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Washington Newsletter: Ending Hunger
As House and Senate negotiators were reportedly nearing a deal on the farm bill, some 400 Quakers and friends lobbied hard to ensure that the final bill includes strong protections for SNAP (food stamps). They were in Washington, DC, for FCNL’s Annual Meeting and Quaker Public Policy Institute, Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, 2018.Drone Warfare: Mobilizing for Change
FCNL’s Kevin Snow, and FCNL alum Elizabeth Beavers, will be featured speakers on a webinar hosted by the Interfaith Working Group on Drone Warfare.Interrupting Gun Violence for Peaceful Communities
Gun violence is all around us in the United States. It takes lives in our schools, houses of worship, and theaters. Join us for a conversation with FCNL’s Director for Justice Reform José Santos Moreno and Peter Murchison, FCNL’s Friend in Washington. They will discuss how violence interrupters can help address gun violence and what other tools are necessary to change our country’s course. FCNL’s senior manager of the Young Adult Program, Larissa Gil-Sanhueza, will moderate this discussion.Peaceful Student Protests Demand Peaceful Responses
We urge government and university leaders to permit peaceful protests on campuses, protect freedom of speech, oppose all forms of violence against people exercising their fundamental rights, and work to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.Call-in Day to Stop a New Nuclear Arms Race
On Wednesday, December 17 – to mark 50 days from New START’s expiration date – FCNL and our coalition partners are mobilizing peace advocates for a call-in day to urge congressmembers to push for negotiations to replace the New START agreement and stop a new nuclear arms race.A Quaker Statement on Migration
This statement was developed by American Friends Service Committee, Britain Yearly Meeting, Friends Committee for National Legislation, Quaker Council for European Affairs, and Quaker United Nations Office. It draws on their Quaker foundations and work with migrants and on migration.A Witness Against War
John Huyler, a member of Boulder Friends Meeting, shares his journey to Friends and FCNL.FCNL Joins 58 Groups in Calling on the President to Reduce the Pentagon Budget
Today, 59 groups sent a letter to President Biden with a simple message: Reduce the Pentagon budget and redirect those funds towards priorities that actually meet the needs of the American people.Chelsey Adams, 23
All of this feels really good: as a young person who knows how it feels to have very little power, to be able to face people that do and say, let me explain what will happen to us if you do XYZ.
Sam Fuller
Sam Fuller is a senior Political Science and Economics double major at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. For the past year, Sam has been working with local community members and leaders to organize events that promote diversity and stand against hate.