ELCA Advocacy Action Center

Please select an Action Alert to take action on vital issues affecting our communities right now.

• COVID-19 Response Still Needed
  Negotiations around policies and funding to address impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have resumed with President Biden and lawmakers.
• Peace Not Walls - February
  Tell President Biden: Holding the government of Israel accountable for human rights abuses is not anti-Semitism.
• Reauthorize VAWA including Strong Provisions for Native Women
  VAWA funds shelters and crisis centers, supports a national hotline for victims, and trains law enforcement to better investigate violence against women and offer support to survivors.
• Support EITC and CTC in COVID-19 relief
  Congress is considering new legislation to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Included in that package is a proposal that would expand and improve the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) for low-wage workers and families
• Support Legislation to Keep Women and Girls Safe
  A bipartisan group of legislators has recently introduced the Safe from the Start Act of 2021(H.R. 571), a bill to improve our capacity to prevent gender-based violence and provide early interventions in across the world.