FCNL’s lobbying connects historic Quaker testimonies on peace, equality, simplicity, and integrity with issues and legislation in Washington, DC. Our community brings together Friends and tens of thousands of like-minded individuals, sharing a belief in relationship-based change making to advance the world we seek, one lobby visit at a time.
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is a historic peace church. There are hundreds of thousands of Quakers worldwide.
In this short video, Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, FCNL’s deputy director of strategic advocacy, discusses how Quaker grounding defines Friends Committee on National Legislation’s way of lobbying.
What happens in Quaker worship? How do Quakers make decisions? Are Quakers Christian? This guidebook examines some basic questions about Quakerism and how it relates to FCNL’s advocacy.
FCNL is part of a 400-year tradition of Quakers advocating for policy change. Learn more about the connections between FCNL’s advocacy and Quaker history, faith, and practice.
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“FCNL enhanced my ability to talk to anyone and speak up and ask the right questions. [Working with Quakers at FCNL showed me] there’s more than one way to think.”
“The FCNL community holds me steady and helps me understand and speak my own truth with more clarity, firmness and humility.”
“I am a tutor and mentor of recently-arrived immigrants…As a Quaker, I believe God exists in every person and all humans are deserving of dignity and respect. When I see their eyes light up, that is a moment I see God on Earth.”
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