ELCA Advocacy

Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Assistant Director, Migration Policy and Advocacy “Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.” –...

Patricia Kisare, Program Director, International Policy We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s...

ELCA Advocacy ​Lutherans are taking action across the country! Below you will find our monthy State Advocacy Newsletter. Share with your friends! ——————————————— Washington, D.C. Advocacy Director, Stacy Martin www.elca.org/advocacy Visits with Lutheran members of Congress: This year, ELCA Advocacy...

ELCA Advocacy ​This weekend, thousands from across the United States and around the world will gather in Alabama for the 50thanniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma-to-Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Along with civil rights activists, elected...

John B. Johnson, Program Director, Domestic Policy Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the...

Rachel Williams, Legislative Intern In the State of the Union speech last month, President Obama reaffirmed his priorities and his interest on passing trade agreements with Asia and the European Union. These agreements, he claimed, would “protect our workers, protect...

Mary Minette, Director for Environmental Education and Advocacy “You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with richness.  The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the...

Tia Upchurch-Freelove, ELCA Program Director of Communications and Grassroots Outreach “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break...

ELCA Advocacy ​Lutherans are taking action across the country! Below you will find our monthly State Advocacy Newsletter. Share with your friends! ——————————————— Washington, D.C. Advocacy Director, Stacy Martin www.elca.org/advocacy We are a church energized by lively engagement in our...

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. – Genesis 2:15 In January, the Obama administration announced their plan with the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce...