund (WIRF), initially providing $40M to assist workers who were ineligible for federal stimulus funds or unemployment benefits due to their immigration status.

Justice

Justice Cafés

Our twelfth year of Justice Cafés convened 11 groups across the country to discuss the following topics: OCT SEPT

In early 2020, Seattle CORE was formed as part of the larger Jesuits West Province CORE. Inspired by the Ignatian charism, Seattle CORE gathers all of the Jesuit ministries in the city to collectively work towards the vision of a beloved community bound together by the spirit of truth, reconciliation, and right relationship with all people. This first year we worked on restorative justice! Members of Seattle CORE include: Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative Northwest, IPJC, Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle University, St. Joseph Parish, Ignatian Spirituality Center, Jesuit Volunteeer Corps Northwest, Ignatian Spirituality Project, and Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life Puget Sound.

White Privilege

NOV

Restorative Justice

Education Equity

JAN

Collaborative Organizing for Racial Equity

immigrantreliefwa.org Early this year another $65M was allocated and over 60,000 applications were received. Circle participants across Washington State offered critical support and leadership, organizing locally to become fund application assistants helping hundreds of people access relief.

Essential Workers

FEB

Colquepata, Peru - Our first Circle in Quechua language took place in a small rural community located 12,000 feet above sea level in the Andean region of Peru. A group of Quechua women, struggling with gender violence, domestic abuse and other injustices, got together to raise awareness against domestic violence in their local communities and partnered with other local farmworker leaders to advocate for gender equality.

Our Justice for Women coordinator ensured outreach and materials were culturally, linguistically and technologically accessible to community members, staffed the WAISN hotline, and became a fund application assistant.

Health Equity

APRIL MAR

Women from Colquepata at their virtual Circle meeting via Zoom

Criminal Justice

IPJC

Black Lives Matter

Earth Justice

Over the next year IPJC will archive our 12 years of Justice Cafés and reimagine a new program.

ANNUAL REPORT | APPEAL FOR SUPPORT

“E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G—is connected. The soil needs rain, organic matter, air, worms and life in order to do what it needs to do to give and receive life. Each element is an essential component...Our work is intersectional and multifaceted... And more than anything, that we need each other —at our highest natural glory—in order to get free.”

Peace

Presentations

Creation Care Network

The Creation Care Network (CCN) was born from the inspiration sparked by Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. Network events over the years have gathered the faithful of the Archdiocese of Seattle for inspiration, education, and advocacy around Francis’ call to heed the “…cry of Earth and cry of the poor.”

—Adrienne Marie Brown

IPJC was invited to offer expertise on various topics in Creation collaboration with a number of communities: Care•• A Pilgrim’s Journey Young Adult Retreat, St. Joseph Parish, Seattle Network

On Earth Day 2021, the CCN collaborated to deliver a letter to Archbishop Etienne asking him to prioritize care for creation and to address our climate crisis. The 400 signatories to the letter committed to personal and community-based actions to care for our common home. Archbishop Etienne responded to the letter saying that he hoped to “make some strides toward the goals” that we offered. In September, the Archdiocese of Seattle signed the Healthy Planet, Healthy People Petition, which calls political leaders to set meaningful goals to protect creation and affirm the Paris Agreement at the fall UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) and UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

•• Catholic Social Teaching & Migration

Agape Service Project

•• Exploring Self-Concept Biases, and Identity

Seattle University

•• Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking

Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice

•• Human Trafficking & Catholic Social Teaching

St. Anthony Parish, Tigard, OR

•• Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery

Christ Our Hope Catholic Church, Seattle

•• Human Trafficking, Reclaiming Social Justice

Podcast

•• Latinx Mental Health & Fortaleciendo mi mundo

interior, COVID-19 Latinx Community Response Team

•• Latinx Mental Health & Fortaleciendo mi mundo

interior, UW Latinx Student Association Symposium

•• Restorative Justice & Racial Justice

Washington State Allies on Death Penalty

•• Solidarity with Immigrants

Seattle University

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ANNUAL REPORT 2021

NWCRI - A PROGRAM OF THE INTERCOMMUNITY PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER

Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment

NWCRI Members brought 12 justice issues to the boardrooms of 48 corporations, filed 31 shareholder resolutions and participated in over 50 dialogues.  On

11 February 1990 Mandela made his first public speech, after 27 years in jail, to a crowd of 100,000. Photo: southafrica-info.com

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

FIFTY YEARS AGO a few faithbased investors believed that they could end apartheid, a system of institutionalized racial segregation, in South Africa. They began by drafting and filing a shareholder proposal on behalf of the Episcopal Church at General Motors requesting the Company to withdraw its business from South Africa. By 1990 more than 200 US companies had left the country, and on May 9, 1994 Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist imprisoned for 27 years, was elected the president of South Africa. Thus was born the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and the shareholder advocacy movement.1 This year the Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment, a member of ICCR for 27 years, in collaboration with over 300 faith-and 1

www.iccr.org/about-iccr/history-iccr

—MARGARET MEAD

values-based investors called on fossil fuel companies and banks to address the climate crisis. While applauding the promise of vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic, we advocated with pharmaceutical companies to account for the public investment in their vaccines and therapies. We joined the World Health Organization in warning of the risk of “vaccine apartheid”—global inequities in COVID-19 vaccine production and distribution. From the beginning, human rights has been the North Star of ICCR members. In this shareholder season we went to corporate boardrooms with issues of worker pay and safety, the impact of company policies and practices on racial equity, and the responsibility of firearm manufacturers to address the potential adverse human rights impacts of their products.

In its twenty-seventh year Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment (NWCRI) members brought 12 justice issues to the boardrooms of 48 corporations, filed 31 shareholder resolutions and participated in over 50 dialogues. This 2021 Annual Report gives an account of how we have called for corporate action on issues of social and environmental justice. As we pause to reflect on the impact of the shareholder advocacy movement over fifty years, we consider how we have been “Inspired by Faith, Committed to Action” to change the world. We invite you to join us in celebrating 50 Years of ICCR 2 Member Impact .

“ To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded.” —RALPH WALDO EMERSON 2

https://www.iccr.org/

Environment How Will We Impact the Future of Our Climate? THIS SUMMER the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the international body for assessing the science related to climate change, released the first part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. The sobering news is undisputed: Earth’s climate is changing and almost 100% of scientists say that humans are responsible for global warming when we burn fossil fuels, raise livestock, and cut down forests, all of which increase the amount of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. The encouraging news in the Sixth Assessment Report is that since CO2 is the main driver of climate change, human actions have the potential to impact the future of our climate. Panmao Zhai of the IPCC Working Group said, “Stabilizing the climate will require strong, rapid, and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and 1 reaching net zero CO2 emissions.”

