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Viewpoint: Zoomers Have Not Given up on Democracy
I’m proud that my generation, Gen Z or Zoomers, continues to vote, despite the rhetoric that our votes don’t matter or that elections are fraudulent. Voter suppression and gerrymandering occurred in many states, but we voted anyway.Quaker Lobby Denounces Ballooning Pentagon Budget
Congress is set to pass the largest Pentagon budget in history.Pentagon Sees Highest-Ever Payout in Disastrous FY2024 Defense Bill
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) deplores today’s passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R 2670) by the House of Representatives.Healing the Harms of Nuclear Testing
Join lead nuclear disarmament lobbyist Allen Hester and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, for a conversation about the domestic impact of nuclear testing and how living out Quaker testimonies for peace and integrity call us to advocate with communities who still bear the scars of our country’s nuclear history. As we work collectively for a world free of nuclear weapons, we must also reckon with what those weapons have already done.Bipartisan Bill to Address Legacy of Indian Boarding Reintroduced in Senate
Quakers and friends in the FCNL community have been closely following the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act. With a deep concern for the need to advance justice, accountability, and healing for the atrocities of the Indian boarding school era, our network has faithfully uplifted this legislation through intergenerational advocacy.A Call to Renew Our Democracy and Love Our Neighbors, No Exceptions
We are dismayed and heartbroken by the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. We hold him, those killed and wounded, and all those affected by these traumatic events in the Light.Quaker Lobby Urges Increased Foreign Aid Funding, Not More Cuts
FCNL and 63 other organizations wrote the Senate Appropriations Committee leadership urging them to reject the recently House-passed cuts to peacebuilding, human rights, humanitarian aid, migration, climate adaptation, and poverty-focused development assistance in the proposed FY25 appropriations.Quaker Lobby Denounces Passage of Rescission Package
Congress has turned its back on the most vulnerable people on earth by approving drastic cuts to foreign assistance which will have devastating impacts on global access to basic health care, education, and on global peace, climate resilience, forced migration and more.Persisting in Loving Our Neighbors
Challenging times have a way of showing us who we are. At FCNL, when the political landscape gets tough, we ground in our values. FCNL’s “Love Thy Neighbor, No Exceptions” message has long served as an important foundation for our community and our work.
Minute on the War in Gaza, Whitewater (IN) Monthly Meeting
We cry out for the violence in Gaza to stop—for an end to the killing of Palestinians and for the Israeli hostages to be released.