Youth Advocacy
Register for our 2024 Called to be Advocates event on October 4-6 at Pine Lake Camp in Waupaca, WI! Register Here!
Join high school youth and young adults from around Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to explore your interests in social justice. How is our faith connected to our seeking justice? Develop concrete ways to use your voice for positive change with faith and hope, and build relationships with other youth interested in advocacy in Wisconsin and the U.P.
Focuses will include Environmental Justice, Gun Violence, Women’s Rights, and LGBTQ+ Rights. Let’s hear more about what you’re interested in!
This event is being hosted by LOPPW and all six ELCA synods with congregations in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: East Central Synod of Wisconsin, Greater Milwaukee Synod, La Crosse Area Synod, Northern Great Lakes Synod, Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, and South-Central Synod of Wisconsin.
2023 Youth Advocacy Retreat held in Madison, Wisconsin.
We explored a variety of topics and ways to advocate at our first Youth Advocacy Retreat in April 2023.
Resources
Advocacy Exercise Ideas: youthadvocacyideasloppwisc
Gods-Story-Our-Story-a-call-to-Advocacy Organized by former Hunger Advocacy Fellow Kelsey Johnson
Advocacy 101 for Young Adults, written by ELCA World Hunger and Hunger Advocacy Fellows
Pyramid of Hate: The exercise integrates first-person video testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s archive with the Pyramid of Hate, a curricular tool developed by the Anti-Defamation League that provides students with an opportunity to explore the ways in which hate can escalate in society: POH_Final
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Youth Organizing Team
East Central Synod of WI – Amy Moore: amy.moore@ecsw.org and Wendy Black: wendy.black@ecsw.org
Greater Milwaukee Synod – Gretchen Haugse: ghaugse@me.com
La Crosse Area Synod – Contact Synod Office
LOPPW Director Rev. Cindy Crane: cynthia.crane@elca.oerg
Northern Great Lakes Synod – Stefanie Ehle: youthcoordinator@nglsynod.org
Northwest Synod of Wisconsin – Deacon Laura Ramlow: lramlow@nwswi.org
South-Central Synod of WI – Rev. Marie Leafblad: mariel@scsw-elca.org
