Did you know that Arizona Independents are not able to vote in the Presidential Preference Election?

Learn about the Resilient Food System Infrastructure grants now available through the AZDA.

We invite you to review the draft of the new ELCA Social Message on Gun Violence and Trauma, before the comment period closes.

Read about this Sunday’s LAMA Kick Off at St. John’s Lutheran Church.

DATE CHANGE: Join us tonight for the launch of Bread’s newest advocacy campaign!

WATCH: Interview With ELCA Delegate to COP28. Learn more about how they are representing a faith-based perspective on climate care.

Guest blog on Isaiah 43 by Savannah Jorgenson. “Our faith at its core is one that longs for justice, which includes the stewardship of creation and mending of historical environmental injustices done to our neighbors. I think that’s what makes faith-based organizing and advocacy so exciting and so unique.”

Read about the ELCA presence at the UN climate forum, COP28 on the ELCA Advocacy Blog.

We celebrate the passage of an extension to the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the Farm Bill, which expired on September 30) until September 2024. Contacting Congress on Farm Bill measures will be a critical priority for faith-based advocates as negotiations come to the fore in 2024.

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.

Churches Beyond Borders 2023 Advent Cycle of Prayer. This prayer resource calls for justice and peace, especially for churches impacted by the war in the Holy Land, and for lifting up Palestinian Christian communities and ministries.

In honor of World AIDS Day this month, use your voice to support the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Congressional authorization for PEPFAR expired this year on September 30. Congress needs to pass legislation to reauthorize continuation of the program.

November 2023. 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.

Updates on Advent preparations in the Holy Land amidst the current conflict. Read about how you can support our fellow Christians, as well as all suffering the effects of war.

Join Bread for the World on Dec 8 for the launch of their newest Childhood Hunger Advocacy Campaign!

Read Hunger Advocacy Fellow Autumn Byars’s invitation to advocacy in this Season of Preparation.

Read about our tour of the Maricopa County Election Office!

Read the Thanksgiving Letter from the LAMA team!