#ELCAvotes! Join us in conversation, prayer and action this election season!

Join us in conversation, prayer and action this election season!

This election season, we are called to conversation and prayer around our role as U.S. residents and as people of faith in ensuring our election systems promote dignity and respect for all.

We are also called to act by speaking out as advocates and engaging in local efforts to guarantee the right to vote to all citizens.

Click here to learn about ELCAvotes and how you can participate!

In 2013, the ELCA adopted a social policy resolution titled “Voting Rights to All Citizens.” This resolution calls on members, congregations, and synods of the church to “promote public life worthy of the name” by speaking out as an advocate and engaging in local efforts such as voter registration and supporting legislation to guarantee the right to vote to all citizens …”

ELCAvotes is an initiative to fulfill this call by…

Expanding the role of the church in encouraging faithful and non-partisan voter participation by providing faith based resources around voting;

Providing a framework for all Lutherans to understand and speak out about the intersection of voting/elections, racial/gender and economic justice;

Providing young adults the tools to understand and speak about what it means to be a young person of faith who is civically engaged; and

Engaging with and equipping ethnic communities to talk about voting rights and race and their connection with elections today.

Here are 3 ways you can get involved today!

1. Visit the ELCAvotes webpage to learn about connecting our faith to our involvement in government and ensuring our election systems promote dignity and respect for all

2. Share our ELCAvotes resources with your community and start a discussion.

3. Join the conversation online by following #ELCAvotes on social media!

Learn more about the ministries of the ELCA that are leading this effort!

ELCA Advocacy ELCA Racial Justice Ministries ELCA Young Adult Ministry

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