Mission Statement:  As a people of faith, we empower Wyoming’s faith communities to promote social and environmental justice through prayer, discernment, respectful dialogue, leadership, advocacy, service and study.

Membership is based on a commitment to come together with others, putting aside our differences, to advance our mission. Three teams work to implement the mission through education and advocacy.

In 2019, at the Annual Meeting, new Board officers were chosen for 2020 to 2022. Carl Carmichael, Past Board Chair, was elected to the Chairman’s position, starting Jan. 1, 2020. Also elected were Judy Eicher as Vice-Chair, Maia Rose as Treasurer and Kenneth Ingram stayed on as Secretary. The Executive Team is rounded out with Rabbi Larry Moldo as Past-Chair. Also at the Annual Meeting the Board:

• Had a great Annual Meeting in Casper, focusing on mental health issues in Wyoming
• Approved hiring an Executive Director, when the right one is found
• Approved or updated resolutions for the three Interfaith teams
• Adopted the proposed budget for 2020, including a budget item for an Executive Director
• Adopted a social media proposal for WIN

WIN Board plans for 2020 include:

• Hiring an Executive Director
• Continuing to monitor and lobby the legislature
• Developing an “I want to be a member” page on the website
• We have composed a realistic job description for the Executive Director, which was voted on and approved in principle at the 2019 Annual Meeting
• Holding a Board retreat, possibly at the Wind River Reservation
• Scheduling a time and place to meet with the Northern Arapaho on the Reservation, this is a priority for the Board, we have a blanket invitation to come and explore life on the Reservation
• Partnering with the Governor’s wife’s Childhood Hunger Program, joined the National Interfaith    Alliance, joined the Colorado Interfaith Alliance
• Will work more for issues with the Equality State Policy Center, we are a member
• Will be in contact more with the Wyoming Non-Profit organization, we are a member
• Will institute a fee schedule for individuals and faith communities to help the budget

I and the Board will work to bring in more faith communities as members, and work with them to determine their needs and missions and where we can help, and in coordination with a new social media policy, more individual members as well. All three teams, Spiritual Life, On Sacred Ground and Peace and Justice have new resolutions to work on, use the Resolutions tab for more information.

Thank you for reading. Please go to https://www.wyointerfaith.org/donate/ to make your donation, or send a check made out to Wyoming Interfaith Network to PO Box 1473, Laramie, WY 82073.