ELCA State Advocacy Update: November 2014
ELCA Advocacy Lutherans are taking action across the country! Below you will find our monthy State Advocacy Newsletter. Share with your friends, and download the document in the PDF version! ——————————————— Washington, D.C. Advocacy Director, Stacy Martin www.elca.org/advocacy Domestic Violence...
Stand against Domestic Violence this Month!
Tia Upchurch-Freelove, ELCA Advocacy Director of Communications ” It is not my enemies who taunt me—I could bear that; it is not adversaries who deal insolently with me—I could hide from them. But it is you, my equal, my companion,...
ELCA State Advocacy Update: October 2014
ELCA Advocacy Lutherans are taking action across the country! Below you will find our monthy State Advocacy Newsletter. Share with your friends, and download the document in the PDF version! — Washington, D.C. Advocacy Director, Stacy Martin www.elca.org/advocacy People’s Climate March – On...
Living Earth Reflections: This month we march out of love for our neighbors and God’s earth
Mary Minette, Director of Environmental Advocacy ”Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race...
ELCA participating in NY Climate Events in September
Mary Minette, Director of Environmental Advocacy & Christine Mangale, Assistant to the Director Lutheran Office for World Community in New York UN Climate Summit Lutheran Office for World Community (LOWC) will host a delegation of Lutheran World Federation Youth that will come to attend the...
ELCA participating in NY Climate Events in September
Mary Minette, Director of Environmental Advocacy & Christine Mangale, Assistant to the Director Lutheran Office for World Community in New York UN Climate Summit Lutheran Office for World Community (LOWC) will host a delegation of Lutheran World Federation Youth that will come to attend the...
Climate Justice for all God’s Creation: How you can speak out now!
Mary Minette, Director of Environmental Advocacy Last week, Lutheran leaders across the US testified before the EPA to publicly proclaim that Climate Change is a moral dilemma, and to announce their support for the proposed Clean Power Plan. “For us...
Lutheran participation in the 20th International AIDS Conference
Ulysses III Ulysses III from ELCA Young Adult Cohort AIDS 2014 reflects on their recent group trip to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia! You can check out the full blog article on their website. “As with most things...
EPA Clean Power Plan Hearings: Days 2-3
Mary Minette, Director of Environmental Advocacy Yesterday, Lutherans continued their testimonies at the Environmental Protection Agency. Our speakers were notably engaging, energized and forthright in their discussion on how climate change is an important matter in their community. Their testimonies...
EPA Clean Power Plan Hearings: Day 1
Mary Minette, Director of Environmental Advocacy This week, several ELCA Lutherans have testified before the Environmental Protection Agency about the proposed rule to cut carbon emissions from power plants. Together, they affirmed why they believe protecting the earth and fighting...