Register for Anti-Hunger Advocacy Day today!

Read our very first Request to Speak alert for the 2024 Legislative Session! We encourage you to support HB 2054, and include a brief how-to.

Read our recap of the 2024 Lutheran Day at the Legislature! Thanks to all who attended for your faithful advocacy.

Find out about AzAHA’s 2024 Hunger Advocacy Day, and how you can get involved!

Take a minute to prepare for the legislative session by double checking your new Legislative District.

From the Arizona Agenda: Here are a few election and Capitol calendar dates you might want to jot down.

Do you have an RTS account but don’t know quite how to use it? Need a refresher? This 30-minute training will equip participants to use Arizona’s Request to Speak (RTS) system in preparation for the upcoming legislative session.

Join us for a day of advocacy at the Arizona Capitol! Lutheran Day at the Legislature is Thursday, January 18, 2024 from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm.

Explore Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest’s new Advocacy 101 Toolkit! If you feel called to engage in faith-based advocacy but don’t know how to begin, this tool kit is a great place to start!

Save the date! Lutheran Day at the Legislature 2024 will be on Thursday, January 18 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.

An Arizona bipartisan budget effort helped create a vital security grant for Arizona’s most vulnerable faith communities. The Grand Canyon Synod supported the efforts of the Arizona Faith Network in this successful endeavor.

Nearly 100 hunger advocates from across the state gathered at the State Capitol for the very first Arizona Anti-Hunger Alliance Advocacy Day at the Capitol on March 13, 2023.

This helpful pathfinder identifies the types of legislation proposed by the Arizona Legislature, lists sources that contain the full text of these documents, and identifies sources to consult when tracking proposed legislation’s progress through the Legislature.

A pictorial recap of Lutheran Day at the Legislature on Monday, January 30, 2023. The Lutherans (and friends) are here!

This new 12-page resource from Arizona Food Bank Network is created each year to help educate state legislators about hunger in Arizona. Contains helpful and up-to-date information for Arizona hunger advocates.

January 24 Update: Click to view who’s booked to speak, list of legislators committed to attend and who’s taking appointments to meet their constituents during Lutheran Day at the Legislature on Monday, January 30 from 9:30 am - 11:00 am.

Now that the election is past, it’s time to begin developing (or extending) your relationships with your legislators. Maybe you’d be surprised how effective a simple postcard congratulating them on their victories can be.

More than 50 hunger advocates from across the state met at Spirit in the Desert on August 17 to discuss how we might collaboratively work to alleviate hunger in Arizona. Pictures and full report included.