Our photo gallery—Life at the Capitol

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2009 Pocket Directory of California State Government, including the Congressional Delegation
(download and reproduce on 8.5"x14" paper)

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Our State Budget Challenge

Health Care, Our Shared Endeavor

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ELCA Social Statements and Messages

Including social statements under development on criminal justice and on genetics.

Called to be Political cover image and link to booklet
Called to be Political (But I Don't Want to be Political)

A resource from Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Help and Hope for Haiti through ELCA Disaster Response

Haiti tents
Photo: Paul Jeffrey/
ACT-International

With gifts to ELCA Disaster Response, members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have enabled ELCA's community partners to provide two water purification systems to bring clean water to 25,000 people , emergency food and medical supplies to thousands, and blankets and tents to 10,000 who are homeless. Additional aid is going to assist refugees and Haitian Americans entering or returning to the U.S.

 

2009 Working Families Policy Summit photo
Lutherans and Lutheran Volunteer
Corps members at the 2009 Summit.

2010 Working Families Summit

The 2010 California Working Families Policy Summit, Our Common Cause: Confronting Current Crises & Forging a New Vision, will be held on Thursday, February 25, 2010, at the Sacramento Convention Center from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Registration opens at 8:00 am.  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis is the luncheon keynote speaker, and there will be a video message from First Lady Michelle Obama. In addition to offering an expert and information-packed morning plenary on the budget crisis, the Summit seeks to  “inspire community and rekindle conversations that look to the future.  Leading advocates will offer proposals and long-term agendas to preserve the safety net, build family economic security, and promote family-friendly workplaces.”  Go to www.ccrwf.org to view the agenda and register online.

Sign reads, All Kids Deserve Health Care
Faith Communities Budget Lobby Day,
June 16, 2009. Sign reads, "All Kids
Deserve Health Care."

Health Care 2010

From the ELCA social statement on Health and Healthcare:"Health is central to our well-being, vital to relationships, and helps us live out our vocations in family, work, and community. Caring for one’s own health is a matter of human necessity and good stewardship. Caring for the health of others expresses both love for our neighbors and responsibility for a just society. As a personal and social responsibility, health care is a shared endeavor."
Current health care action alerts
and background information on Health Care Reform.

Pastor Scot Sorenson at press conference
Pastor Scot Sorensen of St. John’s
Lutheran Church welcomes people
to a Jan. 7, 2010 Health and Human
Services Network of California press
conference in St. John’s Hall, during
food distribution by Central
Downtown Food Basket.

Foodlink Truck
Foodlink truck departs St. John’s on
day of press conference lamenting
cuts in public safety net programs.
Photos: Mark Carlson

Helpful State Budget Education and Advocacy Information

Health and Human Services Network
California Budget Project
Health Access
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Legislative Analyst Office
CA Dept of Finance

Budget/Governance Reform Efforts

California Forward
Repair California—The Constitutional Convention Campaign

Election 2010 Watch:  The Year of Budget/Governance Reform?

Secretary of State ballot measure updates

The Governor’s invitation to offer ideas for reduction of waste and improved efficiency in government:

Help our California neighbors in need! Join California First Lady Maria Shriver as We Connect to access state and federal programs and services for financial, nutrition, and employment aid, support for education, and other resources.

ELCA World Hunger

Responding to Christ's call to "Go and do likewise"

You can make a life-saving difference! Give to ELCA World Hunger.

World Hunger Campaign image

ELCA World Hunger is a comprehensive and sustainable program that uses multiple strategies—relief and development, education, and advocacy—to address the root causes of hunger and poverty. ELCA World Hunger responds to neighbors around the corner and around the world.