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  • Quaker Lobby Honors Senators Paul and Booker at Annual Meeting

    Press Release | 
    Two Senators were honored during the FCNL Annual Meeting. Senator Rand Paul (KY) was honored with the Edward F. Snyder Award for Peace while Senator Cory Booker (NJ) received the FCNL Justice Award.

  • An Insistent Voice for Peace: FCNL at 80

    Page | November 13, 2023
    For 80 years, the Friends Committee on National Legislation has been an unwavering voice for peace and vehicle for change on Capitol Hill. This film celebrates the organization’s Quaker identity and storied history, with an eye toward the future and the beloved community it continues to build.

  • Emmet Hollingshead

    Person - Program Assistants 2018 | November 2, 2020
    Emmet served as FCNL’s Program Assistant for Militarism and Human Rights for 2018-2019. He lobbied for more peaceful, ethical, and holistic U.S. foreign policy.

  • Olivia Bravo

    Person - Advocacy Corps 2019-2020 | November 2, 2020
    Olivia is a rising senior at Middlebury College in Vermont studying Environmental Policy with a minor in Sustainable Design.

  • Jeff Pudlo

    Person - Program Assistants 2018 | November 2, 2020
    Jeff Pudlo is FCNL’s Program Assistant for Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending.

  • Laurie McPherson

    Person | October 13, 2017

    Laurie facilitates and oversees the Quaker Welcome Center programming.

  • Liam Jacques, 19

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    This is my first time being involved with FCNL or any organization at all for that matter. I was connected to them through a family friend in Florida.

  • Bringing Faith-Rooted Climate Policy to Earth Day

    Update | April 15, 2019
    Climate change is finally on the agenda of the U.S. Congress. With Earth Day around the corner, now is a good time to go beyond recycling to learn about the legislative proposals before our country.

  • White Privilege Conference

    Event | February 11, 2019
    The WPC provides a challenging, collaborative and comprehensive experience. They strive to empower and equip individuals to work for equity and justice through self and social transformations.

  • Washington Newsletter: Preventing Violence and Building Peace

    Washington Newsletter | September 19, 2018
    Despite the saber-rattling and threats of war, the House of Representatives this summer quietly and overwhelmingly voted to bolster U.S. government efforts to prevent violent conflicts that cause atrocities and genocide. It passed the Eli Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act (H.R. 3030). A similar bill awaits final passage in the Senate (S. 1158).