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  • A Quaker Call: Environmental Justice for All

    Event |  -
    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.
  • Ukraine, Russia, and the Quaker Peace Testimony

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the devastation from the war have shocked people worldwide. The aggressive violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and direct attacks against civilians have challenged the international community, as well as Quakers and other pacifists, to weigh how countries like the United States can best respond.
  • Quaker Statement on Climate Change

    Statement | June 8, 2017

    As Quakers, we are called to work for the peaceable Kingdom of God on the whole Earth, in right sharing with all peoples. We recognize a moral duty to cherish Creation for future generations.

  • Breaking the Nuclear Taboo after 77 Years: Are Putin's Threats Credible, Crazy or Just Psywar? [Virtual]

    Event - Nuclear Calendar | 
    Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University. Speakers: Michael Plummer, Johns Hopkins University; Josef Joffe, Johns Hopkins University.
  • Quakers Show Support for Medicaid

    FCNL in the News | June 28, 2017
    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 Advocacy Through the Generations

    Update | February 27, 2019
    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.
  • Quaker Peace Advocacy in Two Decades of War

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    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

    Background | November 11, 2020
    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.
  • Visiting Friends and Your Quaker Community

    Page | January 31, 2023
    Through Visiting Friends virtual and in-person travel to monthly meetings, Friends churches, and other Quaker communities, FCNL volunteers join in meeting for worship, share messages, hear leadings and concerns, and provide spiritual and practical support to knit together Friends’ witness and FCNL’s advocacy for the world we seek.
  • "Quaker Lobbyist" Visits Austin

    FCNL in the News | January 26, 2017

    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.