ELCA Advocacy

This is the second blog post in the Wisconsin installment of the “Advoating on the Road” series.   “Thanksgiving of 2011 was a very difficult day for a lot of Wisconsin families,” the Rev. Lisa Bates-Froiland of Redeemer Lutheran Church...

We open the Wisconsin installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series with this piece. By Amy Johnson, Director of the Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin The people of the great state of Wisconsin make the most...

By Dustin Wright, intern, Lutheran Office for World Community As the staff at the Lutheran Office for World Community prepares for the arrival of presidents, prime ministers and other heads of state from around the world to speak at the...

We close the September edition of the “Advocating on the Road” series with this spiritual reflection. By the Rev. Carol Jensen, co-chair of Faith Action Network of Washington State (successor to the Lutheran Public Policy Office) Most Sunday afternoons during...

We continue the September edition of the “Advocating on the Road” series with this piece, examining how federal policy affects our food, our neighbors, and our communities. By Mary Minette, director for environmental education and advocacy, ELCA Washington Office This...

We continue the “Advocating on the Road” series, exploring hunger-free and vibrant communities in Washington state.  Kurt Tonnemaker is a familiar face at farmers markets around the Seattle area. Each week, Tonnemaker Brothers, Inc. packs and sells produce — peaches,...

We continue the Washington state leg of the “Advocating on the Road” series… Tammy Nguyen is a second generation Vietnamese American and a single mother, whose life’s work grew out of what she experienced while receiving WIC (Women, Infants, and...

Lutherans and other Christians in Washington understand that strong public policy can help ensure that all people in our state have access to fresh food. Many of us are longtime advocates of the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Farmers Market...

By Chloe Strasser As a young daughter of an ELCA missionary and a global health professional in Zambia, I grew up in a community that was forced to confront the crushing realities of HIV and AIDS every day.  Zambia is...

We close this chapter of the “Advocating on the Road” series (where we explored Lutheran responses to HIV and AIDS in Washington, D.C.) with this blog piece. Like ELCA members we’ve heard from in Washington, D.C., ELCA members across the...