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...
June update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA Advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, director DISASTER AID | DREAM AND PROMISE ACT | EQUALITY ACT | HUD NONCITIZEN RULE | IMMIGRATION FUNDING | WEBINAR: MOVING FORWARD | GLOBAL FRAGILITY ACT...
June Update: UN and State Edition
U.N. | California | Colorado | Kansas | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Washington| Wisconsin Lutheran Office for World Community, United Nations, New York Dennis Frado, director LOWC staff and Bishop Atahualpa Hernández of...
Seismic storm: In the boat together with Jesus beside us
Our advocacy in light of disasters intensified by climate change brought together a group of faith and community leaders for an event hosted in Washington, D.C. by ELCA Advocacy in the spring of 2019. The challenge may be seismic, but...
Goodness of biodiversity: Mindfulness required
By Ruth Ivory-Moore, Program Director for Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility The intricacies and diversity of creation are mind-boggling, a reflection and reminder of the power and glory of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit expressed through the created order....
May Update: Advocacy Connections
from the ELCA Advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, director DISASTER AID BILL | CENTRAL AMERICAN MINORS PROGRAM | AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET | FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO NORTHERN TRIANGLE | GLOBAL CONFLICT PREVENTION...