Young Adult Programs

This is what a lobbyist looks like

Chris Letts / FCNL

At FCNL, we are committed to growing our lobbying power, both here on Capitol Hill and across the country. One of the most effective ways to do that is by building power among the present and future leaders of movements for peace and justice: young adults. We're committed to providing training, resources, and programs that meet your needs.

Download the Young Adult Program Brochure.

Programs

Event Spring Lobby Weekend 2020

Saturday, March 28 to Tuesday, March 31 in Washington, D.C.

At Spring Lobby Weekend 2020, hundreds of students, recent grads, Quakers, and young adults will come to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress on one critical issue—climate change.

Issues: Environment & Energy

Work with FCNL Advocacy Corps

Apply by April 13, 2020

As an Advocacy Corps organizer, you'll connect local activists and leaders with your members of Congress to affect big, long-term change. You'll also learn critical organizing skills and put them into practice with hands-on leadership experience.

Issues: Gun Violence

Work with FCNL Summer Internship

Apply by March 18, 2020

Work at FCNL’s office in Washington, DC throughout June and July to advance our witness for peace on Capitol Hill. FCNL offers several paid summer internships that provide a broad introduction to federal policy, grassroots organizing, and nonprofit management.

Work with FCNL Young Fellows Program

Application Deadline: February 17, 2020.

Recent college graduates spend 11 months working with key staff members at FCNL to build expertise in advocacy from a public interest perspective. Applications are due February 17, 2020 for the program beginning in August 2020.

Updates

Support FCNL Giving Tuesday Challenge: I Hope You'll Join Me

This Giving Tuesday, please join me—a sustainer and 2017-18 Advocacy Corps alumnus—in becoming a monthly donor. I'm supporting the FCNL Education Fund today, because its training and research directly benefits advocates like you and me.

Support FCNL Ready to pay it forward?

For Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, FCNL is challenging our network to recruit 50 new monthly donors (sustainers) in support of the FCNL Education Fund. As a fellow activist, I hope you’ll participate!

Background How to Lead a Delegation to Spring Lobby Weekend

Interested in leading a group of peers to attend FCNL’s Spring Lobby Weekend? Here’s what you need to do.

Update Young Fellows are hitting the road for Spring Lobby Weekend 2020!

FCNL’s young fellows are traveling around the country and inviting young adults to join our network. We’re excited to be visiting 20 colleges and universities this October!

By Sergio Mata-Cisneros

Update Cultivating Young Social Justice Advocates

Returning from the 10-day Washington Summer Intensive, FCNL’s 20 Advocacy Corps organizers knew they would be faced with the difficult task of advocating for legislation to end gun violence. But they didn’t know that within days the issue would tragically return to the front pages after a terrible round of mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Issues: Gun Violence

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Am I welcome at FCNL?

Yes! All of our programs and events are open to young people of any background or identity. We are actively seeking people from diverse backgrounds, including in terms of race or ethnicity, economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and political affiliation. FCNL is a Quaker organization; we work with a moral framework and collaborate with people from a faith perspective. However, you do not need to be religious to participate. We encourage Quakers and people of other (or no) faiths to join us.

Work with FCNL Statement of Diversity and Inclusion

At FCNL, we embrace having a multitude of voices and talents working together to strengthen our impact in the world. In keeping with the Quaker testimony of equality, we strive to be an organization that welcomes, values and respects the different perspectives of every individual.

Meet the Young Adult Program Team

Larissa Gil Sanhueza

Advocacy Corps Coordinator

As the coordinator for FCNL's Advocacy Corps, Larissa Gil Sanhueza manages 20 young adult organizers around the country that lobby on one legislative issue every year. Larissa also oversees recruitment for our Spring Lobby Weekend, a four-day lobbying and educational event.

Sergio Mata-Cisneros

Program Assistant, Young Adult Outreach

Sergio Mata-Cisneros is the Program Assistant for Young Adult Outreach. He works alongside FCNL's Advocacy Corps Coordinator, Larissa Gil Sanhueza. Together they’re building FCNL’s young adult network and advocacy throughout the country.

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