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SOJOURNERS AT A GLANCESojourners reaches more than 3.5 million readers annually through our award-winning monthly magazine, Sojourners, our online publication at Sojo.net, and our email newsletters.

POSITIONINGOur publications boldly explore the intersections of faith, politics, and culture. Our coverage goes beyond the trending headlines to uncover in depth the hidden injustices in the world around us, and the stories of hope that keep us grounded, inspired, and moving forward.

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Sojourners actively works to raise the profile of the organization, its publications, and interact on our core issues of poverty, climate change, gender justice, racial

justice, and immigration. In 2015 Jim Wallis, Sojourners founder and president, and Lisa Sharon Harper, chief church engagement officer, spoke to more than 40,000 people collectively at nearly 50 events and trainings. Sojourners reaches tens of millions more people through interviews and columns in national media, including CNN, PBS NewsHour, TIME, The Huffington Post, National Public Radio, and The Washington Post.

Sojourners’ annual event The Summit is an international gathering of leaders from the religious community, business, philanthropy, academia, and activism. In 2015, delegates came from as far as South Korea, South Africa, and the United Kingdom in order to gain valuable leadership connections and participate in movement-building action for their organizations.

We are actively engaged with emerging leaders of faith and social justice movements through our Emerging Voices platform, our year-long internship program, and speaking events at colleges and universities.

LEADERSHIP

Thousands joined President Obama—including Sojourners’ Jim Wallis (right)—in commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Selma.

Sojourners’ Ivone Guillen, right, and Sarah Thompson, Executive Director, Christian Peacemaker Teams in Chicago, at The Summit in 2015.

“The peace and compassion message of Sojourners is a bright light in today’s contentious world.”—Kathryn Smith Sojourners magazine subscriber


Sojourners readers seek out new ways to grow personally, professionally, and in relationship with their family and faith communities; they seek out meaningful

books, educational opportunities, and ways to spend in socially responsible ways; they support charitable causes, care about the environment, and are interested in cultivating spiritual and social awareness and action to create a more just world.

Sojourners readers are influencers in their communities: elected officials, teachers, pastors, university and seminary professors, denominational leaders, business leaders, trailblazing activists, dedicated church members, and employees of major nonprofit organizations.

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Male 45% Female 55%

87% hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher

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Our constituents reflect a broad range of Christian traditions: Catholic, Protestant, and evangelical, alongside the valued perspectives of interfaith and

secular voices. We stand together to envision a future in which people of faith act in passionate pursuit of racial and social justice, life and peace, and environmental stewardship.

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FEATURES. Original insights on social justice issues including race and ethnicity, gender equality, climate change, human rights, violence, health care, poverty, education, and peacemaking.

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SCRIPTURE. Thoughtful, accessible, and academic reflections on scripture from well-respected writers such as Walter Brueggemann, Amy-Jill Levine, David Gushee, and Reta Haltemann Finger.

CULTURE. Reviews of books, films, art, and music, plus a monthly poetry selection.

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showing that divestment is not only a fea-sible strategy but also a socially responsible and ethically sound way to watch over the money of clients. Divesting from nuclear weapons is not rocket science.Campaigning for divestment helps to curtail and eliminate nuclear weapons in more than one way. First, it helps to further stigmatize nuclear weapons. Most peo-ple are unaware that their savings help to finance the bomb, and when this is pointed out to them, most people are uneasy or even appalled by the idea. By providing customers with the facts, we stimulate their readiness to take it up with their banks and pension funds and give them notice to divest from these inhumane weapons. This stigmatiza-tion of nuclear weapons is more important than we may think. No weapon has ever been eliminated before it was outlawed. And no weapon is outlawed without first becom-ing stigmatized.Second, divestment can have very direct effect. By convincing financial institutions to move their money elsewhere, we can cut off funds for producing companies—make them feel their business is dirty, unwanted. While it is unlikely that divestment by a single financial institution would create suf-ficient pressure on a company for it to end its involvement in nuclear weapons work, divestment by even a few institutions based on the same ethical objection can have a significant impact on a company’s strategic direction.