 Climate March, 29 April 2017 Photo © Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD

to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. It is urgent, therefore, that decision makers act like 2021 to 2030 is our last chance to recognize climate change as the single greatest threat to our future and do the work necessary to save our planet.

Letter to World Leaders

COP26: World’s Last Best Chance to Address Climate Change? IN GLASGOW from October 31 to November 12, over 190 world leaders will meet for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in what may be the world’s last best chance to effectively address climate change. For nearly three decades the UN has been holding global climate summits and as we anticipate COP26 we look back at the commitments made at COP21 in 2015 where the Paris Agreement was born: every country agreed to work together to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and aim for 1.5 degrees; to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate; to make money available to deliver on these goals; and to come back every five years with an updated plan. When countries update their plans for reducing emissions (delayed for a year by the pandemic), we will learn that the commitments laid out in Paris do not come close

NWCRI IS A SIGNATORY to the 2021 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis. Ahead of COP26, the Statement, which was supported by 587 investors managing over US$46 trillion in assets, was delivered to heads of state. Acknowledging that investors and governments each have a responsibility to act swiftly and boldly, the 5-point ask begins with calling on governments to:

“Strengthen their NDCs (nationally determined contributions) for 2030 before COP26 to align with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and ensuring a planned transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner.” 2

2 1

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58130705

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https://theinvestoragenda.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-GlobalInvestor-Statement-to-Governments-on-the-Climate-Crisis.pdf

Shareholders Take Action ON MARCH 24, 1989 the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Prince William Sound in Alaska. This second largest oil spill in US waters, which is considered the worst oil spill in the world in terms of damage to the environment, led to shareholders pressuring ExxonMobil to name an environmentalist to the Company’s board. Then, after 189 shareholder resolutions from ICCR members over the years, at the Exxon Annual Meeting on May 26,  Woman working in the farms which are being irrigated by using Solar Powered Irrigation System 2021, a little hedge fund, Engine No.1, gave in India. Photo © Ayush Manik, March 27, 2019 investors the opportunity to tell the Company that we have run out of patience with the critical pathway. We underscore that a net-zero commitCompany’s resistance to climate solutions. Shareholders ment is only the beginning of this important process. We shocked Exxon by electing three new members of the will be looking to Wells Fargo to fill in the details of its Company’s 12-member Board. The agenda of these direcclimate plans by setting interim targets and transparently tors is to transition this oil and gas company to an energy reporting progress toward those goals.” company which includes setting a net-zero emissions strategy by 2050, investments in clean energy systems and Regenerative Agriculture to transparency, and disclosure of its lobbying on climate Sustain Food System & Address change. Climate Change NWCRI members co-filed a resolution requesting Exxon to issue a report describing how the Company’s lobbying AS ONE OF THE TOP THREE CONTRIBUTORS activities align with the goal of limiting average global to greenhouse gas emissions globally, agriculture has a warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (Paris Agreement vital role to play in addressing the climate crisis.1 Food and goal), and to address the risks presented by misaligned beverage companies are making significant investments to lobbying and plans to mitigate these risks. A majority of support and accelerate the transition to regenerative agrishareholders—63.8%—supported the proposal. culture across their supply chains. This system of farming, which protects natural resources and restores farmland, increases the capacity of the soil to capture carbon, thus Climate Risks in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Financing Activities

AFTER DIALOGUE, shareholders withdrew our shareholder proposal requesting that Wells Fargo issue a report outlining if and how Wells Fargo intends to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with its financing activities in alignment with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree goal, requiring net zero emissions by 2050. Six of the largest US banks—Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley—have now made a commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for their financing activities. Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow and lead filer of the resolution which NWCRI co-filed said, “We look forward to seeing Wells Fargo take the next steps on this

ggNestlé announced a $1.29 billion investment over five

years to work with its network of more than 500,000 farmers and 150,000 suppliers to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture.

ggGeneral Mills committed to using regenerative

agriculture methods on one million acres of farmland growing oats, wheat, corn, dairy feed and sugar beets by 2030.

ggPepsiCo, the soda and snacks giant, will restore about

seven million acres of farmland—the equivalent of how much land it uses to grow ingredients for its products—through regenerative agriculture by 2030.

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data

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Human Rights  “Thoughts

Smith & Wesson: Hear the Cries for Solutions to Gun Violence IN HIS BOOK, It’s How We Play The Game: Build a Business, Take a Stand. Make a Difference, Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack tells the story of his family business and why Dick’s took a public stance and action on gun sales. He recounts how he responded to the news of the school shooting in Parkland, FL on Valentine’s Day 2018 by thinking, “Not again.” Then, he began taking action to eventually stop selling firearms, focusing on sporting goods and supporting stricter gun control measures. Five years ago NWCRI organized a Gun Safety Working Group at ICCR to move retailers and manufacturers of firearms to take a public stance and act to reduce gun violence. We engaged Dick’s prior to Parkland and encouraged the CEO in the steps the company was already taking with regard to gun sales. Our work with firearm manufacturers continues. After majority votes at Smith & Wesson (formerly American Outdoor Brands) and Sturm Ruger in 2018, the companies produced the requested reports on gun safety and actions they were taking. The reports were disappointing and indicated that the companies were not willing to take accountability for how their products are misused or willing to engage with shareholders. In 2019 and subsequent years we filed resolutions requesting Smith and Wesson to adopt a human rights policy which includes a due diligence process to assess, prevent and mitigate actual and potential human rights impacts of firearms sold to civilians. For example, the company could equip its firearms with technology that prevents IV NORTHWEST COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT

and Prayers Don't Save Lives”, student lie-in at the White House to protest gun laws. The demonstration was organized by Teens For Gun Reform, an organization created by students in the Washington DC area, in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Photo © Lorie Shaull

unauthorized users from firing the weapon. Thirty-six percent of shareholders supported the resolution in 2019. Last year we withdrew our resolution after Smith & Wesson agreed to dialogue. Disappointingly, we could not agree to the company’s conditions for dialogue. Led by NWCRI and 14 co-filers, the resolution was refiled in 2021. At the annual meeting, we said to shareholders:

“As a leading firearms manufacturer we genuinely believe Smith & Wesson has the knowledge and the expertise to engineer the solutions we need to reduce gun violence and save lives… A human rights policy would help Smith & Wesson demonstrate that it is neither tone deaf or callous to the cries for change and for the solutions to gun violence we so desperately need.” Forty-four percent of investors agreed with us!

