Pesticide Action Network North America Regional Center

PAN IS A CATALYST FOR FOOD SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION. WE USE GRASSROOTS SCIENCE, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND COALITION ORGANIZING TO BUILD POWER WITH COMMUNITIES TO CONFRONT THE HARMS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE AND BUILD SOLUTIONS.

CORE PROGRAMS: PAN HAS CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES IN FOUR KEY AGRICULTURAL STATES, AS WELL AS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS. OUR STATE CAMPAIGNS IN CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, IOWA AND MINNESOTA USE COALITION ORGANIZING, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GRASSROOTS SCIENCE TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT PESTICIDE HARMS AND BUILD MOMENTUM TOWARD A HEALTHIER FOOD AND FARMING SYSTEM. IN 2021-2022 OUR SUCCESSES INCLUDED 1) EXPANDING CREATIVE AND VISUAL STORYTELLING TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES AND MAKE SCIENCE EASILY ACCESSIBLE; 2) STRENGTHENING OUR COALITION WORK IN KEY STATES INCLUDING LAUNCHING STATEWIDE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY TRAINING COHORTS; 3) COMPILING RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ROLE OF PESTICIDES IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE FOR POLICY MAKERS AT STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.

COALITIONS: PAN BUILDS NETWORK POWER THROUGH STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ON THE FRONTLINES OF HARM FROM CHEMICAL-INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE (E.G., FARMWORKERS, RURAL FAMILIES, COMMUNITY-SCALE FARMERS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES). OUR CAMPAIGN WORK OFTEN LEADS TO CREATION OF FORMAL COALITIONS FOR WHICH PAN ACTS AS FACILITATOR, ADMINISTRATOR AND/OR FISCAL SPONSOR. IN 20212022, PAN COMPLETED A REVIEW OF OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AND CONCENTRATED OUR SUPPORT ON TEN ALLIED PROJECTS THAT DO NOT HAVE 501C3 STATUS. SIX OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BASED IN CA, TWO ARE IN MN AND TWO ARE OVERSEAS. OUR LARGEST PROJECT, CALIFORNIANS FOR PESTICIDE REFORM, IS A COALITION OF OVER 200 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO REDUCE PESTICIDE USE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.