Activities of Director of Catholic Networks & Organizations, Cathy Jarboe, 2012 November

ACTIVITIES OF DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC NETWORKS & ORGANIZATIONS/Cathy Jarboe

1)

Expand and Support Catholic Networks in Key States

lam in the midst of CMN projects to support our mission - ranging from 1) tabling at conferences, 2)
presenting workshops, 3) CMN speaker coordination, 4) grassroots educational efforts in support of
legislative work, 5) promotion of faith-based events such as Abolition Sunday, etc., and general
outreach, 6) distribution of educational and prayer materials 7) special event development, etc., (for
example) and 8) outreach - with these states:

Ohio

Kansas
Pennsylvania
Florida
Delaware
North Carolina
Colorado
Montana
Georgia
California
Arizona
Texas
Wyoming
Nebraska

State Network Coordinators - Job description created for this volunteer position,& possible CMN
State Coordinators have been identified in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Texas, and Ohio. We

have not signed a new state network coordinator, but we've significantly increased networks in all

our key states.

2) Coordinate efforts with National Catholic organizations that support the CMN mission.

In various ways, we have worked with a number of national Catholic organizations over the last 6
months. For others we are working to connect with them in the year to come. Here's a list that
includes some of these groups.

St. Vincent DePaul - exhibited at 2012 convention, possible collaboration on restorative justice
workshop at 2013 convention

Catholic Charities USA - Working to include death penalty education in regional and state-wide
social justice trainings - Plans in place for participation in each of these quarterly meetings in
2013- AZ, TN, WA and ID; hope to attend the Cath Charities USA 2013 Conference

National Council of Catholic Women - two-part article on Restorative Justice in the NCCW
national magazine, CMN representative spoke at 2012 Spiritual Advisors luncheon and exhibiting
at2012 NCCW National Convention
Ignatian Solidarity Network - Teach In 2012 - workshop planned and Dead Man Walking play
presented

National Catholic Education Association 2013 - Our proposal submitted for to workshops at April
2013 meeting was accepted

National Deaconate Institute of Continuing Education 2012-materials on site at professional
development meeting of deacons

Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Catholic Social Ministry Gathering 2013 - CMN is an official partner organization and sits on the
Strategy Sessions Committee for 2013. We will also table/exhibit and have materials at some of
the sessions.

The Catholic Roundtable

JustFaith

Catholic Relief Services

Students for Life

Catholic Daughters of the Americas

Ladies of Charity

National Conference of Catholic Youth Ministers

National Catholic Rural Life Conference

Consistent Life

Priests for Life

(KAREN - has been working with the NADD, the National Association of Diocesan Directors and
others, too)

Requests for collaboration at state conferences in 2013, to date:
* South Carolina Council of Catholic Women - workshop (sometime in 2013)
¢ St. Vincent DePaul Delaware 2013 Annual Conference (June 15, 2013)
* North Carolina Eucharistic Conference (September 2013)
* Montana Conference of Catholic Women Annual Meeting (September 2013)

Other projects in progress

Support Social Media Efforts -Twitter and Facebook postings to build support of CMN mission
Where Justice and Mercy Meet - working with Liturgical Press to promote this new book at
conferences, events

Monthly CMN E-newsletters

Grant writing -Our Sunday Visitor( completed, waiting on response), Dominican Sisters of
Springfield Justice and Poverty Fund (planned - due 2013)