ABOUT US

ABOUT LI-CAN

Long Island CAN (or LI-CAN) is a diverse, non-partisan, volunteer-driven organization rooted in religious congregations and other non-profits in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. We are a vehicle through which people from all walks of life on Long Island do the everyday work of democracy:

• Building relationships and finding common ground across lines that divide us.

• Researchin…

HOW WE WORK

EVERYDAY DEMOCRACY ON LONG ISLAND

WE RECRUIT: We engage a broad base of congregations and other non-partisan institutions and leaders in our communities so that 1) we are grounded in the reality of Long Island, and 2) we have the power to win real victories. Member institutions own the organization. They pay dues and engage leaders in shaping our agenda, developing strategie…

2019 PRIORITIES

ACTION ON OPIOIDS: Continuing our campaign, launched in 2017, to help end the opioid overdose crisis.

NEW LEADERSHIP & ISSUES: At a time of deepening division in our country, we will re-invest in finding common ground and developing new strategies to protect the most vulnerable persons in our communities.

GUN SAFETY: Continuing to participate in IAF's nationwide Do Not Stand…

LEADERSHIP

LI-CAN CO-CHAIRPERSONS

• Rev. Eric Olsen, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Plainview
• Rev. Gideon Pollach, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Cold Spring Harbor

OPIOID ACTION TEAM

LI-CAN's work on opioids is guided by an ad hoc team of leaders representing the following institutions:

St. John’s Episcopal Church, Cold Spring Harbor

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Plainview

St. Joseph the Wor…

HISTORY