Valley Interfaith Project

Valley Interfaith Project (VIP) is a broad based, non-partisan organization committed to building relational power through organizing people for sustainable social and economic improvement.  VIP members are institutions: dues-paying member congregations, schools, unions and non-profits.

Our work is accomplished by:

  • institution-based leadership development;
  • building relationships within and between institutions;
  • identifying and researching issues of mutual self-interest;
  • disciplined, organized action.

Through this organizing strategy, VIP develops a constituency of leaders to become citizens in the fullest sense: participants in democratic decision-making and agents of the creation of a more just society through the exercise of relational power.  

Valley Interfaith Project is affiliated with the Industrial Areas (IAF), the oldest and largest national organizing and leadership development network in the United States and the West / Southwest IAF.


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    Interfaith Clergy: Caring for the Sick Is a Moral Mandate — That’s Why We Support Prop 409

    [Excerpts from an Op-Ed by Rev. Deacon Martha Seaman, VIP Leader, originally published in Chandler News & the Daily Independent] Valley Interfaith Project is a broad-based, non-partisan organization of churches, unions and non-profit associations committed to building power for sustainable social and economic development. As leaders of these faith communities in Maricopa County, we write to express our strong support for Proposition 409. 
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    VIP: Prop 409 is a Small Price to Pay to Save Lives

    [Excerpts] As Maricopa County ballots are mailed out on Wednesday, voters will soon decide on the future of a large behavioral and emergency health system upgrade that could increase property taxes. The bond measure is called Proposition 409 and would benefit Valleywise’s inpatient, outpatient, and behavioral health services. …Reverend Sandy Johnson with Red Mountain United Methodist Church said Prop 409 will “save lives.” She’s working as a leader with the Valley Interfaith Project, to advocate for greater mental health resources across our area.
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