February Update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA Witnessing in Society office in Washington, D.C. Partial expanded content from Advocacy Connections: February 2021 COVID-19 | INTERNATIONAL PANDEMIC RELIEF | TPS UPDATE | YEMEN | WHITE HOUSE OFFICE POLICY RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IMPACTS CONTINUES: ELCA advocacy...
February Update: UN and State Edition
Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices. As the new year begins, these state public policy offices (SPPO) share their annual policy priorities. Find a map and full list of ELCA affiliated SPPOs using our state office map. Learn...
January Update: UN and State Priorities Edition
Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices. As the new year begins, these state public policy offices (SPPO) share their annual policy priorities. Find a map and full list of ELCA affiliated SPPOs using our state office map. Learn...
Devotional: Calling out and acting in presence of suffering
By Kyle Minden, ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellow* David is calling out to God in Psalm 86 to protect him from his enemies and from the other dangers he faces. David humbles himself before God and asks for deliverance from persecution...
Goal of sustainable development aided by Paris Agreement
By Ruth Ivory-Moore, ELCA Program Director for Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility President Biden’s decision to re-join the Paris Agreement cannot be overstated in its importance for the United States and internationally. The detrimental effects of climate change resulting from...
ELCA 2021 federal policy priorities for advocacy action
“With the start of the 117th Congress and a new administration, and as the devastating COVID-19 pandemic influences our lives and shapes our concerns, we face pressing need for national policy action. Yet even with changes, as Christians in the...
Devotional: When we hear “Go”
By Taina Diaz-Reyes, ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellow* Paul, as described in Acts 21, arrived in Jerusalem to some strong responses. Buoyed by a crowd incensed by rumors that he was encouraging Jews to no longer observe Jewish law, a Roman...
Actual renewal and repair after Capitol breach
By the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, Director of ELCA Advocacy In the days since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the words of the 61st chapter of Isaiah have accompanied me as a prayer and as a promise. It is...
Devotional: Identification beyond binaries
by Larry Herrold, ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellow* Believer and non-believer. Educated and uneducated. Rich and poor. Democrat and Republican. Male and female… How numerous are the binaries with which we live! In many ways 2020 was the year of binaries....
Lutherans in the 117th Congress
As the final election results in Georgia have been resolved, the 117th Congress has begun. Members were sworn into office on January 3, 2021. Check out some of the Lutheran legislators who will serve our country in this new Congress....