Four years ago, the Michigan Annual Conference (MAC) of the United Methodist Church (UMC) created Advocacy Day. Advocacy Day is an all-day event putting faith to action, and the Michigan Conference of the UMC describes it as a day when “participants meet with lawmakers in Lansing to advance legislative changes that address social systems and structures that keep Michiganders from living into their full humanity.”
Participants Meet with Local Legislators
This year, Pastor Amy Triebwasser and participants from Saline’s First United Methodist Church (FUMC) traveled to Lansing to specifically address the issue of food insecurity. Triebwasser begins by saying, “Our ask to our state representatives was that the budget continue to fund free meals for our school children, make up for the drop in federal food assistance funding, and continue to work to eliminate food insecurity in Michigan.”…