Across Nevada, our cities are pushing anti-camping ordinances backed by business associations and developers, which target unhoused neighbors in the name of “cleaning up” communities.
These laws don’t solve homelessness — they criminalize it.
They claim we will first direct them to social services, then vote to cut these same social programs in the name of fraud and waste. They exist because systems of power still choose profit over people, and silence over dignity.
We believe in a different way. Housing, not handcuffs. Dignity, not displacement.
How might your congregation engage in advocacy on behalf of our neighbors in need on “God’s Work, Our Hands” Sunday? Ask us how!
On Sunday, Sept. 7, congregations will join together for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday.
This annual day of service is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the ELCA — one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor.
To help you plan for “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, we invite you to visit ELCA.org/DayofService for resources including:
Don’t forget to share your participation with us. Send your stories and photos to paullarson@leanforjustice.org, so that together we can celebrate what God accomplishes through you.
September is Hunger Action Month, and LEAN is challenging Nevada congregations to raise awareness about the hunger problem in our community. It’s easy to get involved, and your participation can provide meals for our hungry neighbors. Make a difference in the fight against hunger by taking part in any of the activities or events listed below.
Wear orange on Hunger Action Day, also known as Orange Day, on Tuesday, September 9th.
Congress is attempting to use an unprecedented loophole to erase public land plans in Alaska, Montana & North Dakota. That means millions of acres of habitat, recreation areas, and Tribally-important lands could lose protections. If they succeed, this sets a dangerous precedent that threatens how ALL of our public lands are managed in the future. Our voices, and the voices of local communities and Tribes, are at risk of being silenced. We can’t let that happen.
In North Dakota and eastern Montana, these lands safeguard critical drinking water sources and habitat for wild life like mule-deer and sage grouse from drilling and coal mining pollution
In Alaska, the vast Central Yukon plan protects salmon-spawning grounds, caribou, and dall-sheep habitat, recreation areas, and lands vital to Alaska Native communities.
Congress is planning to use the little used Congressional Review Ac (CRA), which was established in 1966 to overturn “rules” issued by federal agencies. The purpose is to ensure agencies stick to Congress’s orginal intent when creating regulations pursuant to specific laws. However, it has never been used to overturn decision like land management plans before…
Using the CRA to overturn these plans is unprecedented and could block agencies from ever reinstating similar protections.
Take action: call your representatives at (855) 980-5638 and tell them to vote NO on the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions.
Lutheran Engagement and Advocacy in Nevada 