Justice Organizing Interfaith Network - JOIN

04/07/2026

While many of our families gathered for Easter celebrations, families at South Park Estates manufactured home park took their fight public. In an op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News, two community leaders laid out the impossible situation they've been forced into by Midtown development… and what will make it right.

South Park Estates residents say they’re being forced off land they don’t own, with homes they can’t afford to move and nowhere left to go.

11/15/2024

This Sunday, Catholic communities across the world will celebrate the World Day of the Poor with a special mass. In the US, this mass includes a special collection supporting the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).

CCHD is the U.S. Catholic bishops' domestic anti-poverty, social justice program. Its mission is to address the root causes of poverty in America through promoting and supporting community-controlled self-help organizations and transformative education.

CCHD has long supported Anchorage Faith & Action - Congregations Together (AFACT), Valley Interfaith Action, and JOIN in our effort to protect the rights and dignity of economically marginalized Alaskans through empowerment and leadership development. Recently, two Alaskan leaders joined JOIN Director Cody Carver for a conversation about the impact of CCHD's support. Watch the full conversation with Deacon Jon Hermon (Sacred Heart Catholic Church) and Dahna Graham (Central Lutheran Church) on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HbTFbpGVDK8?si=-9-n5WT_1A77kOKI

Learn more about CCHD and this weekend's special collection here: https://aoaj.org/catholic-campaign-for-human-development

The Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau helps fund Justice Organizing Interfaith Network (JOIN) through a grant provided by the Catholic Campaign for Human Devel...

10/04/2024

In August, members of JOIN's leadership met with Cathy Rasmuson and the team at Alaska Community Foundation. In his estate, Ed Rasmuson left our network a gift that will resonate for generations: $625,000 for JOIN’s endowment.

Read more about the meeting in our email announcement: https://mailchi.mp/63748e8176e3/ed-rasmusons-gift-to-join?e=[UNIQID]

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05/16/2024

The North Star Catholic featured a story about the ATV safety education meeting hosted by leaders from Sacred Heart Catholic Church's Local Organizing Ministry. At the meeting, chaired by Father David Nations, leaders presented research on the impact that confusing laws and unsafe ATV-riding practices have on Mat-Su communities, particularly youth.

Among the nearly 50 community members that came out on a cold Monday evening to participate and give testimony were youth and parents, ATV riders and safety-instructors, bike-riders, runners, doctors, and police officers.

Featured guests, Wasilla Middle School Asst. Principal Allegra Butler and Alaska Safe Riders Director Mike Buck, spoke about the importance of education in protecting young riders and committed to developing a pilot education program to teach WMS students what they need to know to ride safely and legally.

Read the full article here: bit.ly/3wrNqD5

The Sacred Heart Catholic Church Local Organizing Ministry is a member of Valley Interfaith Action (VIA), a sponsor of JOIN.