Action Alert: People of faith are urged to pray, call, and sign on now to ask Gov. Hobbs to protect Oak Flat, sacred Indigenous land, and Arizona state trust lands from Resolution Copper’s toxic tailings plan.

ELCA Action Alert Updated September 3. Ahead of a contentious midterm election, Congress is considering legislation that would raise barriers to voting. Urge Congress to reject voting barriers and oppose the SAVE America Act. Read the Arizona Spin.

September is Hunger Action Month—an invitation to help ensure all our Arizona neighbors have the daily bread they need through service, generosity and advocacy.

Monday, October 5 is the BIG CUTOFF DATE for registering to vote in Arizona general election on November 3. Check your registration status, check your friends and loved ones’ status, check, check, check!

A well-planned, strictly nonpartisan candidate forum can help congregations and their neighbors ask meaningful questions, compare candidates fairly and practice faithful civic engagement.

As TPS protections narrow for many longtime U.S. residents, LAMA urges Arizona advocates to speak up for neighbors facing family separation, job loss, and return to unsafe conditions.

This “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, LAMA invites congregations to connect hands-on service with faithful advocacy for neighbors who are hungry, unhoused, uninsured, excluded, or unheard.

ELCA Action Alert. Urge Congress to restore a fair, adequately funded resettlement program based on humanitarian need—not race, religion or nationality. Read the Arizona Spin.

ELCA Action Alert from July 16. Urge your representative to support the bipartisan BADGES for Native Communities Act, which would strengthen investigations, coordination and culturally appropriate law-enforcement responses to the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Relatives.

Learn how to make the most of the 2026 August Recess in this post from ELCA Advocacy. Includes guidance on interacting with your representatives and resources to help you advocate effectively on key issues for 2026.

ELCA Action Alert from July 14. Thank Congress for bipartisan action on the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, a major new law aimed at expanding housing supply, modernizing federal housing programs, and supporting communities working to address homelessness and affordability.

ELCA Action Alert from July 9. Call on Congress to pass the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025, supporting survivor-centered protections, prevention education, and stronger anti-trafficking efforts.

ELCA Action Alert from July 8. Ask Senators Kelly and Gallego to protect Temporary Protected Status holders from losing legal status and being forced to return to countries where violence, instability, or humanitarian crises put them at risk.

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest is gathering supplies for their Back-to-School Drive. To help LSS-SW deliver supplies before the first day of school, please try to give by July 13.

ELCA Action Alert from June 16. Ask Congress to lift trade and travel restrictions with Cuba, easing humanitarian hardship and supporting our church’s long-standing accompaniment with Cuban Lutheran and ecumenical partners.

ELCA Action Alert from June 5 is top priority! Senate passed Reconciliation package, bill is up for a vote in the House this week. Read Bishop Hutterer’s letter to Rep. Ciscomani. Take action today!

Bishop Deborah Hutterer’s letter to Governor Hobbs urges lifesaving FY2027 state budget funding for cooling centers and extreme heat relief.

Sign letter to Governor Katie Hobbs by June 21 urging her to deny an application by Resolution Copper to despoil Arizona state trust land at Dripping Springs Valley, Skunk Camp and Oak Flat.