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Voting Rights: Request for Public Comment by October 20
From Arizona Faith Network: A government board is gathering input on a new proposal that would suppress the vote, and they need to hear from you! This is a concrete action you can take, in just a couple of minutes, to help protect voting rights.
Bishop Eaton expresses disappointment in Grants Pass Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday. Read Bishop Eaton’s statement and what it means for Arizona.
Open Call to Faithful Arizonans: Be a Poll Monitor in 2024
We are called to conversation and prayer around our role as U.S. residents and as people of faith in ensuring our election systems promote dignity and respect for all. Join our 2024 Election Protection Arizona efforts!
ELCA Action Alert: Urge Congress to Reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
The current congressional authorization for PEPFAR expires on September 30. This ELCA Advocacy Action Alert requests that you urge Congress to support this important legislation.
Open Call to Faithful Arizonans: Be a Poll Worker in 2022
We are called to conversation and prayer around our role as U.S. residents and as people of faith in ensuring our election systems promote dignity and respect for all. We are called to act by speaking out as advocates and engaging in local efforts to guarantee the right to vote to all citizens.
BIPOC or POC? Equity or Equality? The Debate Over Language on the Left.
For those pushing for changes in society on race and other issues, words matter. They can also muddle.
Declaration of the ELCA to American Indian and Alaska Native People
On Sept. 27, Church Council approved on behalf of the ELCA “A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to American Indian and Alaska Native People.” This declaration addresses Indigenous ELCA communities, Indigenous communities in the U.S., and non-Indigenous ELCA communities.
Opinion: Until I’m told otherwise, I prefer to call you ‘they’
With the start of a new school year this fall, I am adopting a new practice. … I am trying to initially refer to everyone as “they.”
Equality Act demonstrates Lutheran love of neighbor
“We need the Equality Act to protect real, everyday people in every state from outbursts of violence, discrimination and harm, as the first use of the law is intended to do (The Purposes of the Law in Luther’s Small Catechism, With Explanation).”
Act Now for Equal Rights for LGBTQIA+ Individuals
The House has passed the bipartisan Equality Act (H.R. 5), a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes alongside race, gender, religion, national origin, age, and disability. Now we need to urge the Senate to introduce and pass an amended version of this legislation too.