Align Racial Justice Commitments with Starting Pay OVER THE PAST THIRTY YEARS ICCR shareholders have filed 71 resolutions with Walmart and participated in 100s of dialogues designed to make the Company’s slogan, “Save Money. Live Better,” a reality for its associates as well as its customers and the planet. An assessment of our engagement leads us to conclude that we have encouraged Walmart to be a responsible retailer with dialogue as “a means for building consensus and agreement while seeking the goal of a just, responsive 1 and inclusive society,” as Pope Francis calls us to do. When dialogue did not result in an agreement on a starting wage between Walmart and shareholders, ICCR and NWCRI members filed a shareholder resolution requesting a report on whether and how the Company’s racial justice goals and commitments align with starting pay for all classifications of associates. We are asking the Company to increase its starting wage now to $15/hour for all associates in the U.S. with a timeline to increase to $20/hour.

Our rationale includes ggWalmart’s success as the top U.S. retailer by revenue

from 2017-2020

ggWealth disparity in the midst of COVID-19 and

racial injustice

ggCatholic Social Teaching on the dignity of work and

the rights of workers

ggAs the country’s largest private employer with

around 1.6 million U.S. workers, Walmart is navigating a tight labor market and its peers have implemented a minimum $15/hour starting wage

We commend Walmart for the wage increases that were implemented in 2020 and early 2021 to bring half of U.S. hourly associates to an average starting wage of at least $15/ hour and bonuses that have been given throughout the 2 pandemic. However, an average wage does not guarantee a starting wage and wages, unlike bonuses, are predictable. The Starting Wage & Racial Equity shareholder proposal received 12.5% of the vote, which is about 32% of the independent vote. For shareholders, raising starting wages for associates is one of the most effective ways to address racial and economic inequities. 1

Evangelii Gaudium, 239 https://corporate.walmart.com/esgreport/media-library/document/ walmart-2021-esg-annual-summary/_proxyDocument?id=0000017a82c5-d7dc-ad7a-bac574130000

Photo: Amazon warehouse © Scott Lewis

‘Earth’s Most Equal Company’ AMAZON IS THE “NEW KID ON THE BLOCK” when it comes to shareholder engagement. One of the first shareholder resolutions filed with the company was in 2012 and addressed the impact of climate change by the company. Fast forward to 2021, the company has received over 50 shareholder proposals on environmental, social and governance issues. The Company’s appetite for dialogue is growing but not yet keeping up with shareholders’ preferred engagement strategy. This year NWCRI co-filed a shareholder resolution with the New York State Common Retirement Fund requesting the Company to commission a Civil Rights, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Audit. The Company challenged the resolution at the Securities and Exchange Commission who decided in favor of shareholders. The resolution was moved at the Company’s Annual Meeting by a worker who lived through Amazon’s anti-union campaign at the Worker Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama. He called on Amazon to conduct an independent assessment led by auditors who are experienced in rooting out biases and discrimination and to report the findings to investors and stakeholders. He concluded with his hope for the Company: “In the ethos of Mr. Bezos, Amazon should strive to be the ‘Earth’s Most Equal Company,’ and ensure an equitable and nondiscriminatory experience for all of its employees, customers and stakeholders.” Forty-four percent of shareholders supported the resolution. A similar resolution filed with Johnson & Johnson received a vote of 34%. ANNUAL REPORT

Health Equity Call for a People’s Vaccine for COVID-19 Prior to the May 2020 meeting of the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, more than 140 world leaders, experts and elders, made an unprecedented call for guarantees that COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, tests and treatments will be provided free of charge to everyone, everywhere.1 This became the agenda of investors during the 2021 shareholder season as we engaged pharmaceutical companies with letters, shareholder resolutions and in dialogue.

Investor Letter to President Biden

NWCRI AND ICCR MEMBERS were signatories to a letter to President Biden from hundreds of faith-based, labor, consumer, and civil society groups urging him to support an emergency COVID-19 waiver of World Trade Organization intellectual property rules, so that vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests can be produced in as many places as possible as quickly as possible.  Hailed as a miracle worker, Salk never patented the polio We wrote that we have a vaccine or earned any money from his discovery, preferring moral obligation to share with it be distributed as widely as possible. Photo: loonylabs.org/2014/08/21/salk-polio-return/ the global community the Shareholders Press technology behind the vaccines that US. taxpayers and Pharma Companies to Prioritize Access citizens of other countries have invested in, to hasten the AS PART OF A BROAD, long-term initiative to promote day of global immunity to COVID-19. improved access and affordability of COVID-19 products, The unprecedented drive for vaccine development, faith based shareholders sent letters to 17 pharmaceutical through large subsidies for research and development to companies calling on companies to be accountable and drug companies and pre-orders of vaccines, led to the ensure that they exercise prudence in price-setting for these development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in an life-saving medicines. unparalleled short timeframe in rich countries. However, we In 2021, shareholders filed proposals at six pharmaceuare experiencing inequities of COVID-19 vaccine productical companies requesting reports detailing “whether and tion and distribution in low-and middle-income countries. how [the company’s] receipt of public financial support for Less than 1% of people in low-income countries are fully the development and manufacture of preventives and/or vaccinated, 10% in lower-middle-income countries, and therapeutics for COVID-19 is being, or will be, taken into more than half in high-income countries.2 account when making decisions that affect access to such products, such as setting prices.” Shareholders continue to call for:

NWCRI members filed five resolutions Johnson & Johnson vote 32% Merck vote 33% Pfizer vote 28% Gilead Sciences withdrawn for agreement of increased disclosure Eli Lilly—Securities and Exchange Commission ruled resolution could be omitted 1

https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/ pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2020/may/20200514_covid19-vaccine

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ggA mandatory worldwide pooling of patents and

sharing of all COVID-19-related technologies.

ggAn equitable global manufacturing and distribution

plan for all vaccines, treatments and tests, including increasing manufacturing capacity to produce the vaccines and training millions of health workers to distribute them.

ggA guarantee that COVID-19 vaccines, treatments,

and tests are provided free of charge to everyone, everywhere.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02383-z

2020-2021 NWCRI Shareholder Activities

NWCRI members brought 12 justice issues to the boardrooms of 48 corporations, filed 31 shareholder resolutions and participated in over 50 dialogues. C O M PA N Y

