The European Descent Lutheran Association for Racial Justice (EDLARJ) Triennial Assembly in Minneapolis March 1-3 and the ECSW was well represented.

Our ELCA Conference of Bishops, including our synod's Bishop Anne Edison-Albright, met Feb. 27 to March 2 in Itasca, IL; in this statement the Conference calls for ceasefire in Gaza and prays for peacemaking.