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Chris Letts
Chris Letts managed FCNL’s website and email advocacy program. In this capacity, she wrote extensively for FCNL’s digital presence and communicates with activists around the country. She led FCNL’s 2016 website redesign.
FCNL Congratulates ICAN on Nobel Peace Prize
The Friends Committee on National Legislation congratulates the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for receiving the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.U.S. Commitment to Green Climate Fund Is Now a Reality
Today the Friends Committee on National Legislation applauds our nation’s delivery of its first payment to the Green Climate Fund.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.An Insistent Voice for Peace: FCNL at 80
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.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.