May Update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, Senior Director Partial expanded content from Advocacy Connections: May 2026 LANDMARK SUPREME COURT DECISION | FARM BILL ADVANCES IN CONGRESS | VOTE CANCELED ON ESA AMENDMENTS...
Farm Bill Engagement Updates
STATUS ON CAPITOL HILL | ACTION ALERTS | RESOURCES AND WEBINARS | OUR COLLECTIVE VOICE The Farm Bill, which guides much of U.S. agriculture, rural and food policy, is currently being debated in Congress. The ELCA urges Congress to pass...
Public Witness and For-Profit Immigration Detention
As immigration detention surges across the United States, the private companies building and running immense detention facilities are reporting record profits. Nearly 90% of people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody are held in private, for-profit facilities – which have been accused of overcrowding,...
Spring Updates: State Edition
Following are updates shared from submissions from ELCA-affiliated state public policy offices (SPPOs) this quarter (formerly shared monthly). Full list and map of SPPOs available. ARIZONA| KANSAS | PENNSYLVANIA | WISCONSIN Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona Solveig Muus, Director This spring, Lutheran...
Current sign-on letters
WHAT IS A SIGN-ON LETTER | IMPACT OF SIGN-ONS | DECISION PROCESS | UPDATED LIST Our advocacy takes many forms with long-term and immediate aims, and ELCA Witness in Society staff are active equipping members, building influential relationships with policy...
Lutherans Engaging in the Electoral Process
What is at stake in the electoral process? For Lutherans, our response is not exclusively individualistic. FOUNDATIONS OF OUR CONSIDERATION The electoral process is one way in the United States that we steward our life together as a nation,...
April Update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, Senior Director Partial expanded content from Advocacy Connections: April 2026 HUNGER PROVISIONS IN THE HOUSE FARM BILL | SAVE AMERICA ACT | ADMINISTRATION REPEALS THE ENDANGERMENT...
Devotional: Using Voice for Justice and Human Dignity
By Abigail Raghunath [About the author] Origins of the Declaration of Human Rights In the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations began to take shape, grounded in a vision of peace, dignity and shared responsibility. Its foundational document,...
Justice for Women and Girls Needs Ongoing Building
By Jeffery Jordan II, ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellow (2025-26 cycle) The experience felt both deeply personal and globally significant while at the United Nations Headquarters for the recently-concluded 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). CSW70 gathered advocates, policymakers, attorneys,...
Devotional: Guidance When Encountering Hopelessness
By Dylan Le [About the author] I came back from COP30, also known as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change held in November 2025, with one thought in my head: the world is on fire and we aren’t doing...