New ELCA Action Alert! Ask Congress to defend investments in refugee resettlement while urging the administration to restart fair, unbiased refugee admissions. Take action today!

New ELCA Action Alert! Urge annual budget support for critical federal hunger programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Take action today!

New ELCA Action Alert! As lack of available housing has become one of the largest drivers of homelessness, Congress must hear from faith-based advocates that comprehensive housing reform is a moral issue. Take action today!

New ELCA Action Alert! This week, Israel expanded their military campaign in Gaza to begin their full-scale invasion of Gaza City. The implications of any version of a military invasion of Gaza City are devastating. Take action today!

New ELCA Action Alert! Urge your members of Congress to conduct essential oversight over ICE detention facilities and demand humane conditions. Take action today.

Host Regina Banks speaks with Phoebe Morad, Executive Director of Lutherans Restoring Creation, about the intersection of faith and climate advocacy.

Host Regina Banks speaks with Silas Kulkarni, director of strategy and advocacy for ELCA Witness in Society about how the ELCA has advocated at the federal level around budget reconciliation and rescission bills, as well as the opportunities for advocacy during August Recess.

Another new ELCA Action Alert! A bipartisan effort in Congress could overturn an unprecedented executive order which stripped away collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of Americans. Take action!

Another new ELCA Action Alert! As the annual 2026 federal budget advances, proposed cuts to housing programs threaten to reduce affordable housing. Take action!

Should nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations be allowed to endorse political candidates? Headlines about shifts in IRS leniency for churches around prohibitions in what is known as the Johnson Amendment are at the heart of this new statement from the ELCA. Read the full statement here.

New ELCA Action Alert! The U.S. - Israeli distribution mechanism for aid in Gaza is further imperiling lives. Take action today.

The second season of the popular Here I Pod podcast from ELCA advocacy returns with host Regina Q. Banks speaking with Tammy Walhof, Director of Lutheran Advocacy - Minnesota, and Jacob Summerville, 2024-2025 Hunger Advocacy Fellow, about the recent political violence that occurred in their state.

In a powerful reflection, Deacon Nick Bates of the Hunger Network in Ohio highlights how Lutherans and faith leaders across Ohio engaged the budget process as a matter of moral responsibility.

New ELCA Action Alert! The Senate is preparing to vote on the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that would strip healthcare from approximately 14 million Americans and slash food assistance for millions more. Take action today.

View an update by the Rev. Paul Larson, director of Lutheran Engagement and Advocacy in Nevada (LEAN).

Here I Pod is a podcast series from ELCA Advocacy bringing together voices of faith-based advocates caring for all people and creation. Episode 9: Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff, program director for Middle East & North Africa (sometimes referred to as MENA) policy with ELCA Witness in Society.

ELCA Advocacy welcomes Antoine Cummins as new Program Director for Civil Rights Policy.

Here I Pod is a podcast series from ELCA Advocacy bringing together voices of faith-based advocates caring for all people and creation. Episode 8: Vance Blackfox, Justice Nichols and Brenda Blackhawk are guests.