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LAMPa Accepting Applications for 2023-24 Hunger Advocacy Fellowship

Are you (or someone you know) interested in a year-long transformative experience that combines leadership development and faith formation with advocacy that moves us toward an end to hunger and...

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PA Launches Statewide Food Policy Council

Pennsylvania’s first statewide Food Policy Council launched May 25 with its inaugural meeting at the state Department of Agriculture. Advocates, including LAMPa, have been working for years toward the creation...

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Lutheran Day 2023 Garners Record Turnout for Study and Practice of Civic Life and Faith

Lutherans turned out in record numbers for LAMPa’s annual day of advocacy, gathering in person after four years to wrestle with what it means for us to be disciples in...

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Help Inform DEP About Environmental Justice Impacts of Climate Change in Your Community

  The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants to hear from you about current and future climate change impacts on your community and is holding a series of listening...

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PA Dept. of Ag. Announces $1.6 M for Emergency Food Assistance Grants

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding today invited qualified food banks, pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens that offer emergency food assistance to apply for $1.6 million in The Emergency Food Assistance (TEFAP)...

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SWPA Honors King With Focus on a Home for ALL in the Beloved Community

Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an ecumenical service of Holy Communion and a weekend focused the practice of nonviolence in their continuing...

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Lutheran Day Keynote to Focus on Discipleship in a Democracy

Debates about the appropriate relationship between religious organizations and the state (government or political authority) today range from those who object to or are even hostile to religious expression in...

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In Face of Hunger Cliff, Advocates Invite Lawmakers to Learn, Urge Them to Act

With more than $200 million a month in federal emergency food assistance about to expire in Pennsylvania, advocates invited their lawmakers to learn about the growing rate of food insecurity...

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Ashes-to-Go Returns to Capitol

LAMPa and ecumenical partners marked the start of Lent by offering ashes-to-go in the state Capitol for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The practice, which began...

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Blanket Project Quilt Squares Return to Capitol with Invitations to Visit Ministries

Red-white-and-blue quilt patches were tucked inside cards and hand-delivered to members of Congress the day after Valentine’s Day, urging them to act in love for our neighbors who are experiencing...

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