{"id":8521,"date":"2026-01-09T13:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:16:38","slug":"january-update-advocacy-connections-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/january-update-advocacy-connections-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"January Update: Advocacy Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\">from the ELCA advocacy office in Washington, D.C. &#8211; the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, Senior Director<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Partial expanded content from <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/2601-ELCA-Advocacy-Connections-image-scaled.png\">Advocacy Connections: January 2026<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>In our January 2026 issue, find Action Alert, Resource and opportunity updates. 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