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AbbVie AbbVie Alphabet Alphabet Altria Group* Amazon Amazon* Bank of America Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb Campbell Soup Caterpillar Chevron Coca-Cola Comcast* CoreCivic CVS Health* Dine Brands Global* Disney Dollar General Dollar Tree Duke Energy* Eli Lilly Eli Lilly ExxonMobil Facebook Facebook FedEx Freeport McMoRan General Mills GEO Group Gilead Sciences Hershey Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson JP Morgan Chase* Kraft Heinz Kroger Lockheed Martin* Mastercard McDonald’s* Merck Merck Newmont Mining Northrop Grumman* PepsiCo Pfizer Pfizer Phillips 66 Sanofi Smith & Wesson Tyson Foods UPS Visa Walgreens Boots Alliance* Walmart Walmart Walmart Wells Fargo

Executive Compensation & Drug Pricing Risks Global Health Child Sexual Exploitation Online Government-Mandated Removal Requests Discourage Nicotine Use Among Youth Civil Rights, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Audit Facial Recognition Software-Customer Due Diligence Funding Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Independent Board Chair Global Health Food Equity & Racial Justice/Water Business in Conflict-Affected Areas Environmental Justice & Racial Equity Analysis Food Equity & Racial Justice Lobbying Expenditures Disclosure Human Rights Due Diligence Paid Sick Leave Benefit Food Waste Lobbying Expenditures Disclosure – Climate Change Gun Violence Reduction Gun Violence Reduction Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying Access to COVIC-19 Products Global Health Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying Child Sexual Exploitation Online Independent Board Chair Shipping Ghost Guns Human Rights Food Equity & Racial Justice Human Rights Due Diligence Access to COVID-19 Products Child Labor Civil Rights Audit Access to COVIC-19 Products Global Health Measure & Disclose Financed GHG Emissions Human Rights Impact Assessment Human Rights Due Diligence Human Rights Due Diligence Financing Ghost Guns Paid Sick Leave Benefit Access to COVIC-19 Products Global Health Human Rights Supplier Standards Human Rights Impact Assessment Food Equity & Racial Justice/Pesticides Access to COVID-19 Products Global Health Paris-Aligned Climate Lobbying Public Investment in COVID-19 Products Develop a Human Rights Policy Human Rights Due Diligence Shipping Ghost Guns Financing Ghost Guns Health Risks of Tobacco Sales Starting Pay & Racial Equity Wages & Benefits for Employees Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chain Financing Activities Aligned with Paris Agreement

Resolution - Agreement Dialogue Dialogue Resolution 13% Resolution 36% Resolution 44% Resolution 35% Resolution - Agreement Resolution 44% Dialogue Dialogue Letter Omitted by SEC Letter Resolution - Agreement Dialogue Resolution Omitted Resolution - Agreement Resolution 33% Dialogue Dialogue Resolution Agreement Resolution Omitted Dialogue Resolution 64% Dialogue Resolution 16% Dialogue Dialogue Dialogue Dialogue Resolution Agreement Dialogue Resolution 34% Resolution 32% Dialogue Resolution Agreement Resolution Agreement Resolution Agreement Resolution 32% Dialogue Omitted @ SEC Resolution 33% Dialogue Dialogue Resolution 22% Dialogue Resolution 28% Dialogue Resolution 62% Letter Resolution 44% Resolution 18% Dialogue Dialogue Resolution 12% Resolution 13% Dialogue Dialogue Resolution Agreement

*Resolutions filed by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia

ANNUAL REPORT VII

“An economic system that is fair, trustworthy, and capable of addressing the most profound challenges facing humanity and our planet is urgently needed.” —POPE FRANCIS

The Impact Continues ggDuring the 2021 Proxy Season, ICCR members filed 297 resolutions at

200 companies on a range of issues, with 113 withdrawn for agreement. The majority of these agreements focused on climate (37) followed by racial justice (21) issues, which comprised the largest number of member filings this year.

ggBank of America, at the urging of shareholders, became the last large

U.S. bank to announce that it would not provide financing for petroleum exploration or production activities in the Arctic.

ggAfter 98% of General Electric shareholders supported a resolution

requesting GE’s plans on how it will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations and product lines by 2050, GE announced a major commitment to do just that. The resolution was supported by GE’s board.

ggFor 23 years, shareholders have held votes on whether Home Depot

should disclose its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) data. Led by the Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, TX, Home Depot finally released its first EEO-1 Report in 2021.

ggAt the urging of NWCRI and over 300 organizations, Pfizer ceased its

involvement with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over its role in drafting voter suppression bills in multiple states this year. At least 120 corporations have severed ties with ALEC in the last decade over its backing of controversial “Stand Your Ground” and voter ID laws, ties to extremists, and its radical climate denial stance.

Members Adrian Dominican Sisters Benedictine Sisters Cottonwood, Idaho Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel Congrégation des Soeurs des Saints, Noms de Jésus et de Marie Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace Jesuits West Northwest Women Religious Investment Trust PeaceHealth Providence St. Joseph Health Sisters of Providence, Mother Joseph Province Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary, U.S.-Ontario Province Tacoma Dominicans

NWCRI A program of the Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center, NWCRI is a member of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a national coalition of over 300 faith-based investors who are Inspired by Faith, Committed to Action. These highlights summarize the work that NWCRI has done in collaboration with ICCR during the past year. Judy Byron, OP Director, NWCRI

ggICCR members wrote 21 food and beverage, restaurant, and retail

brands seeking information on how their policies and practices may reinforce systemic racism through the development and marketing of their product offerings. Companies included Campbell’s Soup, CocaCola, General Mills, Kraft Heinz and Kroger.

ggIn June 2021, ICCR and its allies filed a lawsuit in federal district court

challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission rule changes that would significantly curb the filing of shareholder proposals. Investors hope that the issue will be resolved in the spring of 2022.

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program for nonpayment of rent cases, and gives property owners access to rental assistance programs. •• Just Cause Evictions - Protects tenants by penalizing

inclusion of unlawful lease provisions and limits causes for eviction, for refusal to continue, and for termination of leases.

•• Farmworker Housing - Expands tax exemptions for

farmworker housing to include housing in which at least 50% is used to house farmworkers. Tax exemptions are also broadened to include seasonal farmworker housing and households with at least one member who is a farmworker.

•• Clean Fuel Standards - Limits the greenhouse gas

Advocacy Washington State Advocacy

We celebrate significant legislative wins that our IPJC community advocated for in 2021. In the 3.5-month virtual legislative session, the lawmakers focused on: COVID-19 challenges and economic recovery, racial equity, police accountability and climate change. The State projects a net surplus of nearly $3 billion at the end of the 2021-2023 budget cycle. Overall, the budget allocates significant expenditures for economic recovery and public health programs. Highlights include: •• Capital Gains Tax - Attempts to rebalance the most

regressive state tax system in the U.S. by enacting a 7% excise tax on sales or exchange of capital assets and uses the revenue to fund early education and childcare programs.