Our sister campaign—Stop Explosive Investments—provides a good example. In that campaign, the focus is divestment from cluster munitions producers. Can you imagine a huge company such as Lockheed

Don’t Bank On the BombDivestment by a few institutions based on the same ethical objection can have a significant impact on a company’s strategic direction.By Wilbert van der Zeijden

N uclear weapons are unacceptable weapons. By design, they aim to cause large-scale and long-term damage not only to enemy troops but to civilians as well.Humanity has successfully banned and eliminated less devastating weapons, but curiously we have come to live with the idea that some countries are entitled to keep nuclear weapons. Worse, we have come to accept that their production is nothing to be ashamed of and that investing in these com-panies is sound financial practice.Investing in genocide is inexcusable, and it is time we tell our banks, pension funds, and insurance companies to stop financing the bomb.To that end, the Dutch peace organiza-tion PAX, for which I’m a senior researcher, produces an annual report called Don’t Bank on the Bomb, providing a detailed overview of financial institutions that invest in com-panies building nuclear weapons. But the report does more: It highlights positive examples of financial institutions actively divesting from nuclear weapons producers,

The Achilles’ Heel of TerrorTackling their finances is perhaps the most effective way of restricting ter-rorist groups. By Rose Marie Berger

T he so-called war on terror has dangerous and shifting financial front lines. Since the 9/11 attacks, a series of “anti-terrorism financ-ing laws” have been enacted that allow the government to designate certain charities as “terrorist” organizations or as financing terror. The government can effectively shut down organizations without ever bringing criminal charges or providing evidence against them, according to the ACLU. “As a result,” it reported, “American Muslim organizations and individuals are unfairly targeted.”In addition to fostering Islamophobia in the larger society and fear within Islamic and other faith communities, overzealous application of these laws can actually inhibit the war on terror. It risks crippling the very Islamic charities that can effectively com-bat radicalization in places vulnerable to extremists. Stephen Bubb, head of a charity network in Britain, where financial terror laws are similar to those in the U.S., has emphasized “sensible, credible, proportion-ate regulation” of Islamic charities. “I have witnessed firsthand the difficulties faced by

Martin actually paying attention to such a campaign, or ending their work on weap-ons? Well, it did, and the corporation said as much in a letter to PAX: “I hope our ces-sation of the activities in the area of cluster munitions would enable our removal from prohibited investment firms and allow investors to consider Lockheed Martin for inclusion in their portfolios.”A $1 trillion industryThe nine nuclear-armed states are plan-ning to spend more than $1 trillion over the next decade to maintain and modernize their nuclear weapons. While the major-ity of that money comes from taxpayers in the nuclear-armed countries, the Don’t Bank on the Bomb report shows that 411 banks, pension funds, and asset managers in 31 countries made $402 billion available between January 2011 and August 2014 to 28 companies that produce, maintain, and modernize nuclear arsenals in France, India, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The U.S. is overrepresented here. Roughly two-thirds of all investment in nuclear weapons producers is by U.S. finan-cial institutions. Of the top 10 investors, nine are from the U.S. The top three com-bined—State Street, Capital Group, and Blackrock—have more than $80 billion invested.The U.S. is underrepresented when it comes to positive examples. Of the 35 finan-cial institutions we highlight in our latest report for having a policy curtailing or fully excluding involvement in nuclear weap-ons producers, zero are based in the U.S. It may come as a surprise to U.S. audiences

that in several European countries, having a policy prohibiting involvement in nuclear weapons production is actually encour-aged. In fact, in countries such as Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, banks and pension funds exclude these dirty investments as part of building their image of being a responsi-ble, sensible, and reliable financial service provider. Over the past years, several countries have started to experiment with regula-tion or legislation to end involvement in the production of nuclear weapons. New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland already have national regulations curtailing the involvement of banks in nuclear weap-ons production, and discussions on similar measures are ongoing in Australia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, and Ireland.An international treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons will be needed to fully eliminate them. To get to that prohibition, we need to demonstrate support from the whole of society for a world without nuclear weapons.

