Event Archive

Take a moment to reflect in keeping with the Quaker practice of silent worship. Join us virtually on Zoom or by phone for a period of shared reflection as we seek community in this time of isolation.

Join the Faithful Democracy Coalition and interfaith partners as we close off the Sacred Season of Voting in gratitude for a peaceful process and robust civic participation.

Join Diane Randall and Myrna Perez, director of voting rights and elections democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School for a special Thursdays with Friends, Nov. 5, for a post-Election Day conversation.

Where does Quakers’ call to lobby for peace and justice come from? What do those origins have to say to Friends carrying their concerns into the world today?

Everyone is talking about the upcoming elections, and for good reason: We have the opportunity to elect lawmakers who will support us in Congress.

Children and young adults are heading back to school amid enormous challenges and questions about the health of our democracy. How are they learning to be effective advocates and changemakers as part of their education?

We’ve seen how creative advocacy like baking peace dove cookies and singing to senators has brought imagination, heart, and humanity to Friends’ advocacy with FCNL—and how it has led to major breakthroughs in relationship-building with members of Congress. FCNL’s July Quaker Changemakers event will elevate creative advocacy in a discussion about music and political change.

The United States needed police reform long before the murder of George Floyd, and it’s past time Congress takes action. Are you ready to keep working? Please join FCNL’s young adult program for a webinar on June 30 and learn how you can talk to your legislators about the issue of police brutality and reform.

You know that lobbying, writing letters to the editors, and emails to elected officials can influence what government does. Increasingly, though, Friends and those who share our concerns aren’t just lobbying for change – they’re making it themselves, by seeking elected office themselves.

How is Spirit moving through your yearly meeting? Through FCNL’s virtual “travel” to yearly meetings, we join in meeting for business and meeting for worship, hear leadings and concerns, and share the broader work of the Religious Society of Friends as it manifests through FCNL’s advocacy.