Phoenix area evictions didn’t stop during the pandemic. Here’s why.

Governor Doug Ducey has proclaimed June 9, 2021 as Be Connected: Faith Network Day to recognize over 500,000 Arizona service members and veterans, and highlight the role that faith-based communities can play in engaging and promoting opportunities and services to support these highly regarded members in communities statewide.

As one of the Grand Canyon Synod’s Global Engagement initiatives, this new ministry “table” brings together lay people across the synod who are interested in hunger issues within their communities.

David C. Cook, a lone Republican lawmaker, united with House Democrats Monday to quash at least part of a proposal to sharply cut taxes for the wealthiest Arizonans.

A bid by GOP Arizona House leaders to pass the state budget has fallen flat after Rep. David Cook joined Democrats in opposing the measure.

“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).”

Join in a renewed commitment to build a reimagined asylum system in the U.S. as part of the new Welcome with Dignity Campaign. Take action to transform the way the United States receives and protects people forced to flee from their homes and seek safety. Now is the time for visionary action to restore and strengthen asylum protections and policies.

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge unveiled on May 26 details of the housing provisions in the administration’s proposed “American Jobs Plan.” The plan includes $45 billion for the national Housing Trust Fund for construction and preservation of homes affordable to people with the lowest incomes, and major investments to rehabilitate and preserve the nation’s public housing stock.

This funding opportunity is for local health departments and CBOs to partner to rapidly scale up innovative COVID-19 education, testing, contact tracing, vaccination, and other prevention and mitigation strategies with refugee, immigrant, and migrant (RIM) communities. Applications are due June 11, 2021 at 11:59 PM PT.

Learn about the root causes of hunger and what you can do to take action and help stop world hunger today

Members of Arizona's faith community gathered at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday to condemn the proposed 2.5% flat tax, saying it would disproportionately impact marginalized communities and that they would be "among the first" to call for a referendum if it passes.

The 2021-22 Hunger Advocacy Fellow placed with LAMA will serve as a member of the staff of this ELCA-affiliated State Public Policy Office as a full-time contract employee. This is a paid position, including health insurance. The position begins in September 2021.

Law professor Dorothy Brown breaks down three ways African Americans in urban areas are disadvantaged by the tax code — and some ideas to fix it.

In honor of World Refugee Day on June 20, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service will hold a Virtual Advocacy Day on Tuesday, June 22. Join LIRS to tell your legislators that you want to see meaningful legislation passed that strengthens our country’s commitment to welcome and protection for those fleeing violence and persecution.

Urge President Biden to deliver a message to Israel: it must halt the illegal removal of East Jerusalem families from their homes and respect the Status Quo agreement and holy sites in Jerusalem.

“We have to wake up,” said Ami Ayalon, a former director of the Israeli domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet. “We have to change the way we understand all this, starting with the concept that the status quo is stable.”

Arizona will offer a $2,000 Back To Work bonus for eligible workers — with a goal of getting as many Arizonans as possible to rejoin the workforce by Labor Day, September 6, 2021.

The House of Representatives is expected to soon vote on H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. This bill would establish a new commission to study the lasting impacts of slavery in the U.S. and develop a set of recommendations for advancing reparations for affected people of African descent.