{"id":44,"date":"2017-04-28T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/?p=44"},"modified":"2017-04-28T08:56:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:56:36","slug":"a-witness-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/a-witness-for-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"A Witness for Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation. Our goal, through worship, theological reflection and opportunities for learning and witness, is to strengthen our Christian voice and to mobilize for advocacy on a wide variety of U.S. domestic and international policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) 2017 was an enlightening, refreshing and healing event for people of all walks of faith nationally and internationally. The theme:<em> Confronting Chaos and Forging Community<\/em> was an important theme especially for the times we are in today. It was a great opportunity to hear speakers speak and be a part of workshops that discussed Racism, Capitalism, Materialism and Militarism which could be considered the big four that work in cooperation with each other. These big four\u00a0are reasons for chaos, divided community, lack of resources and broken faith within and outside our nation. We are in times of coming together to grow and speak truths to power. We have to realize what is at stake and make efforts for changing the world that we see it best for all of humanity and not just a few. After three days of intensive learning of national and international issues around the big four we lobbied. We went to our representatives and senators to compel them of funding our communities and nation that will better the condition for housing, education, poverty, immigrants, veterans, criminal system, etc.,\u00a0especially for black and brown bodies who are particularly in the worst conditions. I highly recommend EAD for all faiths to be the change we want to see and to continue to fulfill God&#8217;s will on Earth as it is in Heaven. #ead2017<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0learn more about advocacy for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, visit http:\/\/www.elca.org\/advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Ecumenical Advocacy Days visit https:\/\/advocacydays.org\/.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/04\/Kendrick-Hall-e1493328598402-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/04\/Kendrick-Hall-e1493328598402-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/04\/Kendrick-Hall-e1493328598402-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/04\/Kendrick-Hall-e1493328598402-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcaracialjustice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2017\/04\/Kendrick-Hall-e1493328598402-263x350.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Hall in Washington, D.C. visiting Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Kendrick Hall\u00a0is\u00a0a first year Seminary student\u00a0 at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN.\u00a0 He is\u00a0pursuing\u00a0a Masters of Divinity and will be\u00a0ordained\u00a0at Redeemer Lutheran Church in the Minneapolis Synod. He currently is\u00a0a member and part time worker at Redeemer Lutheran Church. He currently serves a member of the leadership committee for\u00a0 the African Descent Lutheran Association (ADLA) and Elisha&#8217;s Call.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation. 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