Category: Advocacy

PA House Passes Budget Bill

The Pa. House has passed a budget that keeps Gov. Tom Wolf’s planned expenditures to fight hunger, as well as a modest increase in basic education funding, but cuts spending...

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ELCA Bishops, Advocates Urge Congress to Protect Refugees, Migrants

At the end of March, over 100 Lutheran leaders, including Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, met with congressional offices in Washington, D.C. to urge their members of Congress to protect and...

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New Bill Creates Safe Harbor for Child Victims of Sex Trafficking

Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, R-Bucks, has re-introduced legislation to divert child victims of sex trafficking away from the criminal justice system and into appropriate human services.  Senate Bill 554 was voted...

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Call for A Budget That Puts Students First

As the budget impasses continues, the Campaign for Fair Education Funding this week formally called on Gov. Tom Wolf and legislators to promptly reach a budget agreement that enacts the...

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Serve. Pray. Act. on Behalf of Hungry Children on September 13

WHAT? This year on God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday, consider adding advocacy as a complement to your service. This year, you can help start a letter writing campaign to Congress....

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#RiseUpELCA: Taking Action on Water and Blight in PA

How do you follow up on the #RiseUpELCA National Youth Gathering in Detroit? Bring your #Proclaim Justice Day activities home! Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania has developed resources for Pennsylvania...

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PA Bishops Support LGBT Anti-Discrimination Bill

Harrisburg, PA — The seven Pennsylvania bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released a letter June 18 in support of legislation that would amend the Pennsylvania Public Relations...

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Child Nutrition Reauthorization

In a nation of great wealth and resources, no child should ever go hungry. However, 15.8 million children in the United States live in households that struggle with hunger. For...

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LAMPa Applauds End of SNAP Asset Test

Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania applauds Governor Tom Wolf for acting in the first hundred days of his administration to eliminate the onerous asset test for recipients of the Supplemental...

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Lutheran Day Workshops Announced

WORKSHOPS AT TRINITY, CAMP HILL Hunger-Free Homes: Achieving Food Security at Hunger Free Lancaster County Learn about a coalition of more than 20 nonprofit, for profit, religious, government and grassroots...

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