UN Water Conference "It has been 46 years since the last time the United Nations gathered on the issue of water,” said Christine Moffett, ELCA Environment Policy Contractor, who took part in the event along with ELCA World Hunger staff by coordination of the Lutheran Office for World Community. More >>
Policy NOTES
Comments Add Up Against Asylum Rule The comment period for the proposed rule “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” closed on March 27 with over 30,000 public comments from across the country! Some ELCA AMMPARO congregations even organized writing groups, helping ensure that a diversity of Lutheran voices were counted.
Global Fragility Act The Biden-Harris administration has released implementation plans required in the Global Fragility Act (GFA), a bill supported by the ELCA that was signed into law in 2019. According to the World Bank, more than 80 percent of humanitarian needs are driven by conflicts, posing great challenges.
Fair Housing Last month, the ELCA Witness in Society office issued an Action Alert in support of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. As of March 28, Lutherans had submitted over 20 percent of all public comments on the administrative proposal!
Faith Organizations Oppose Family Detention Credible news surfaced this month that family detention might be reinstated. “Families do not need to be detained” reads a letter the ELCA joined with 130+ faith orgs opposing the return.
Event: Bilingual (español/inglés) ELCA Farm Bill Listening Session
Miércoles 24 de mayo | El equipo de incidencia política federal de la ELCA desea solicitar la colaboración de diversos sectores de la ELCA que deseen participar en una sesión de sensibilización sobre la Ley Agrícola. Esta legislación es clave para abordar la problemática de la conservación y el hambre tanto en Estados Unidos como en el resto del mundo.
This new social message was adopted by the ELCA Church Council on April 20, 2023. Social messages are topical documents that draw attention to specific topics or pressing social concerns that arise from our participation in God’s work in the world, and they encourage moral discernment, thoughtful discussion and provide a foundation for advocacy action.
Our guest blogger writes, "People of faith continue to do the most significant harm to the LGBTQ+ community, personally and politically. People of faith must loudly and boldly speak and act against it."
This month the ELCA launched the ELCA’s Truth & Healing Movement, an opportunity to increase our understanding of our colonizing impacts on Indigenous people in the past and present.
ELCA YOUNG ADULT BORDER TRIP Giovana Oaxaca, ELCA Program Director for Migration Policy, is among leaders accompanying travel along the United States-Mexico border with ELCA, LIRS and Border Servant Corps partners.
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER Created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, this annual observance held on the first Thursday of May invites people of all faiths to pray for the nation.
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UN Water Conference
