Join Diane Randall for a conversation with Anika Forrest, FCNL’s legislative manager for our immigration and refugee program, on the need for congressional protections for our undocumented neighbors.
Thursdays with Friends was an online conversation series which ran April 2020-Dec. 2021. It featured a brief, 30-minute community chat on issues that Quakers and people of faith are compelled work on, whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in.
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.
Since the 2020 elections, many state legislatures have been – or are poised to – pass restrictions on people’s voting rights. What can people of faith do, especially at the federal level, to right these wrongs?
The first 100 days of a presidential term has taken on symbolic significance. The period is considered a benchmark to measure the early success of a president. As we embark on a new term for Congress and the administration, what will progress looks like?
Join Diane Randall for a conversation with Allen Hester, FCNL’s lead lobbyist for nuclear disarmament and Pentagon spending, to learn more about the military policy bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Join Diane Randall for a conversation with Jim Cason, FCNL’s associate general secretary for strategic advocacy, on the impact grassroots advocates are making despite the deep political divisions in Congress.
Diane Randall hosts guests Dr. Ebby Luvaga, chair of the FCNL Policy Committee and professor of economics at Iowa State University and Amelia Kegan, FCNL legislative director for domestic policy.
For nearly two decades, the United States has relied on two congressional war authorizations—the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the 2002 Iraq AUMF—to serve as the legal basis for military operations against suspected terrorist groups abroad. Diane’s guest will be Heather Brandon-Smith, FCNL’s lead lobbyist on U.S. wars and militarism.
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