Events
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Commemoration of the Emanuel 9
As part of the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members adopted a resolution designating June 17 as a commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9—the nine people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The resources referenced below are provided to help synods
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In God’s Image Network Meeting
ZoomJoin policy experts and experienced advocates to learn about human and civil rights policies happening at the federal and state level. Come hear ways we can be good allies for the diversity of God's beloved. Guest Speaker: Antoine Cummins, ELCA Advocacy Program Director for Civil Rights Policy Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/v6EIG-9kSwaM9fHGPa9Bfw
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Gathering at the Gate
See below for information on a grassroots movement and advocacy opportunity happening in Washington, D.C. on September 16-17. Gathering at the Gate is not officially sponsored by the ELCA and LAMPa, though the advocacy portions will be informed by ELCA Advocacy and Witness in Society staff. We offer this invitation to you who want to respond to the call of
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Prophets, Saints, and Kings
United Lutheran Seminary Gettysburg campus 61 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, United StatesResisting Christian Nationalism and Building the Beloved Community with King and Bonhoeffer Join us for a day with internationally renowned Bonhoeffer scholars, Dr. Stephen Haynes and Dr. Reggie Williams. On MLK weekend, we’ll learn about the intersecting legacies and lessons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King, Jr., while deepening our understanding of how people
