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  • Quaker Decision-Making as Spiritual Practice

    Update | December 5, 2019
    Prior to Advent, I spent a November weekend at Pendle Hill, the Quaker retreat center outside of Philadelphia. I wanted to learn about the Quaker decision-making and clerking process—not only to understand it better, but also to see what I could incorporate into my job at FCNL.

  • Quaker Statements on Police Violence and Racism

    Meeting Minute | January 5, 2021
    This collection of Quaker minutes and statements on police violence and racism come from Quaker organizations, meetings, and churches. Black lives matter. FCNL and the larger Quaker world are proclaiming this truth in our communities, our actions, and our statements.

  • Quaker Advocacy: A Special Delivery

    Update | July 10, 2017
    Members of Congress receive hundreds or even thousands of letters and emails each day. For the Quakers who wrote to their members of Congress at Intermountain Yearly Meeting in June, FCNL staff made sure their letters stood out above the rest.

  • Quakers, Race, and Police Brutality

    Background | October 6, 2020
    Friends across the country are speaking out against racism and police violence. Here, we excerpt some of the minutes and statements that they have shared with us.

  • Quaker Voices for Truth, Healing, and Justice Resources

    Update | May 16, 2024

  • Quaker Religious Education on the Road

    Update | October 6, 2020
    The FCNL Quaker Welcome Center is a new “must see” stop for Quaker students and families visiting Washington, DC.

  • We Hold These Truths: Quakers in America

    Event | November 20, 2018
    Join FCNL Executive Secretary Diane Randall on Sunday, November 18 at We Hold These Truths: Quakers in America – a discussion of Mat Smart’s play The Agitators.

  • Kenyan Quakers Appeal for Restraint

    Letter | September 18, 2017
    Leaders of every Kenyan Quaker Yearly Meeting gathered to discuss the future of the Quaker movement in their country. During this retreat, they drafted a letter speaking to their concern about unity and peace in the lead up to the presidential election on the 17th of October.

  • The Guiding Light of the Quaker Peace Testimony

    Update | December 24, 2023
    Quakers are particularly known for a testimony to peace. But what does a peace testimony mean for individuals and Quaker communities and organizations like FCNL?

  • Quaker Witness at the Southern Border

    Update | October 6, 2020
    General Committee members Sandy Feutz and Tom Vaughan visited the U.S.-Mexico border.