Don’t Bank on the Bomb aids that pro-cess. It allows people to choose better banks, it pushes financial institutions to reconsider their involvement in a potential nuclear Armageddon, and it challenges the accept-ability of companies being involved in the production of weapons that are designed to perform crimes against humanity. nWilbert van der Zeijden is a political sci-entist and senior researcher at the Dutch peace organization PAX (paxforpeace.nl). The most recent report can be found at DontBankontheBomb.com.NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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Various campaigns have adopted the tactic of

divestment to compel action toward a safer, more just,

and more sustainable world. Does it work?

IT WASN’T A HUGE surprise last year when Union Seminary

announced that it would become the first seminary in the

world to divest from fossil fuels. Union, after all, has long been

a leader in progressive causes, and President Serene Jones said

that “divestment of our endowment from fossil-fuel companies

is one small step” toward stopping the catastrophic threat—

the “sin”—of climate change.

But a few months later, the divestment movement reached

an altogether different level when the Rockefeller Brothers Fund

announced that it was moving its money from fossil fuels, start-

ing with the worst carbon polluters, coal and tar sands. The

Rockefeller money, of course, came from oil—patriarch John

D. Rockefeller was the co-founder of Standard Oil—and the

Rockefeller Brothers Fund controls $860 million in assets. All

in all, 180 institutions have pledged to divest more than $50

billion to defund climate change—and, as they say, with bil-

lions in assets moved, pretty soon you’re talking real money.

Divestment from fossil fuels has become the largest and

most visible divestment movement since the efforts to isolate

South Africa’s apartheid regime in the 1980s, but it’s far from

the only social justice campaign to use the tactic. As the arti-

cles in this issue show, activists working on a range of matters

are engaging in “move your money” campaigns to supple-

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DIVEST!People are moving their money to defund everything from fossil fuels to nuclear weapons. Does it work?

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Weekly Wrap: 16,000 subscribers. Weekly summary of the top 10 news stories from a justice perspective.

Faith in Action: 7,000 subscribers. Monthly email to some of our most engaged community members, including clergy and community organizers.

Welcoming the Stranger: 19,000 subscribers. Monthly email to immigration activists.

“The best way to begin the day is by reading Sojourners’ daily meditation: Verse and Voice.”

—Cheryl Hockaday

EMAIL OUTREACH


Sojo.net is a leading source for Christians eager to explore the intersections of faith, justice, politics, and culture, attracting 4.8 million pageviews annually.

With daily updates on social justice issues, news, and commentary, Sojourners’ website is a nationally recognized online destination.

n Mobile-first website designn Magazine content through digital subscriptionn Unique video contentn Original reportingn A faith perspective on national newsn Book and film reviews

The website receives more than 500,000 pageviews per month, with the majority of readers spending time reading articles and watching videos on sojo.net/articles. Depending on the length of the article, 1 to 4 banners will appear in order to optimize the reading experience for visitors and increase engagement of advertisements for our clients.

All website banners are sold on an impression basis, cost per thousand (CPM). Ads on the website are purchased separately from print ads, and the advertising team can work to coordinate all of your ads—from print, to email, to the web—for an integrated ad campaign.

Options for advertising on Sojo.net include:n Premium banner ad placementn Cost-effective, site-wide bannersn Geotargeting by state, region, or country available

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS


SOJOURNERS MAGAZINE, Issues and Closing Dates

Planning your advertising based on Sojourners special features, in addition to your own marketing goals, will generate the most engagement with our audience and greatest return on your investment.

Issue Reservation Deadline

Materials Deadline

Mail Date

Special Promotion

January Oct 23 Oct 30 Dec 8

February Nov 20 Nov 25 Jan 5 Distribution: College Tour

March Jan 4 Jan 11 Feb 4

April Jan 22 Jan 29 Mar 3 Ad Section: “Travel Guide”

May Feb 19 Feb 26 Mar 31 Ad Section: “Great Reads” BooksTheme: Children & Youth

June Mar 24 April 1 May 5

July April 29 May 6 June 8 Distribution: The Summit

August May 27 June 3 July 5

Sept/Oct June 24 July 1 Aug 4 Theme: Graduate & Seminary education

November Aug 19 Aug 26 Sept 29 Ad Section: “Great Reads” Books

December Sept 23 Sept 30 Nov 3 Ad Section: “Just Giving Guide”


December 2013 | www.sojo.net

Reflections on guns and hope,

a year after Newtown.

