YOU ARE INVITED TO BE PART OF AN ELCAVOTES WEBINAR THIS MONTH AS OUR NATION RAPIDLY APPROACHES ELECTION DAY 2020!

• Wed. Oct. 7 from 5-6 p.m. EDT: "Do you want to know how your vote matters?"

Co-hosted with Women of the ELCA
Registration: http://bit.ly/WomenoftheELCA-ELCAvotes

• Thurs. Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. EDT: "Before We Vote: Issues. Actions. Outcome."

with African Descent Strategy Team in partnership with African Descent Ministries
Registration: http://bit.ly/ADSTADMVote1

• Wed. Oct. 14 from 7-9 p.m. EDT

with Asociación de Ministerios Latinos de la ELCA (webinar in Spanish and English)
Learn more from amlatinos.elca@gmail.com .

• Additional workshops are being conducted with ELCA staff and synods!

Contact your state public policy office and/or synod office to connect with ELCAvotes activity in your area.

Many resources are available to assist with your ELCAvotes engagement:

• The ELCA Civic Engagement Guide contains tip sheets to hold Voter Registration Drives and conduct Get Out The Vote events and more. Find this and other resources at ELCA.org/resources/advocacy under the "Civic Engagement" tab.
• Bible Studies including the latest, "Suffering and Rejoicing As One," are among resources at ELCA.org/votes.
• "Sifting Through Misinformation" is among Civic Engagement blog posts at blogs.ELCA.org/advocacy/
• Share #ELCAvotes social media messages (like this ELCAvotes webinar announcement!) in your networks from @ELCAadvocacy on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and use #ELCAvotes on your posts to help us share YOUR involvement.

The ELCA social message “Government and Civic Engagement in the United States: Discipleship in a Democracy,” reads: “This church also strongly affirms voting, guided by faith-based values, as an exercise in citizenship.” Thank you for your engagement. 

Please contact ELCA Advocacy with questions or concerns: washingtonoffice@ELCA.org.

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