August Update: U.N. and State Edition
United Nations | California | Colorado | Florida | Kansas | Minnesota | New Mexico | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southeastern Synod | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin Lutheran Office for World Community, United Nations, New York, N.Y. Dennis Frado,...
Building bridges through advocacy
– Orignally Posted on the Zumbro Lutheran Church Blog on July 17, 2019: https://zumbrolutheranblog.wordpress.com/2019/07/17/building-bridges-through-advocacy/ On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of learning from and being accompanied by Abbigail Hull of the ELCA’s Advocacy office. We began the day in the...
August recess opportunity
Most years, Congress recesses for the month of August. Legislators return to their home states and congressional districts and connect with constituents. This is a great opportunity for local advocates to engage with elected officials, ask questions and share concerns....
July Update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA Advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, director BORDER SUPPLEMENTAL SIGNED | DREAM ACT | UN CLIMATE CHANGE SESSION | FY20 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET | SUMMER MEALS BORDER SUPPLEMENTAL SIGNED: President Trump signed...
Responding to our sorrow with action
UPDATE 7/12/2019 – Our communities are bracing for nationwide raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to begin on Sunday. Planned raids are reported to focus on 10 major cities where the Department of Justice has sped up immigration...
Not waiting for the next tragedy
By John Johnson, Program Director for Domestic Policy It happens every single day. Somewhere in our country, gun violence shatters a community, a neighborhood, a family. Almost 40,000 people died in 2018 from guns. That equates with a city the...
July Update: UN and State Edition
United Nations | California | Colorado | Minnesota | Nevada | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Southeastern Synod | Washington | Wisconsin Lutheran Office for World Community, United Nations, New York, N.Y. Dennis Frado, director GENERAL DEBATE ON HIV AND AIDS:...
Let’s get on with the how
By Ruth Ivory-Moore, Program Director for Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility There are four numbers that matter according to Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): 1.5 or less – The degrees Celsius...
Celebrating Juneteenth: Remembering the past while looking forward
By guest blogger Judith Roberts, ELCA Program Director, Racial Justice Ministries “History despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” -Maya Angelou On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed 3.1...
Finding a bright path through chaos
By the Ruth Ivory-Moore, Program Director for Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility Crisis and urgency bordering on chaos are common themes of most news outlets’ headlines. Violence, climate change, hunger, migration… Are we faced with hopeless situations as the headlines...