Focusing on Women and Children is Important
(posted by Audrey Riley for intern Karen Ward) During the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and others called the world to action with “1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change...
Out of the mouths of babes…
Mark Anderson is an assistant to the Bishop in the Northeastern Iowa Synod. He and his whole synod have been working energetically and passionately to raise money for the ELCA Malaria Campaign. (If you haven’t yet, consider “like”-ing the group...
Garbage, garbage everywhere
Is garbage really disappearing? You’d think so, from my last two cheerful posts (here and here). But I have a darker view today, because I had to do garbo. “Garbo” is an inescapable duty for Holden Village volunteers, who must...
“abUSed: The Postville Raid” – The Mistreatment of Foreigners in Our Land
(posted by Audrey Riley for Karen Ward, intern) “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners...
ELCA Churchwide Assembly!
Today is a pivotal day in the life of the ELCA Malaria Campaign. The 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assembly opens today! One of the first orders of business for voting members will be to determine whether the ELCA Malaria Campaign, which...
Top Ten Things You Should Know about the Deal to Raise the Debt Ceiling, How It Relates to Hunger, and Ways You Can Get Involved
(posted by Audrey Riley for Karen Ward, intern) (source: www.bread.org/hunger/budget) 10. President Obama and congressional leaders reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit by at least $2.1 trillion over 10 years in two parts. 9....
Thank you, Calvary Lutheran Church in Edina!
Dorothy Fergus wrote us this inspiring note: “Just a quick note to let you folks know about our tiny little Sunday school in Edina, Minnesota and what they have been doing this past year. On Rally Day in September, the...
Summer Intern’s Final Thoughts (from the office at least)
It’s amazing for me to read over the first blog post I wrote as the World Hunger summer intern only two months ago. It’s also surreal to be sitting in my cubicle during my last week working at the Lutheran...
Getting the word out, WELCA-style
In early July, I represented the ELCA Malaria Campaign at the Women of the ELCA Triennial Gathering in Spokane, WA. (A shout-out to those of you in Spokane: the locals were amazingly friendly, helpful and cheery!) My colleague...
Support Desperately Needed!! – Horn of Africa Drought (Somalia)
It’s not too often that the United Nations uses the word “famine” to describe humanitarian emergencies. But the serious food crisis in the horn of Africa, where the UN estimates that 10 million people are at risk, including 2 million...