Walter Brueggemann

Joan Chittister

Lisa Sharon Harper

Shane Claiborne

Cherie Q. Ryans

Brian Doyle

Shelley Douglass

Richard Rohr

Anne Howard

Grief, Courage,

and Perseverance

Jackie Barden, whose son Daniel

was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary

School, kisses her 11-year-old

daughter, Natalie, on the one-month

anniversary of the Newtown shooting.

March 2011 | www.sojo.net Faith in Action for Social Justice

Afghanistan Why it’s time to end the war, and how to do it • The human cost, abroad and at home• Securing rights for women and girls after the exit


PRINT Advertising Rates

Size 1-2 ads 3-5 ads (Save 15%) 6 or more ads (Save 20%)

2-Page spread $4,050 ea. $3,443 ea. $3,240 ea.

Covers $2,430 $2,066 $1,944

Full Page $2,160 $1,836 $1,728

2/3 Page $1,800 $1,530 $1,440

1/2 Page $1,530 $1,301 $1,224

1/3 Page $1,170 $995 $936

1/6 Page $630 $536 $504

1/8 Page $350 NA NA

Bundle collateral with polybag $7,250

Insert (brochure, postcard, etc.) $4,060

Expand awareness of your product or service through all our platforms—Sojourners magazine, email publications, and website banner advertising. We

even reward you for multiple insertions with frequency discounts when they are booked under the same contract.

All ads are four-color.

Size 1-2 ads 3-5 ads (Save 15%) 6 or more ads (Save 20%)


April 2015 | sojo.net

RESISTING ISIS

Soaad Nofal, a Muslim

schoolteacher who staged

a daily vigil outside ISIS

headquarters in Raqqa, Syria,

is part of a surprising

movement of nonviolent

resistance against ISIS

brutality.

Faith in Action for Social JusticeJanuary 2015 | sojo.net

Evangelicals are tackling the hard questions in fresh new ways. by DAVID P. GUSHEE

What the Bible says(and doesn’t say)

about gays, lesbians, and the church

Ad location

CPM 20,000 impressions

50,000 impressions

100,000 impressions

Premium (Slot 1)

Mobile Only

$20

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$400

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$1,000

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$2,000

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300x250

728x90320x50

Standard (Slot 2)

$15 $300 $750 $1,500 300x250

Random (Slots 2-4)

$10 $200 $500 $1,000 300x250


EMAIL and Website Advertising Rates

Email publicationOne ad

3 ads (Save 15%)

6 ads (Save 20%) Ad Size Subscribers

Publication Days

SojoMail Premium $550 $468 $440 300x250 144,000

Every Thurs

Slot 2 $470 $400 $376 300x250

Text Links $110 $83 $88 35 words

Verse & Voice Slot 1 $550 $468 $440 300x250 21,000

Daily, M-F

Slot 2 $470 $400 $376 300x250


Weekly Wrap Slot 1 $75 $64 $60 300x250 16,000

Every Fri

Slot 2 $65 $55 $52 300x250


Faith in Action$75 $64 $60

300x250 (3 available) 7,000 3rd Tuesday

Welcoming the Stranger$75 $64 $60

300x250 (3 available) 19,000 2nd Tuesday

Email publication One ad 3 ads 6 ads Ad Size Subscribers Publication (Save 15%) (Save 20%) Days

Sponsored Emails Pricing for sponsored emails is based on the number of emails sent (CPM). Minimum send is 20,000, maximum is 85,000.

Ad location CPM 20,000 impressions

50,000 impressions

100,000 impressions

Nonprofit rate $75 $1,500 $3,750 $6,375

Standard rate $95 $1,900 $4,750 $8,075

Ad location CPM 20,000 50,000 85,000 emails emails emails

Ad location CPM 20,000 50,000 100,000 Ad Sizes impressions impressions impressions

Online Classifieds Job listings, internships, and events only. $25 per week or $75 for four weeks

Website Banners Pricing is CPM (cost per thousand impressions), with a 20,000 minimum.


