The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington will be a generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and low-wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral allies, unions and partnering organizations.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we have a real and urgent opportunity to knock out key pillars upholding the United States’ endless wars, and to do right by the hundreds of thousands of people harmed here and abroad as a result.
Join FCNL’s Clarence Edwards and experts from the Inter-religious Working Group on Extractive Industries for a webinar to learn about the choices before us and actions we can take to aid the transition to renewables without harming vulnerable communities and the earth.
Linnea Halsten is the Anti-Racism, Anti-Bias, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (AJEDI) manager. She partners with the associate general secretary for Community and Culture in leading FCNL’s dynamic engagement with the organization’s AJEDI commitments.
The Washington Newsletter is a publication of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) and the FCNL Education Fund, two national nonpartisan Quaker organizations working for peace, justice, and environmental stewardship. It is printed in six editions each year.
The Friends Committee on National Legislation supports the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump led by the U.S. House of Representatives.
On February 19, 2019, FCNL and 25 other faith-based organizations released a statement asking members of Congress to end the CIA’s use of armed drones to carry out lethal attacks.
FCNL joined over 30 organizations throughout the month of June, urging members of Congress every day to call for the administration to value refugees and their contributions to U.S. communities.
Mr. Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to impose overly harsh mandatory minimum sentences on drug crimes further devastating communities that need help.
In a statement made on October 9th by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the Administration will officially repeal the Clean Power Plan.
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