Affiliate Groups

An affiliate is a local Pagan or Earth-centered group that shares the aims of Pagan EdNet and agrees to its standards. Forty-eight groups are affiliated today, among them covens, groves, kindreds, campus groups, and community circles.

What Affiliation Means

Affiliation is a working relationship. Affiliates use our materials in their own communities, take part in seasonal service projects, and help us hear what Pagans around the country are experiencing. In return we give them tools, training, and connection with one another.

Affiliation is not membership in a denomination. Pagan EdNet does not direct the religious life of any group, approve its teachings, or speak for it, and affiliates do not speak for Pagan EdNet.

What Affiliates Receive

  • Printed fact sheets and guides for local distribution, without charge.
  • Planning guides and publicity templates for community partnerships, including the Equinox Harvest Drive and Tending Days.
  • Priority places for members in Interfaith Representative Training and Speakers Bureau training.
  • A direct line to the Rights Desk coordinator when a member needs help.
  • Introductions to nearby congregations and interfaith councils that have asked us for a Pagan contact.
  • Two online gatherings of affiliate representatives each year, to compare experience.
  • Permission to state that the group is "an affiliate of Pagan EdNet."

What We Ask of Affiliates

  1. Accept our standards. The group agrees to the Code of Conduct and the Statement on Diversity and Inclusion, including the rejection of racial or ethnic requirements for membership.
  2. Be led by responsible adults. At least two adult members serve as contacts. Groups that admit minors must have written parental consent and a safeguarding policy.
  3. Do some public good each year. At least one educational or service activity that is open to, or benefits, people outside the group.
  4. Do not recruit under our name. Our materials are for education. They are not to be used to invite people into a group.
  5. Protect privacy. Members are never identified as Pagan to anyone outside the group without their consent.
  6. Renew each autumn. A short annual report, due by the autumn equinox, tells us that the group is active and what it has done.

There is no fee to affiliate. Groups need not be incorporated or have a bank account, and may be of any size from three members upward.

What Affiliation Is Not

  • It is not an endorsement of a group's beliefs, practices, or leaders.
  • It does not provide legal status, insurance, or tax exemption.
  • It does not make Pagan EdNet responsible for a group's activities.
  • It does not place a group on any public list. We do not publish the names or locations of affiliates. A group is introduced to an inquirer only with its permission.

How to Apply

  1. Write to us

    Send an email to info@paganednet.org with the subject line "Affiliation."

  2. Describe your group

    Tell us its name, its tradition or traditions, the state and general area where it meets, how long it has existed, roughly how many members it has, and the names of two adult contacts.

  3. Talk with a board member

    A director will arrange a conversation with your contacts, answer questions, and send the two documents your group is asked to accept.

  4. Decision

    Applications are considered by the board at its next meeting. The board meets six times a year. You will be told the outcome in writing.

Ending Affiliation

A group may withdraw at any time by writing to us. The board may end an affiliation if a group ceases to be active or acts against the standards above, after giving the group an opportunity to respond.

Individuals

You do not need to belong to a group to take part in our work. Most Pagans practice alone, and so do many of our volunteers. See Volunteer.

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