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The '''American Values Network''' ('''AVN''') is a [[progressive Christianity|progressive]] [[Christianity|Christian]] lobbying organization in the [[United States]], based in [[Washington, D.C.]] AVN was founded in 2010.
== Overview ==
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]], [[Donald Fowler|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]].<ref name="americanvaluesnetwork_a">{{cite web|title=About Us |url=http://americanvaluesnetwork.org/about-us/ |work=American Values Network |accessdate=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163115/http://americanvaluesnetwork.org/about-us/ |archivedate=29 May 2013 }}</ref>
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]].<ref name="usnews">{{cite web|last=Gilgoff|first=Dan|title=Exclusive: Former Hillary Clinton Aide Launches New Progressive Faith Group|url=
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.<ref name="soultalkradio">{{cite web|title=Eric Sapp on his work with the American Values Network |url=http://www.soultalkradio.com/2011/07/11/eric-sapp-on-his-work-with-the-american-values-network/ |publisher=Soul Talk Radio |accessdate=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608025021/http://www.soultalkradio.com/2011/07/11/eric-sapp-on-his-work-with-the-american-values-network/ |archivedate=8 June 2013 }}</ref>
==Issues==
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 ===
AVN has
In 2010, AVN worked
=== The Arms Trade Treaty ===
AVN is a strong supporter of the [[Arms Trade Treaty]], the [[multilateralism|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]]<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|title=Kids to Sen. Moran: Please Choose Us, Not Dictators|url=
===Climate===
American Values Network has
In 2010, AVN released a series of ads on American cable news networks [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], and [[MSNBC]] that targeted [[Lindsey Graham|Senator Lindsey Graham]]’s change in position on environmental legislative reform.<ref>{{cite web|last=AmericanValuesNet|title=Back Then|url=
In
===Budget===
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===
AVN has run a handful campaigns with the goal of either correcting conservative misinformation or exposing conservative hypocrisy. These include their "Tea Party Jesus"<ref name="Tea Party Jesus">{{cite web|title=Tea Party Jesus|url=http://teapartyjesus.org/|work=American Values Network|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref> and "Christians Must Choose: Ayn Rand or Jesus
===Healthcare===
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]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Health Care Cacophany|last=Christianity Today|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/octoberweb-only/143-51.0.html|publisher=Christianity Today|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref> as well as [[Huffington Post]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Huffington Post|title=American Values Network Makes Religious Case For Health Care Reform (VIDEO)|website=[[HuffPost]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/american-values-network-m_n_322486.html|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:American Christian political organizations]]▼
[[Category:Christian organizations based in the United States]]▼
▲[[Category:Christian political organizations]]
[[Category:501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations]]
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