September 2022. ELCA Advocacy publishes monthly updates from Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (SPPOs) ~ LAMA included ~ in the ELCA Advocacy BLOG each month.

New for 2022! Action Guide, Calendar, and Study for congregational use to plan educational and fundraising events at your congregation. From ELCA World Hunger.

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s comments from 2020 on the work Lutherans are called to do around civic engagement and voting are still very relevant today.

Check the date your ballot was sent to you, the date the ballot was returned and received by the County Recorder, and whether your ballot was accepted and signature verified.

Today is National Voter Registration Day. Celebrate the day by registering to vote! Already registered? Text 3 friends a reminder that registering to vote online takes just a few minutes. #NationalVoterRegistrationDay

Know your ballot measures! Voters will have 10 ballot measures to decide, including Proposition 131, which would create the office of lieutenant governor in Arizona.

Introducing the LAMA Liaison Roundtable — An exciting opportunity to discuss advocacy engagement on the congregational level.

BEFORE YOU VOTE: Know your Arizona Voting Laws ~ The Basics, Registration Rules, and Key ID Requirement Sources.

SAVE THE DATE! Join keynote speaker Rev. Eugene Cho, president/CEO of Bread for the World, and Lutheran advocates and friends for the third annual LAMA Summit to learn and to share, as we voice our common needs in the public square, activating our faith in love.

In September, we come together to rally around food banks, support awareness around hunger and instill action among our advocates, legislators, anti-hunger friends, and YOU! Because together, we can end hunger.

An important part of faithful civic engagement is abiding by the law: any participation by congregations in activities related to the electoral process must be strictly nonpartisan and abide by IRS guidelines. This guidance for churches and clergy can help!

The ELCA Social Statement titled Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture expresses the ELCA’s calling to celebrate culture and ethnicity. This calling commits the ELCA to confront racism, to engage in public leadership, witness and deliberation on these matters, and to advocate for justice and fairness for all people. It was adopted by the 1993 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.

October 11 is the BIG CUTOFF DATE for registering to vote in Arizona general election. Check your registration status, check your friends and loved ones’ status, check, check, check!

The Lutheran and interfaith State Public Policy Offices (SPPO) met with staff, Witness in Society leaders from the Washington, D.C. office and Hunger Advocacy Fellows at the Becoming Conference on Wednesday, August 24 - Saturday, August 28. Pictures included.

The World Hunger Leadership Gathering held August 25-28 in Chicago was a mountaintop experience where hunger champions gathered with other ELCA Networks and Global Missionaries to share stories, worship, service, and learning. Pictures included.

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.

August 2022. ELCA Advocacy publishes monthly updates from Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (SPPOs) in the ELCA Advocacy BLOG each month.