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Greetings
King
County
Advocates!
We here
at LPPO
hope you
are
enjoying
an
Advent
season
full of
family
and
friends.
A
reminder,
registration
for
Faith
Advocacy
Day 2008
is now
open!
You can
register
online
here.
As
your
church
begins
to
schedule
its
calender
for the
late
winter
and
spring,
remember
that the
LPPO
staff is
always
available
to
preach
and/or
teach on
advocacy
issues.
Contact
the
office
for more
information.
Please
be
aware of
the
following
issues
and
events
in King
County...
Holy
Cross
Lutheran
Hosts
Celebration
of Holy
Innocents
Day
The
Church
of the
Fourth
Century
declared
the
Feast of
the Holy
Innocents
to
commemorate
the
suffering
of the
children
put to
death by
order of
King
Herod
following
the
birth of
Jesus.
On
Friday,
December
28th,
between
6:00 and
7:30 PM,
you are
invited
to join
us in
commemorating
the
hundreds
of
thousands
of
children
and
other
non-combatants
who have
died
over the
past
four
years in
Iraq.
Sponsored
by the
Church
Council
of
Greater
Seattle,
the
Lutheran
Public
Policy
Office
of
Washington,
Pax
Christi
Pacific
NW, the
Rauschenbusch
Center,
and
KairosAction
and
hosted
by the
congregation
of Holy
Cross
Lutheran
Church,
this
commemoration
will
offer a
time of
prayer
followed
by a
silent
public
witness
concluding
with
coffee
and
conversation.
Holy
Cross
Lutheran
is
located
at 4315
129th
Place SE
in
Bellevue
just off
of SE
Newport
Way.
Click
here
for a
map.
For more
information,
contact
David
at LPPO.
Rally to
Support
the
Rights
of the
Homeless
Real
Change,
the
newspaper
and
advocacy
organization
working
to end
homelessness
and
poverty,
is
sponsoring
a rally
and
overnight
tent
city
this
Wednesday,
December
19th, to
protest
recent
mistreatment
of the
homeless
with the
City of
Seattle.
As the
ELCA
Social
Statement
of
Economic
Life
reminds
us, "It
is not
poor
people
themselves
who are
the
problem,
but
their
lack of
access
to the
basic
necessities
of
life...Poverty
is a
problem
of the
whole
human
community,
not only
those
who are
poor or
vulnerable."
See the
invitation
from
Real
Change
below,
and come
out on
Wednesday
to stand
in
solidarity
and
support
for the
rights
of the
homeless
in
Seattle.
| Survival is a right
Between 1,600 and 2,000 people in Seattle have nowhere to sleep tonight and shelters are full. Those who find refuge in tents in parks and greenbelts have been systematically and brutally removed from those campsites. Their personal possessions and their survival gear have been confiscated or destroyed.
Join the Real Change Organizing Project next Wednesday, December 19th for a rally and overnight tent city at City Hall.
Rally: 5:00 to 6:00 PM at City Hall (600-4th Ave. @ James Street)
Overnight Tent City: 6:00 pm Wednesday to noon Thursday--meet at Real Change @3:30 for preparation.
We call upon the city to cease campsite clearances and provide long-term shelter. Join us for the rally, join us for the overnight, download the flyer and circulate it broadly. All people deserve the right to survive. We can't let the city forget it.
If you're able to camp overnight contact Natalie / 206-441-3247. For more information contact Rachael / 206-441-3247 ext 201.
Rachael Myers
Real Change Organizing Project |
Martin
Luther
King Day
Celebration
On
Monday,
January 21st
the
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
Planning
Committee
will
sponsor,
for the
26th
consecutive
year
(the
most of
any US
city),
the
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr. Day
Rally
and
March at
Franklin
High
School
(3013
South
Mount
Maker
Blvd
Seattle
- 98144,
Map).
The free
celebration
will
begin
with
registration
at 9am
followed
by a
wide
variety
of
workshops
beginning
at
9:30am.
The
rally
with
music
and
speakers
will
begin at
11:00am
and
clergy
are
welcome
to come
and be
recognized.
The
march
will
begin at
noon.
LPPO is
a part
of the
planning
committee
and
encourages
all area
ELCA
churches
to come
and
march
with us
— bring
you
banner!
The ELCA
social
statement
“The
Church
in
Society”
states
that as
part of
our
baptismal
vocation
our
church
commits
to “join
with
others
to
remove
obstacles
of
discrimination
and
indifference
that
prevent
people
from
living
out
their
callings.”
We
encourage
you to
come and
participate
to be
part of
the
Church’s
public
witness
against
injustice.
For more
information
on
participating
and how
to get
involved
contact
the
LPPO
office
or visit
the
MLK
Celebration
Committee
website.
One Step
Further:
An
Evening
of
Faithful
Legislative
Advocacy
A
forum to
mobilize
individuals
and the
faith
community
to take
legislative
action
to
address
hunger,
poverty
and
children’s
issues
in South
King
County.
Thursday,
January
24, 2008
- Kent
Lutheran
Church -
7:00 –
9:00pm
Lutheran
Public
Policy
Office
in
conjunction
with
several
faith
organizations
is
sponsoring
this
forum,
hosted
by Kent
Lutheran
Church
and
faith
leaders
from
South
King
County,
to give
members
of the
faith
community
an
opportunity
to take
action
on five
current
pieces
of
legislation
affecting
hunger,
poverty
or
children’s
issues.
State
legislators
along
with
advocates
from the
faith
community
are
being
invited
to
briefly
discuss
the
issues
and
answer
questions.
Time
will
then be
used to
call,
email
and
write
letters
to state
legislators
supporting
this
legislation.
Please
join us
in
taking
“One
Step
Further”
in this
call to
faith in
action,
and
invite
others
to come
too. No
registration
is
required.
All are
welcome.
Questions?
Contact
David
Coombs,
Lutheran
Public
Policy
Office
of WA,
hungerforum@gmail.com.
There is
no fee
for this
event.
Donations
will be
accepted
to
support
similar
events
in the
future.
Funding
is
provided
by a
grant
from the
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
in
America
World
Hunger
Appeal.
Lutheran
Public
Policy
Office
of
Washington
State
Our
Partners
in
Ministry:
-
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
in
America
-
Division
for
Church
in
Society
-
Northwest,
Southwest,
Eastern
Washington/Idaho
Synods
-
ELCA
-
Lutheran
Community
Services
Northwest
Contact:
766 John
Street,
Suite B
Seattle,
WA 98109
Phone:
(206)
464-4133
Fax:
(206)
626-0987
Web:
www.lppowa.org
Staff:
David
Coombs,
Assistant
for
Administration
and
Programs,
dcoombs@lcsnw.org
Manda
Truchinski,
Seminary
Intern,
mtruchinski@lcsnw.org
Rev.
Paul
Benz,
Director,
pbenz@lcsnw.org |
