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  • 75 Years Later, It's Time to Call for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

    Update | November 25, 2020
    I am alive today because my grandmother grew up in Shiga, Japan instead of her mother’s home of Hiroshima. I am alive today because my grandfather happened to be away from his Nagasaki school visiting family in Kyoto on Aug. 9, 1945. My family—those who were not killed by the U.S. atomic bombings—collectively survived not one but two nuclear weapon attacks, the only ones in history.
  • Citizenship Is Essential

    Update | January 31, 2023
    It has been more than 30 years since Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act. This inaction comes at an enormous cost to our immigrant neighbors, coworkers, classmates, and friends—and there is a cost significant to the United States as a whole.
  • This Week in the World: A Historic Step Toward Truth, Justice, and Healing for Native Communities

    This Week in the World | October 25, 2024

    In a historic speech today, President Joe Biden offered a formal apology to Native communities for the U.S. government’s Indian Boarding Schools policies.

  • This Week in the World: Palestinians Have a Right to Live in Gaza

    This Week in the World | February 10, 2025

    During a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, President Donald Trump made appalling comments proposing the ethnic cleansing and U.S. “takeover” of Gaza.

  • This Week in the World: A Tragic Setback for Voting Rights

    This Week in the World | 

    On Wednesday, the Supreme Court effectively struck down the last remaining major provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

  • FCNL Submits Comment to USDA on Proposed Work Requirements for SNAP

    Statement | April 13, 2018
    FCNL submitted a comment to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) about a new rule that was recently proposed. The rule would place new requirements on Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) within the SNAP program, and would place restrictions on their access to SNAP benefits.
  • 90 Organizations Urge Congress to Denounce Islamophobic Rhetoric and Policies

    Letter | April 1, 2018
    Concerned by President-elect Trump’s anti-Muslim policy proposals and rhetoric, as well as previous Islamophobic statements made by several of his nominees for high-level positions, FCNL joined nearly 100 organizations in sending a letter to members of Congress asking them to reaffirm their commitment to the First Amendment and the principle of religious freedom.
  • Seeking Truth and Speaking it As Best We Can

    Update | August 9, 2023
    Nancy Milio’s passion for public health and advocacy led her to Quakerism and FCNL
  • Andres Lerma and Vashti Meza

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    I came to Spring Lobby Weekend to bridge the reality between the reality and the talk. I want to advocate for my people, my community. I feel a real sense of empowerment being able to talk to these people face to face and hold them accountable.

  • A Partner with Native Peoples

    Background | February 5, 2018
    In the 1970s, Nebraska Yearly meeting donated the annual proceeds of a cornfield to launch FCNL’s Native American advocacy program. This (literal) seed money enabled FCNL to create a persistent advocacy effort, building on a long history of concern for Native American affairs.