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FCNL Helps Lead Organizations in Calling for More Peacebuilding Support
FCNL, Alliance for Peacebuilding, and Search for Common Ground drafted a letter urging Congress to provide robust support for foreign assistance focused on preventing and mitigating conflict in a new COVID-19 supplemental funding package. The letter, which was signed by 69 other organizations, emphasizes that COVID-19 is not only a public health emergency, but also an economic crisis that could trigger conflict globally.50 Years After My Lai: A Personal Reflection
When I entered the army in June 1967, my Basic Combat Training unit was at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Early on, one of our drill sergeants, a “lifer” who had plenty of combat experience from the Korean War to Vietnam, marched our platoon out into a field.Sixty Groups Call for Passage of Senate Bill to Prevent Genocide and Atrocities
Sixty organizations called on the Senate today to pass the bipartisan Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act as a step toward saving lives, protecting United States security and developing long-term solutions to violent conflicts.Influence Local Media
Newspapers in your area can influence policymakers and your community. Building a relationship with reporters and the editorial board of your local newspapers can help change or amplify their coverage of an issue you care about.Solitary Confinement and Quakers
This statement on behalf of the Friends Committee on National Legislation was submitted for the hearing: “Reassessing Solitary Confinement II: The Human Rights, Fiscal and Public Safety Consequences” to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights197 Organizations Call on President Obama to Rescind NSEERS
Members of President-elect Trump’s transition team have suggested that the Trump administration might reinstate NSEERS, a discriminatory system that functioned as a registry for Muslim immigrants. In this letter, FCNL and nearly 200 other organizations ask President Obama to take action to ensure that this does not happen.FCNL Believes USAID Must Release All Yemen Funding To Help Fight COVID-19
Washington, DC – Today, the Friends Committee on National Legislation released a letter – signed by more than eighty other state and national organizations – stressing the importance of releasing all suspended USAID funding for Yemen.Democracy is at Stake in the Impeachment Trial
The foundation of our country is at stake—whatever the outcome is of the ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate.Inside the Greenhouse
Inside the Greenhouse is a monthly newsletter about FCNL’s environmental work, ways to engage members of Congress, and stories that impact our work.45 Groups Urge Congress to End U.S. Support for War in Yemen
On June 3, FCNL joined 45 advocacy groups in sending a letter to Congress calling for an end to U.S. participation in the Saudi-UAE coalition’s war in Yemen. during consideration of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Defense Appropriations bills.