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A Quaker Call: Environmental Justice for All
Join AFSC and FCNL advocates and community leaders to hear about our ongoing work for Environmental Justice, and hear how you can take action to promote environmental justice in your own communities.The Guiding Light of the Quaker Peace Testimony
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 Advocacy Through the Generations
Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and multi-generational families joined us to lobby to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from cuts during FCNL’s 2018 Annual Meeting. Friends have shared the practice of advocating for peace and social justice with every new generation.Quakers Show Support for Medicaid
As the Senate vote on healthcare reform quickly approaches, Quakers have been among the leading voices in faith-based advocacy to argue for the protection of Medicaid against caps and rollbacks.Quaker Peace Advocacy in Two Decades of War
Twenty years after the shock and grief of Sept. 11, 2001, its legacy lives on in U.S. policies of perpetual warfare.Learn about Quakers and Effective Lobbying
We are pleased to offer two new resources that explore the Quaker grounding of FCNL’s advocacy. Whether you want to understand Quakerism better or to spend time reflecting on the relationship between your faith and political action, you will find a great deal to consider in these publications.Breaking the Nuclear Taboo after 77 Years: Are Putin's Threats Credible, Crazy or Just Psywar? [Virtual]
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University. Speakers: Michael Plummer, Johns Hopkins University; Josef Joffe, Johns Hopkins University."Quaker Lobbyist" Visits Austin
FCNL’s Diane Randall talks with the Austin Chronicle about what’s next, in advance of her trip to Austin, TX for the World We Seek: Now Is the Time Capital Campaign.
Quaker Witness = Might and Action
As the nation faces the latest mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Friends are offering thoughts and prayers, holding in the light all who are touched by these human tragedies. Out of this sense of spirit, Friends are also committing to action to stop this violence.A Quaker Lobbyist on Capitol Hill
In this QuakerSpeak video, Ruth Flower discusses her decades of work with FCNL. Whether it’s world peace, climate change, poverty, or justice, Ruth has lobbied Congress about it. And she wants you to become a lobbyist, too.