De-escalating hate toward a dynamic vision of unity
By Dennis Frado, Director, Lutheran Office for World Community There’s too much “othering” today of people we don’t know or haven’t met. And, in a related way, awful hate speech abounds.* It is as if we have forgotten that each...
Truer and more accurate picture of who we are with Census 2020
On this National Census Day, commit to complete your form – but also encourage the community as well! Undercounting is a significant issue among groups which benefoit most form anti-poverty programs and from greater representation in decision-making. “Hard to count”...
CARES Act inclusions and next steps in response to COVID-19
On March 27, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, H.R. 748 (CARES Act), a third economic aid package to help bring direct relief to families, reinforce struggling industries and the healthcare sector, and extend assistance to...
FAQs in time of COVID-19 for faith-based leaders from DHHS – 3/27/20 update
Guidance updated on March 27, 2020, was shared through the coronavirus for faith leaders White House briefing network. ELCA Advocacy staff participate in the opportunity for access to public health experts and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advice for...
A magnificent World Water Day
By Ruth Ivory-Moore, ELCA Program Director for Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility “Psalm 104 celebrates the way in which water pours… This flowing water serves, in the psalm, as a sign of God’s overflowing blessings on creation, pouring down from...
March Update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA Advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, director COVID-19 | LANDMINES | HMONG AND LAOTIAN DEPORTATIONS | FY2021 BUDGET | FAIR HOUSING RULE COVID-19 OUTBREAK: With daily developments in the spread and...
ELCA advocacy in time of COVID-19 pandemic
With daily developments in the spread and scope of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), our anxiety and uncertainty tempt us to curve inward and fixate on self-preservation. Appropriately, ELCA congregations and ministries are responding to the outbreak in their communities...
March Update: U.N. and State Edition
U.N. | Arizona | California | Colorado | Delaware | Kansas | Minnesota | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southeastern | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state...
Virus fears and viral fears: Standing with, not targeting, people
By the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, ELCA Director of Advocacy This week my daughter came to me, shaken. “Mom,” she said, “There’s a video of a Chinese woman getting attacked because people are blaming HER for the coronavirus. They kept...
ELCA partners with census for neighbor and ourselves
Our communities are significantly shaped by census data, and Census 2020 will update these numbers for the first time in 10 years. The ELCA is an official partner of the 2020 Census to encourage the most accurate count possible. “Funding...