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  • Call-in Day to Stop a New Nuclear Arms Race

    Event | 
    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

    Statement | December 11, 2020
    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

    Background | October 6, 2020
    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

    Letter | February 14, 2023
    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

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    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

    Person - Advocacy Corps 2016-2017 | January 3, 2017

    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.

  • Toetie Zwart, 23

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    I’m not Quaker but I have been involved with Quaker fellowship.

    I’ve had five visits on the Hill so far. It’s engaging but hard because the future is not bright for the community that I work with. This issue is something I see and feel every day.

  • Listen to the Recording: Let’s Talk Climate Solutions with Rep. Costello

    Event | May 30, 2019
    Rep. Ryan Costello (PA-06) has been key to the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s work to foster bipartisan climate change action in Congress. On May 22, he joined FCNL advocates for a special climate briefing.

  • Congress Fails to Pass the Dream Act by the Holidays

    Statement | March 19, 2021
    After Congress voted to fund the government and adjourn for the remainder of 2017 without passing the Dream Act — or similar legislation — FCNL’s lobbyist on immigration, Hannah Graf Evans, made the following statement.

  • Istra Fuhrmann

    Person - Former Staff, - Program Assistants 2021 | July 15, 2022
    Istra Fuhrmann was the program assistant for nuclear disarmament and Pentagon spending for 2021-2022.