•• Working Families Tax Exemption - Supplements

income through a tax refund for low-income, working individuals and families, including tax-paying immigrants. Estimated to help 500,000 families and one in four children.

•• Bolstering Economic Recovery - Increases food

access and cash assistance amounts to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19.

•• Housing Trust Fund - Appropriates $175M for

building and renovation of affordable housing; and $121M towards expedited property acquisiton and conversion to affordable housing or shelter.

•• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) -

Increases budget by $52.2M and given the pandemic, extended the lifetime limits beyond the current 60-month limit. •• Tenant Protections - Provides for legal representation in eviction cases, establishes an eviction resolution pilot

emissions attributable to each unit of transportation fuel to 20% below 2017 levels by 2038.

•• Healthy Environment for All Act (HEAL)

Reduces environmental and health disparities and improves the health of all Washington State residents by implementing the recommendations of the Environmental Justice Task Force.

•• Prohibition of For-Profit Detention Facilities

Prohibits operating, contracting with, or use of private detention facilities by individuals, businesses, local or state governments.

•• Post-Secondary Education in Prison - Authorizes the

Department of Corrections to implement postsecondary education certificate or degree programs up to a bachelor’s degree.

•• Law Enforcement De-escalation & Use of Force

Standards - Establishes a statewide standard requiring de-escalation tactics to be used prior to physical force and limits the use of deadly force.

•• Office of Independent Investigations - Establishes

an independent office within the Governor’s purvue for investigations of police officers for deadly force incidents.

Federal Advocacy

The Action Alert Page on the IPJC website was used by hundreds to act based on Catholic Social Teaching to promote the common good. The many opportunities to act included: • Police

accountability

• Protect voting

rights

• Protect human

rights

• Immigrant and

refugee justice

• Restorative justice ANNUAL REPORT | APPEAL FOR SUPPORT

Publications A Matter of Spirit A New Look!

Fall - COVID-19 - We addressed two of the pandemics of

A Matter of Spirit got a makeover this summer. The new design features a beautiful full page visual representation of the issue topic.

Winter - Economic Justice - We considered the inequalities in our economic system, and how “essential workers” were

our time: COVID-19 and racism, and their impact on our lives and our world.

“I always read IPJC’s magazines as they are usually very good, but this one is one of the best.”

Continued Impact of Open Wide Our Hearts!

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Spring - Education Equity - We examined ways in which our education system is failing our most marginalized students and educators and explored how we can create a more just, inclusive, and diverse education system.

Summer - Beloved Community - We reflected on what it

— Alicia Gonzalez-Capestany reflecting on the Summer 2021 issue, Beloved Community

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asked to sacrifice well-being, livelihood, and mental and physical health for the sake of societal maintenance.

means to be part of the beloved community and how we can live out Christ’s call to be in solidarity with those who are unsafe, unwelcome, and unhoused.

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The booklet continues to resonate with faith communities, helping to inspire the collective efforts of parishes, schools, and faith communities.

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IPJC Strategic Plan Process In partnership with The Reid Group, IPJC engaged in an eight-month discernment process to consider IPJC’s next five years. A passionate, insightful, and diverse group of people from throughout the IPJC community and key community partners said yes to being on a “Futuring Team.” We conducted listening sessions with the community through a series of focus groups and a survey. Generously, people from all parts of the community shared their experiences and hopes for the future. Out of this process was born the plan outlined below. We believe this framework will serve as a strong and clear guide for the next five years. This process would not have been possible without the input, care and passion of the entire community as well as the time, energy, and wisdom of the Futuring Team.

Spirituality

Community

We embrace the sacred in all of creation, relying on the Spirit through deep listening to every voice.

We work in solidarity with diverse groups and individuals.

Values

Mission

Equity

Collaboration

We promote the dignity of all persons and work to transform unjust systems in the church and society.

We partner to claim our collective power for the common good.

The Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center, grounded in Catholic Social Teaching, builds community to act for systemic change in our church and world.

Vision

Over the next five years we will:

The Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, informed by the charisms of our sponsoring communities, envisions an equitable world of love, justice, and mercy. We are part of an intergenerational web of faith-based communities and other organizations acting to center the voices of those directly impacted by injustice. We build a culture of encounter and inclusion by sharing our resources to uphold the dignity and care of all creation.

Educate and advocate for the critical peace and justice issues of our day.

II.

Work to be in common with all of creation.

“How beautiful the growth of that one little mustard seed thanks to the Holy Spirit and the dedication and leadership of the founders…”

III. Strive to be anti-racist in all we do. IV. Remain grounded in the charisms and vision of our

sponsoring and affiliate communities.

Strengthen existing and establish new partnerships locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

VI. Work in collaboration with diverse communities and

organizations.

VII. Engage young people in building community and acting

for justice.

VIII. Use appropriate technology for effective programs and

services.

IX. Steward our human and financial resources to be

sustainable.

Special thanks to John Reid and The Reid Group for facilitating the strategic planning process. MEMBERS OF THE FUTURING TEAM Maureen Augusciak, Board of Directors • Derrick Belgarde, Director of Chief Seattle Club • Judy Byron, OP, Director of NWCRI Sharon Callahan, Professor Emerita, Seattle University • Deacon Joseph Connor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Seattle Pat Davis, PBVM, Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco • Betty Devereux, Board of Directors, Associate of Tacoma Dominicans John Hickman, Chair of the Board of Directors • Kelly Hickman, Catholic Climate Covenant, St. Vincent de Paul • Jesus Huerta, Catholic Relief Services Erin McGuire, Catholic Community Services • Pat Millen, OSF, Chair of Board of Members, Board of Directors Natch Ohno, SJ, Former member Board of Directors • Mary Rita Rhode, SNJM, Board of Directors • Will Rutt, Executive Director ANNUAL REPORT | APPEAL FOR SUPPORT

