Hunger Rumblings

It is easy and effective to be an e-advocate. When it comes to voicing concern for our neighbors in Zimbabwe, e-advocacy is also urgently needed. Visit http://tinyurl.com/ZimbabweAdvocacy to find suggested text to e-mail to your senators and representatives. Don't know who they are? Don't worry. All you need to know is your home address!

One Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe pastor told an ELCA colleague "I thought we had hit bottom, so it couldn't get worse; but it seems a hole can be dug in the bottom."

Don't be tempted to put this off. What else can you do in the next five minutes that will be as important? E-advocate for our neighbors in Zimbabwe and urge at least one other to do the same.

Questions? Visit www.elca.org/advocacy , www.elca.org/disaster, or contact Jodi Deike, Director for Grassroots Advocacy and Communication, ELCA Washington Office.

Advocating blessings,
Sue-s

Labels: advocacy, Zimbabwe

We all know that poverty is inextricably linked to hunger. Amoung other things, people living in poverty have less access to health care and education, both of which affect a person's ability to get and keep a job. And as we all know, different states - and regions within a state - fare differently on the poverty scale. But did you ever wonder exactly how your state or area fare? Or even you as an individual?

Check out www.measureofamerica.org. Interactive maps let you look at different areas of the United States, and the "Well-O-Meter" will let you plot your own place on the American Human Development Index.

And if you find you aren't satisfied with the results, consider ways to tell your elected politicians about the changes you'd like to see. One place to start is www.elca.org/advocacy.

Labels: advocacy, American Human Development Project, education, health care, hunger, poverty