ELCA Advocacy

This piece is part of the Minnesota installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series. By Inyene Ekah, Senior director for employment services,  Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota I love helping people and was drawn to employment services, because...

This piece is part of the Minnesota installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series. Minnesotan Julia Dinsmore has known poverty all of her life and is no stranger to homelessness. Her childhood was marked by frequent moves, chaos...

This piece is part of the Minnesota installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series. By Sheila Ehrich As I have grown older and experienced more of life, I have come to realize how truly blessed I have been....

We open the Minnesota installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series with this piece. By Mark Peters, director of the Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota, a State Policy Advocacy office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...

We close the Pennsylvania installment of the “Advocating on the Road” series with this reflection. A reflection by The Rev. Paul L. Lubold, Western PA Advocacy Developer, Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania (LAMPa)   We hope you enjoyed your “visit”...

This piece is part of the Pennsylvania installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series.   This month, we learned how hydraulic fracturing is impacting communities across the state of Pennsylvania.  Fracking is happening in many places, and is...

We continue the Pennsylvania installment of the "Advocating on the Road" blog series with these pieces. Our exploration of fracking in Pennsylvania continues. The next four pieces reflect the experiences of ELCA Lutherans in Pennsylvania as they have felt fracking’s...

Want to learn more about fracking in Pennsylvania and other areas of the United States?  Check out these resources, and keep an eye on the “Advocating on the Road” series on the Voices For Change blog. Government resources: Energy Information...

We open the Pennsylvania installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series with this piece. Pennsylvania is the second stop on the Advocacy Road Trip, where congregations and ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are in...

We close the New Mexico installment of the “Advocating on the Road” blog series with this piece. A reflection by the Rev. Chuck Exley, St. Luke Lutheran Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Albuquerque, New Mexico The concept of advocacy,...