IPJC Donors • July 2020–June 2021 We are grateful for each of you who has supported IPJC in the past fiscal year with your financial and in-kind contributions!* Faridah Abdullah, CSJPA Rick & Kay Acosta Jamal Adams Delores Adelman, SSMO Shirley Adler Adrian Dominican Sisters Rosalinda Aguirre Diane & Joe Ahern Sandy Ahlquist Maggie Albo Kathleen Allard Nancy Allen Kathy & Guy Alloway Thomas Allsopp Karen Allvin Margaret Alquist Rita Amberg Waldref Madeline Ancelard Valarie Anderson Anonymous Aurora Antipolo Donna Arbow Trudie Atkinson Maureen Augusciak Sheila Badzioch Diane Baer Sarah Bailey Lynne & Tony Balk Teresa Banghart Mary Fran & Art Barkshire Tara Barnes Patrick Barredo Judy Bartels Robert & Helen Batie Marianne & Jenni Bayardi Maureen Bayardi Bobbie Beaudreau Mary Lee Becker Winnie Becker Betsey Beckman & Charles Bommarito Barbara Beers Joan & Sam Bell Joyce Bell, IHM Benedictine Sisters of Cottonwood, Idaho Benedictine Sisters of Lacey Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel Judith Benkert, OP Mary Ellen Bennett, OP Molly & Andy Beresford Dorothy Berg, OP Joan Bergman Laura Berry Marne Berry Jeanne Berwick & James A. Degel Janet Bester-Meredith & Charles Meredith Brigette Blair Mary Ann Blazevich Jack Blume Terri Bobzien Herinckx Sharon Bongiorno, FSPA Pirkko Borland Patricia Boroughs Janyce Bouta, SNJM Flora Bowers Patty Bowman William Boyd Kay Boyle Monica Bradley Betty Bradley, FSPA Dorothy Brandt Helen Brennan, SP

Maddy & Alec Brindle Larry and Jeanette Brixius La Verne B. Brown Mary Brown Roberta Brown Mary M Brown & Gregory Dunn Miriam Brown, OP Celine & John Brozovich Gilda Bruce, SSND Christina Brugman Mary Burggraff Hazel Anne Burnett Kay Burton, SNJM Delphine Busch Judy Butler Judy Byron, OP Nellie Calacat Pat & Julie Callahan Sharon Callahan Theresa Caluori, BVM Patty & Charlie Calvano Amalia Camacho, CSJP Sandra Campbell Michael & Michele Carleton Valerie & Gordon Carlton Bruce Carter & Betty Sanders Margaret Casey Sharon Casey, OP Marilyn Cass Ann Cassin Colleen Catey Catholic Campaign for Human Development Local Grant Catholic Community Services, Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington Catholic Daughters of America, Court Blessed Mary of the Narrows #2003 Joanne Cecchini Mary Alice & Claude Cesard Kate & Bob Chambers Anita Chiappetta, OP Donna Christensen Elaine Clark Linda & Larry Clark Esther Claros Kathleen Clausen, OP Stephen & Maureen Cline Berta Cohen Sharon K Coleman Carol Colleran Kathy Collins Kathy Colombo & Pat Morton Margaret Comstock Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace Rena Connell Ann Connolly Barbara & Joseph Connor Judith Connor Linda Conroy Roseann R Cordova, OP Dot Courtis Joyce Cox, BVM Blanche Crandall Francis & Joanne Crum Laura Cryan Kathy & Tom Cullen Barbara Custer Swails Sheila & Dennis Dahl Barbara & Raymond Daoust Pat & Paul Daoust Jennifer Daugherty Charlotte Davenport, CSJP

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Bruce Davis Rubén de Anda & Mike Kaminski Yvonne de Turenne, SNJM Mary & Larry DeForrest Elise DeGooyer Joan Delaplane, OP Mary Delateur Kathleen Delbecq Norma Dell, OP Lisa Dennison Tim Determan Betty Devereux & Diane Dilley Ann Dibble Margaret Dimond, CSJP Judy Dirks Marcia Ditter Mary Ann Dixon, OP Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters of Racine Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Dominican West Chapter Carol Donahue Therese Dowd J.L. Drouhard Gail Dubin Denny Duffell & Joan Cole Duffell Mary Duffy, OP Earlene Dutton Mary Annette Dworshak, SNJM Sara Dwyer, ASC James Eblen Bev Eckstrom Maura & Ray Egan Daniel Eiben Jean Eilers Catherine Elia Kathleen Emry Catherine Endicott Rosemary Engle Mary Estelle Tom Ewell & Cathy Whitmire Sr. M. Pius Fahlstrom, OSF Gerry & Bob Faley Anna Falkenberg Mary Ann Farley, SNJM Laurie Farmer Catherine & John Farrell Christine Farrell Gwen Farry, BVM Nancy Faulkner Mary Kay Feie Jo Anne Felton Margie Ferstl Sharon Filipcic Brenda Fincher Lee Finfer Maggie Finley Kathleen Fischer & Thomas Hart Stan Fitzgerald Michael Fitzpatrick, SJ Arlene Flaherty Colleen & Kevin Flanigan JoAnn Fleischaker, OP Carol Fleming, OP Ann Forbes Elisabeth Ford Paula & Bruce Foreman Corinne Forsman, OSB Claire Foster Annie Fox Bernice Fox

Larry Fox Susan Fox Franciscan Sisters, Hermitage Place Susan Francois, CSJP Sr. Ruth Frank, SSMO Barbara M. Frasier Linda Fredericks Dan Frei Makiko Fujiwara, SNJM Marcia Fung Liz Gabay Terri & Joe Gaffney Linda & Elbert Gage Bette Gambonini, BVM Mary Lila Gary & John Amack Carol & David Gavareski Mary Beth Gemperle Louise Gessner Gail Giacomazzi Susan Gilles Catherine Louise Ginther, OSF Sharon & Michael Glenn Anthony & Josephine Gnanarajah Mary Ellen Gondeck Alicia Gonzalez-Capestany & Keo Capestany Kathy Goodman Betsy Goodwin, OSF Shaughn Gorman & Kathryn Kurtz Cele Gorman, OP Diane Grabowski Iva Gregory, OP Darel Grothaus Kathleen Grover Ellen Grybeck Cheryl Gudger Carol Guenther Julia Guerrero Gretchen Gundrum, PhD Elizabeth & Stephen Guss Steve Gustaveson & Michelle Lirette Barb Guzzo & Paul Purcell Bertha Haas Peg Haggerty Avery Haller Bill Hallerman Patricia Hanvey, OP Donna Hargrave Dolores & Gary Harris Helen Harris Dennis & Lorraine Hartmann Mary Hartrich Arlene Hatch Linda Haydock, SNJM Kay Heberling, SNJM Marie & Dale Hedden Florence Hee, OSF Ann Heikel Michael Heinisch Pat Heino Anja & John Helmon Peter Henriot, SJ Don & Carol Henry Bruce Herbert Marijean Heutmaker Carolyn & John Hickman Kelly Hickman Reid Hickman & Brynn MacCoy Tanya Higgins & Darrell Chronik Maureen Hildreth Chris Hillman

