Every day, Friends are changing the world with prophetic witness. From discerning FCNL’s policy priorities to speaking truth to members of Congress, Quakers persistently seek a better world. You can be a part of this faithful movement.
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Discern Quaker Lobbying Priorities in 2022
Make your plans now! In January, your Quaker community will get information in the mail about how you can give input into FCNL’s lobbying priorities for the 118th Congress (2023-2024). We encourage you to get a time on your community’s calendar now.
FCNL’s legislative priorities are set by Quaker meetings and churches all around the country who meet to discern FCNL’s way forward. We value your worshipful input and guidance.
FCNL Among Friends
Through FCNL’s virtual “travel” to monthly meetings, churches, and Quaker communities, we provide support to knit together Friends’ witness and FCNL’s advocacy. Learn more about our ministries with meetings and churches, and contact us if you’d like FCNL to join you for worship and a Quaker advocacy workshop!
Advocate with your Meeting or Church
FCNL recognizes the vitality of meeting minutes as advocacy tools and as a particularly powerful means of communicating to members of Congress how a body of their constituents is thinking and acting on an issue. FCNL has worked with meetings to publish minutes as opinion pieces, submit minutes to members of Congress with requests for action, and more.
Events
Attribution
Jennifer Domenick
Quaker Changemaker Series
Attribution
Joseph Molieri
Annual Meeting and Quaker Public Policy Institute
Connect
FCNL’s Quaker engagement team is here to help connect our advocacy for justice to the important work you’re doing in your yearly and monthly meetings and churches. Contact us at rtrice@fcnl.org with any questions or to arrange an FCNL visit with your community.
Friends in Action
Attribution
Joe Molieri
Usually, constituents are the ones asking to meet with their members of Congress – but that wasn’t the case for Friends in Durham, NC this summer.
After sharing their powerful statement on racism and police brutality with their senator’s office, along with a lobby request, staff reached out to them to arrange a lobby visit. Durham Friends Meeting’s unity on their beliefs caught Congress’ attention and helped Friends bring their anti-racism work into their witness with the wider world.
See our whole collection of Quaker Statements on Police Violence and Racism