Annual Meeting 2025 will bring together FCNL’s General Committee members with other Friends and supporters of Quaker witness and advocacy on Capitol Hill.
This gathering will take place online only. Linked by the Spirit and our common purpose, we will listen together for where we are called to this vital work.
Registration
Registration will open in June. Sign up here to be notified when it is available.
Speakers
Timothy Snyder will join us for a dialogue at Annual Meeting 2025 on Friday, November 14.
Timothy Snyder holds the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. He is also a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and the head of the academic advisory council of Ukrainian History Global Initiative.
A scholar of the history of Central Europe, Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust, Snyder speaks five and reads ten European languages. He is the author or editor of twenty books published in forty languages. Snyder writes for the press on Ukraine, the U.S, authoritarianism, digital politics, health, and education. He has also appeared in documentaries, on television, and as an expert witness before several parliaments. He has received state orders and decorations as well as honorary doctorates.
His work has inspired demonstrations, sculpture, posters, punk rock, rap, film, theater, and an opera.
Additional Information
What times should I hold for this meeting?
Programming will take place on Friday November 14 and Saturday November 15 between 12pm and 8pm Eastern / 9am and 5pm Pacific, and on Sunday November 16 between 12pm and 5pm Eastern / 9am and 2pm Pacific. There will be extended breaks.
What will happen during the meeting?
The schedule will include
- Meetings for worship (both unprogrammed and semi-programmed)
- Time in small groups for community-building and worship sharing
- Meetings for worship with attention to business, for decision-making, reflection, and updates related to FCNL governance
- Conversation and information sharing about policy, advocacy, and organizing work in a challenging climate.
- Invitations to live into the beloved community we seek to build.
Annual Meeting Planning Committee and staff are working on a more detailed schedule that will be shared by September 1.
Why is this an online-only gathering?
In 2024, the FCNL Executive Committee made the decision to alternate between an online-only meeting of the General Committee, in odd years, and a hybrid gathering in Washington, DC, in even years. Many factors went into this decision, including concerns around the financial and environmental cost of meeting each year in Washington and around a desire for full and equitable participation from the General Committee and others committed to FCNL’s future.
If you know of others interested in participating in your area, you are welcome to host a meeting hub and gather together to participate from a single device. We will share more resources on organizing such a hub as the meeting approaches.
Will the meeting include time for lobbying?
There will be opportunities to take action and to participate in FCNL’s mission to change policy to advance the world we seek. We are not currently planning on a set time for Friends to visit with congressional offices as part of this meeting.