Mary & Mark Hillman Emily Hitchens Menchie & Joe Hobson Peggy Hoffman Erickson & Larry Erickson Janice Holkup, OP Nancy & Dick Holmes Teresa Holt Judith Holter Teak & Del Hoover Charlene Hudon, SP Ramonda & Tony Huff Tom Hulscher Benneth Husted Allison Hutchinson Jennifer Ibach & Peter Lundquist Pauline Igoe, OP Jude Jackson & Pat Hogan Loretta & Gerard Jancoski Sr. Paula Marie Jarosz, OP Phyllis Jaszkowiak, SNJM Anne Jenkins Jesuits West Doug & Diane Johnson Lorraine Johnson Pat Johnson, OP Dr. Mary Ann Johnston Mary Kahle Ed & Linda Kaiel Sally Jane & Mike Kaiser Kathleen Kanet, RSHM & Virginia Dorgan, RSHM Basil & Paulette Kattula Robert Kearney Dale Kelley Jennifer Kelly & Gerry Scully Patricia & John Kennish Jim Keogh & Jane NiblerKeogh Rita Keough Katherine A. Kilbourne Victoria Kill Judy Killion Cliff & Maria Kirchmer Kathleen Kirschner Marcine Klemm, OP Stacy D Klibanoff Mary Ann Knowles Cheri Knueven Sharon Fay Koch Janina Kokorowski, SNJM Mary Catherine Kolb Diana & Richard Koob Jane Kortz Kim Kovalik Mimi Krsak Kathy Krueger Diane Kunkel Teresa & Michael Kuntz Ann LaBeck Dawna & Jim Lahti JP Lambert Lee Langdon Andrea Langeland Liz Langeland Kathleen Larsh Leadership Conference of Women Religious Region XV Bill & Laurita Lehtinen Patty & Dave Leinweber Sandia & John Lell Esperanza Lemos Linda Lepeirs & Douglas Slawson Ann & Brian Lewis

Pat Lewis Molly Linden Kathy & Bob Lindquist Diane Linscott McAlister Maureen Lipson Carmel Little, CSJP Rosalie Locati, SP Frances Lombaer, OP Sharon & Lloyd Lowe Sr. Patricia Lulay, SSMO Cheryl Lundgren Shelagh Lustig Barb Luxenberg Sue Lynch Jennifer MacDonald Mary Madison Gabriella Maertens Anne Marie Maguire Erin Maguire Tom Mailhot Mickey Main Barbara & Mike Mains Suzanne Malette, SNJM Mary Mallon-Behrens Maureen Maloney, SNJM Paula Marano Terry Marcell Janet Marcisz, SNJM Nancy Mariano John M. Marks Alice & Art Marriott Tahmina Martelli Rev. Tom Marti, MM Martin Family Foundation Ardine Martinelli Lisa Matchette Sandra Matthews & Dan Hannan Kate & Ralph Maughan Jane Mayer Judy & James McAteer Kathleen McCabe, OSF Brother Michael McCarthy, CFX Philomena McCarthy, OP Joanne McClarty Carol McCormick Marie McCormick & Adam Niblick Joyce McCown & Charles Cleveland Rev. Pat McDermott Kathy McFaul Barb McGrath Margaret McGuirk, OP Loretta McIver Martha McIver Lyta McNabb Anne McNamara, OSF Nancy McNulty Jean McQuiggin & Jack Kennedy Diane McQuiston Philip Meany Nick & Mary Mele JoAnne Menard Muriel & Ron Mendonca Andrea Mendoza Patty Metzger Marcia Milani Lyn Miletich Pat Millen, OSF Mary Lew Miller Jeanette Millmann Roxanne & Mike Milne Robin Miranda Lori Mitchell Carla Montante, SP Pat Montone Tess Morales Suzanne Moreau John & Kathy Morefield Claudia Morgan, OP

Kay Mullen Terry Mullen, SNJM Mary Pat Murphy, OP Peg Murphy, OP Cathy Murray & Vince Herberholt Mary Alice Naour, OP Toni Napoli, MA Nora Nash, OSF Carol Nelson Jane Nelson Corliss Nesbitt-Reed & Deacon LaMar Marilyn Newton Mary Pat Neylon, OP Janet Nickolaus Kathleen & Ellis Nierenberg Lydia Nikolaisen, SNJM Ruby Nofziger Margaret & Thomas Nolan Kathy Nolan, OP Eileen Norris Diane Nova Patricia Novak, OSF Cathy Nugent Maureen O’Brien Rev. Roger G. O’Brien Donna Lee & William O’Connell Noreen O’Connell, OP Kathleen O’Connor & Heidi Erdmann Marcia O’Dea, RSCJ Deanna O’Donnell OffBeat Seattle Jim O’Hanlon Yoshio & Karen Ohno Cathy Olds, OP Erin Oliver Pamela Olson Mary Ann O’Mara, SNJM Keith Orchard Mary O’Reilly Sue Orlowski, SP David & Debra O’Sullivan Marnie O’Sullivan Our Lady of the Lake, Seattle Suzanne T. Papcun Virginia Parine Melissa Parisi & Mike Onzay Sharon Park, OP Katie Parker Sara Parkin Janet & Michael Parks Linda Parrish Margaret Pastro, SP Frances Pavlas Bose PeaceHealth Florence Peterschmidt & Eve McClure Brian & Anna Peterson Margaret Petlow Nan Phifer Rita Phillips Judy Pigott Mary Plante Joseph Podorsek Karen Pollard, BVM Nettie Post Joan Prendergast Toni Price Mary Margaret Pruitt Kay Purcell Kathy Quinn Anisa Ralls Rosemary & Ray Rankins Fr. Mike Raschko Vickie & John Rastetter Mary Rathert, OP Beverly Reed Ken & Linda Reid Sue & Jeff Renner

