Lutheran Advocacy—Minnesota
Events
Virtual Day on the Hill - JRLC (Zoom)
Joint Religious Legislative Coalition Virtual Day on the Hill (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 (6:30-8:45 p.m.) Agenda
Register for Day on the Hill here
Join a Zoom virtual issue brief and advocacy training program focused on homelessness in Minnesota and advocacy for the Sacred Tiny Home Communities/Sacred Settlements bills (HF1872/SF2471). Lutheran Advocacy-MN is a cosponsor. Find your district here (Note: your district may have changed since redistricting)
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Dr. Naheed Murad, founder of ZACAH, a non-profit working to house the unhoused in the twin cities. Dr. Murad will speak on her research about the status of homelessness in Minnesota, and the work ZACAH is doing to get unhoused people into housing.
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Meredith Campbell, Leader of Mission at Settled, a non-profit that assists faith communities in housing chronically homeless people on faith community land in Sacred Settlements. Meredith will speak about establishing the settlement at Mosaic Church in St. Paul, and how this community-first form of housing provides stability and community to unhoused people.
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Legislator visits – to be scheduled for the following day, March 30.
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Faith Leader Summit - JRLC (Hybrid)
Joint Religious Legislative Coalition Faith Leader Summit (Hybrid)
Thursday, March 30, 2023 (8:00 a.m. - Noon) Agenda
Christ Lutheran on Capitol Hill, then Capitol Rotunda
(105 University Ave. W., St. Paul, MN 55103)
Register for the Summit here (if you register after March 15, contact phglessing@lockloaw.com or Leah@jrlc.org for help scheduling legislator appointments).
This in-person summit (with a streaming option) is an opportunity to learn about homelessness and Sacred Tiny Home Communities (Sacred Settlements), and to advocate alongside leaders from other faith traditions at the legislature! Lutheran Advocacy-MN is a cosponsor.
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Cathy ten Broeke, Assistant Commissioner and Executive Director of Minnesota’s Interagency Council on Homelessness. Commissioner ten Broeke will speak the status of homelessness in Minnesota. Cathy is a dynamic leader with a wealth of knowledge and experience addressing homelessness.
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Meredith Campbell, Leader of Mission at Settled, a non-profit that assists faith communities in housing chronically homeless people on faith community land in Sacred Settlements. She will speak about establishing the settlement at Mosaic Church in St. Paul, and how this community-first form of housing provides stability and community to unhoused people.
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Side-by-side prayer with represented faith traditions. We will walk over from Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill to the Capitol rotunda for this prayer.
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Legislator appointments (after we conclude in the rotunda).
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