Editing Michael Lerner (rabbi) (section)

===Network of Spiritual Progressives===
In 2005 Lerner became chair of The [[Network of Spiritual Progressives]] whose mission was to "challenge the materialism and selfishness in American society and to promote an ethos of love, generosity, and awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe."<ref name="NSP Covenant">{{cite web | url=http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=covenant | title=The Spiritual Covenant with America | last=Lerner | first=Michael | access-date=April 4, 2008 | date=November 1, 2006 | publisher=The Network of Spiritual Progressives | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025092534/http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=covenant | archive-date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> They have since sponsored national conferences on both the East and West Coast. In 2007 Lerner launched a campaign for a "Global Marshall Plan".<ref name="The Global Marshall Plan">{{cite web | url=http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=20070228183252814 | title=The Global Marshall Plan | access-date=April 4, 2008 | date=February 27, 2007 | publisher=The Network of Spiritual Progressives | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025092005/http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=20070228183252814 | archive-date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>