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Mary Sue Richen Jane Rickenbaugh Robert Riedl Victoria Ries Linda Riggers, SNJM Mina Riggs, OP Kathy Riley Mary Rink Vivian Ripp, SNJM Val Ritchie Senaida Rivera, OP Nicholas Roach Shirley Roberg, SNJM Mary Ellen Robinson, SNJM Carmen Rodriguez Mary Rita Rohde, SNJM Beatrice Roy Jackie Ruckwardt Conchita S. Ruess Bill Rumpf & Eve Rumpf-Sternberg Paula Rutt William Rutt & Elizabeth Bayardi Judy Ryan, SNJM Mary & Manford Ryan-Hotchkiss Paul Sampson Corinne Sanders, OP Joellen Sbrissa, CSJ Greg & Jo Anne Schell Kitty & Roger Schiltz Mary & Jim Schmidt Nick Schoen Sue Schreiber, OP Demetra & Tim Schwieger Rita Selin Annette Seubert, SP Rose Shandrow Kathleen Shannon Dorcy Judy Sharnes Jan & Jay Shaw Joan Shea, SNJM Mary Ellen Sheehan, IHM Maureen Sheridan Teresa Shields, SNJM Dianne Shiner Dolores Shortal, OP Jo Ann Showalter, SP Pat & Joe Siemens Mark & Lara Simmons Barb Simms Sinsinawa Dominicans Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters of Providence Peace Community Sisters of Providence, Mother Joseph Province Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia Sisters of St. Francis of Redwood City Sisters of St. Francis, Sacred Heart Province Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon Sisters of the Holy Family Sisters of the Holy Names, General Administration Sisters of the Holy Names, Pinehurst Sisters of the Holy Names, Rose House Sisters of the Holy Names, Spokane Mission Center Sisters of the Holy Names, U.S.-Ontario Province Sisters of the Presentation, Dubuque Sisters of the Presentation,

San Francisco Karen Sitzberger Ben & Olivia Skwiercz Mary Slater, SNJM Laura & Tom Slavin Leanne Smith Mary Ann Smith Ann Smith Ward Paul Snow Jane Snyder Society of the Holy Child Jesus Society of the Scared Heart Gerald Spatz Dave & Marti Spicer St. James Cathedral St. Joseph Parish, Seattle St. Joseph Residence St. Luke Parish, Shoreline St. Rose Catholic Church, Longview Gerald Stanley Jeanne Stephens Janie Stevens Candace Stickney Christine Still, OSF Derek Stirewalt Daniel Stoner & Anne Stoner Brenda Stratton Dr. Carol Sullivan Jim Sullivan Beth & Pete Sutch Charlotte & Earl Sutherland Janice Sutter Judy & Dennis Sweeney Tacoma Dominican Associates Tacoma Dominicans Mark & Tami Teaford Laura Tenisci Suzanne Thiel Mary Thorne, CSJP Anne Timlick Helen Ting Anne Toback, SNJM Jean Tobin, OP Mary Tracy, SNJM Claudia Trujillo Tulalip Cares Doreen Twohy Helen Umphrey Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union Peter & Frieda Valuckas Susan Van Baalen, OP Monda Van Hollebeke Ida Van Hoomissen, SNJM Kay Van Stralen Robert Van Tassell Mary Vandergeest, OSF Marie & Philip Vartanian Lucy Villanova, SP Amy Virnig Mary Volk Deanna Rose Von Bargen, RSCJ Julie Wagner George & Rita Waldref Judy Walker James Wallrabenstein Mary Kay Walsh Connie Walsh, OP Jean & Michael Walters Theresa Ward Peggy Warren, OP Washington State Catholic Conference Calvin J Watts, EdD Mary Ellen & James Weber Dolores Wehle, SNJM Pat Weidinger Anna Weisner, SNJM Annie Welch Arnadene Welton Bean, SNJM Evelyn Wemhoff

Joseph Wenzl Anne & Joe Wermus Diane S. Whalen Mary Wheeler Toni Lee & Dick Whitfield Pat Whitney Kathi & Jim Whittaker Peter & Karen Wickstrand Barbara Willer Kathy Wilson Kateri & Kevin Wimsett Storey Winder Mary Wingate Mary Winter Danielle Wise Steve Wodzanowski & Cindy Ferrell Veronica Wood Gretta Woodlock, OP Nancy & Pete Wright Joyce & Randy Yates Pat Yearian Georgia Yianakulis, SNJM James & Patricia Young Nancy Young Polly Young & Dr. Heidi Gemperle Linda Zaugg Ruth M. Zeek Marie Zgraggen

In Honor of

Maureen Augusciak Alex Battle Flora Bowers Patty Bowman William J. Boyd, Sr. Hazel Anne Burnett Judy Byron, OP Jacob Clements Anne Ellis Jillian Evans Elizabeth Ford Mary Hamilton Linda Haydock, SNJM Lorene Heck, OP IPJC Staff Jesuit Vounteer Corps Aurora Kreyche Ann Marie Lustig, OP Bob Mattingly Kit McGarry Peg Murphy, OP NWCRI & IPJC Virginia Pearson, OP Patty Repikoff Linda Riggers, SNJM Samantha Yanity & Justice Cafés Seattle University Jesuits Sisters of St. Francis, Hermitage Place Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary Maura Switzer Tacoma Dominicans Kay VanStralen John Whitney, SJ Women’s Justice Circles

In Memory of

Paula Ann Boyd Kathleen Carr, BVM Marjorie Kowalski Cole Mary Fleming, CSJP Lee Gowell Patricia Isakson Marian Malonson Gael O’Reilly Virginia Pearson, OP Mary Irene Walker, OP

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“We need a movement of people who know we need each other, who have a sense of responsibility to others and to the world.” —Pope Francis

New IPJC board members!

SPONSORING COMMUNITIES Adrian Dominican Sisters Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace Jesuits West Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, US-Ontario Province Sisters of Providence, Mother Joseph Province Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia Tacoma Dominicans

AFFILIATE COMMUNITIES

Annie Fox

Mary Slater, SNJM

Linda Riggers, SNJM

We welcome three new Board members. Annie Fox represents Jesuits West on the Board of Members and Board of Directors; Mary Slater, SNJM represents the Sisters of Holy Names on the Board of Directors; Linda Riggers, SNJM represents the Sisters of Holy Names on the Board of Members. We are excited to be guided by their passion and gifts.

Benedictine Sisters of Cottonwood, Idaho Benedictine Sisters of Lacey Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters of Racine Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Sinsinawa Dominicans Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters of St. Francis of Redwood City Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon Society of the Holy Child Jesus Sisters of the Holy Family Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco Society of Helpers Society of the Sacred Heart Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union

Thank you to outgoing members!

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Dominican Sisters of Racine and Society of Helpers

Natch Ohno, SJ Mary Rita Rohde, SNJM

Natch Ohno, SJ, represented Jesuits West since 2015 and has brought great insight and a deep passion to IPJC. Mary Rita Rohde, SNJM represented the Sisters of Holy Names since 2015 with a fierce commitment to justice and powerful vision for the work. Both stepped down from the Board in 2021.

Welcome New Affiliate Communities