AD Specifications

PRINT:

2-PAGE SPREAD: 12”x12”+.25” on outside for bleeds

FILE TYPE. Required: A TIFF or PDF/X-1A fileWe do not accept: film negatives, low-resolution files, Photoshop files, InDesign files, Word documents, or desktop publishing files.

COLORS. All ads are four-colorAll colors must be specified as standard four-color process (CMYK). (Non-CMYK files do not print correctly and will not be accepted.)

IMAGES & FONTS. Image resolution should be 266 dpi or aboveAll fonts must be embedded in the PDF File. All ads with a white or light colored background should have a thin, dark-colored border

SIZE. The digital file must be 100% of the display ad sizeFor full-page ads, add .25” bleed to each side of magazine trim size.

Email all ad materials and any questions about submitting ads to the Advertising Assistant at [email protected].

DIGITAL:

The following specifications apply to digital ads that appear in newsletters and on the website.

SIZE. Unless otherwise specified, all banner ads are sized 300x250 pixelsMaximum file size: 100kb

FILE TYPE. Send image as a JPG or GIF file. We accept animated GIF images for the website, but not for email. No audio.

IMAGES & FONTS. Image resolution should be 72 dpi or aboveAll fonts must be embedded in the file. All ads with a white or light colored background should have a thin, dark-colored border

URL. Always send a specific website URL that your ad will be linked to.Tracking URLs or tags are optional:n IAS/DV tags—yesn OCR/VCE tags—non HTML5 creative/tags—3rd party only

SPONSORED EMAILSThese are the materials to send:1. Subject line2. Body copy, flexible based on the needs and goals of your organization/client: Text-driven: HTML text and graphics; maximum width of 600 pixels. OR Image-driven: one or more larger graphics; maximum width of 600 pixels, no height restriction.3. Alternative text, used for the text-only version of the email4. Email addresses that we need to send test messages to5. An email address for “reply-to”

Email all ad materials and any questions about submitting ads to the Advertising Assistant at [email protected].


TERMS & CONDITIONS

Sojourners accepts advertising that is: (a) deemed valuable and inoffensive to our readers, (b) not inconsistent with the publications’ objectives and

editorial convictions, and (c) not incompatible with Sojourners’ vision and mission.

GENERAL

1. All ads are subject to review and approval by Sojourners’ Director of Advertising Sales, Director of Advocacy, editorial staff, and/or executive management.

2. Sojourners may accept or reject advertising at its sole discretion at any time with full reimbursement being made and/or request that changes are made to the advertising copy or pictures/illustrations. Furthermore, the publisher shall not be liable for any costs or damages if for any reason it fails to publish an advertisement.

3. Sojourners does not guarantee, warrant, or endorse any product, program, or service advertised, unless otherwise indicated.

4. It is the sole responsibility of the advertiser to comply with all legal requirements relating to the marketing and sale of products or services advertised.

5. The agency and/or advertisers represent that they are authorized to publish the entire contents and subject matter represented in the ad provided.

6. In consideration of Sojourners’ acceptance of such advertisements, the agency and/or advertiser will indemnify and hold Sojourners harmless from and against any loss or expense resulting from claims and suits based in the contents or subject matter of such advertisements.

CONTRACTS

1. Cancellations must be submitted in writing and are not accepted after the materials deadline.

2. Advertising contracts must be fulfilled within one year from the first insertion. Frequency discounts are not retroactive or transferable.

3. If a contracted advertiser does not complete a contracted frequency schedule, insertions that have been published at the contract rate will be recalculated at the frequency rate that has been earned, and the difference will be billed to the advertiser.

PAYMENT

1. Full payment is due within 30 days of a signed contract.

2. In the event of nonpayment, Sojourners reserves the right to hold the advertiser and/or its advertising agency jointly and severally liable for payment due to Sojourners.

After signing a contract, Sojourners’ advertising representative will send the advertiser an invoice. Invoices may be paid by check or credit card. If paying by check, it should be made payable to Sojourners and mailed to: SOJOURNERS, ATTN: Advertising Department, P.O. Box 70730, Washington, DC 20024-9997

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