Join Arizona Food Bank Network (AzFBN), friends and colleagues from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm to learn how food banks and policymakers are working together to fight hunger across Arizona. Register today!

Ten years ago, Arizona modernized its Request to Speak program at the state capitol, allowing thousands of people to weigh in and address the Legislature. From Arizona Capitol Times.

Is Arizona’s $67 M Balance sufficient to address $1.1 B of H.R. 1 tax impacts? What about SNAP cuts? Read key indicators by Arizona Food Bank Network (AzFBN) and Arizona Food Systems Network (AzFSN) and how it will likely affect the upcoming state legislative session.

We need your help! Volunteer to be your district’s coordinator for Lutheran Day at the Legislature this year! Read what’s involved here.

Save the date! Lutheran Day at the Legislature 2026 will be on Monday, February 23 from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm. In addition to a rally, meetings with legislators, and introductions in both House and Senate galleries, a light breakfast and lunch will be served.

Supporting public healthcare measures like Prop 409 that ensure access for the low-income, uninsured, and underserved is one specific way we can live out our biblical call to justice and mercy.

Arizona is home to the global food bank movement, but federal cuts could strain its limits. Read this excellent article by Nicole Ludden and Hank Stephenson, reprinted with permission from the Arizona Agenda.

From Arizona Agenda: Which state lawmaker had the most bills signed into law last year? Who was the top bill-slinging Democrat? Who had the most vetoes?

Arizona’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget passed on Friday and was signed by Governor Hobbs on Saturday, and it includes $3.8 million for Reduced Price school meals and a one-time, $2 million appropriation for Double Up Food Bucks!

This Arizona legislative recap is from LAMA’s partners at Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) dated May 1, with updated bill info as of May 6.

Read the update on HB2191, the ‘Yes in God’s Back Yard’ (YIGBY) bill that LAMA and partners advocated for this session.

There haven’t been many bills we are able to champion this session; it’s mostly about protecting SNAP. Read where we’re at on the 8 hunger bills that are moving through the legislature.

The Rev. Christine Stoxen of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chandler, testified before the Arizona House Appropriations Committee on Monday, February 24, 2025 in support of HB2191, the “Yes In God’s Back Yard” (YIGBY) bill on behalf of LAMA and Valley Interfaith Project (VIP).

URGENT ACTION ALERT. HB2191 is on the House Government Committee agenda Wednesday (2/19) at 8 am. We need you to show your support most urgently! Sign in to the Request to Speak (RTS) system and support this bill today.

HB2213 is on the Appropriations Committee agenda Wednesday (2/12) at 2pm. Now is the time to push for funding! Sign in to the Request to Speak (RTS) system and support this bill.

Read our recap of the 2025 Lutheran Day at the Legislature! Includes link to all photos taken. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who, following the example of Jesus, advocated for justice for all God’s people.

Read our second RTS alert for the 2025 Legislative Session, 5 of the 27 bills that were introduced on Civic Engagement that are moving through the legislature.

Read our first RTS alert for the 2025 Legislative Session, the early bills on Hunger that are moving through the legislature.