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PEN members
have made many accomplishments on both the national
and local levels, including:
* Organized the national Pagan response to attempts by Rep. Bob Barr and others to ban the practice of Wicca on military bases
* Organized a
national Pagan effort to get accurate
definitions
for "Neo-Paganism" and "Witchcraft" published by
the country's major dictionary
publishers
* Developed a
press kit on Paganism
and Wicca
for the Associated Press in cooperation with other
major Pagan organizations
* Coordinated a national project denouncing racists trying to co-opt Asatru
* Published
Voting
for God,
alerting Pagans to the dangers of the religious
right
* Supported
various religious freedom cases for Pagans,
including the Church of Iron Oak, Jessica Spur,
Wizard of Odds, Cathedral of the Pines, Barbara
Schmaling, Rana Kern, and Great Mother's Love
Nature Sanctuary
*
Alerted
Attorney General
Janet Reno to the linking of Witchcraft with the
abortion movement by radical
pro-lifers
* Supported the
Blockbuster boycott until their discriminatory
dress code was changed
* Helped
develop guidelines on Pagan religions for the
Indiana Department of Corrections chaplains'
guidebooks
* Established a
Speakers
Bureau
to provide educational presentations on
contemporary Paganism to community
groups
* Donated books
on Paganism to libraries across the
country
* Established
the Yemaya
Fund,
in cooperation with the Pagan
Community Fund,
to assist African-American churches in the
South which were torched
* Held
community events to promote tolerance and
understanding among people of all faiths
* Sponsored
public educational presentations on Pagan
religions
* Assisted
other faiths in charity works
* Established
the Sacred
Action
e-mail
lists to help further Pagan networking and
community-building
* Provided
resources to hundred of Pagans throughout the
world
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