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  • Quaker Advocacy for the World We Seek

    Page | September 24, 2024
    This is a critical moment for our still-in-progress democracy. It requires persistent attention and boundless hope. Our faith and how we live it is infused with hope and readiness for action. Rather than subsuming to anxiety and fear, we get to work.
  • FCNL Submits Comment Opposing Proposed Changes to SNAP

    Statement | November 25, 2020
    The Department of Agriculture recently unveiled a proposed rule that would reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by $4.5 billion over five years. FCNL submitted a public comment on Nov. 26 decrying the proposal, which would have an outsize impact on low-income families and marginalized communities.
  • 25 Organizations Urge Congress to Fund Conflict Prevention

    Letter | April 3, 2019
    Twenty-five faith-based and humanitarian organizations sent a letter to Congress urging robust funding for the international affairs budget including programs that prevent violent conflict, mitigate atrocities and protect civilians.
  • 35 Organizations Support Amendment to Block Transfer of Refugee Office from DOS to DHS

    Letter | July 21, 2017
    As the Trump administration considers dissolving the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) of the Department of State and transferring some of its responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security, FCNL and more than thirty other organizations have signed a letter urging representatives to block this executive action.
  • Do Justice and Mercy: Time for Sentencing Reform

    Update | November 14, 2016
    We’re here to do justice and mercy for thousands of people. Each of you can do something about that. We know how to do this.
  • NGOs Speak Out Against Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria

    Letter | November 25, 2020
    A group of national and international organizations urges Secretary of Defense Mattis to take corrective steps following reports that U.S.-led airstrikes have resulted in significant civilian casualties in both Syria and Iraq.
  • “Energy Independence” Executive Order Dismantles Climate Action

    Statement | August 17, 2020
    Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) that rolls back public health protections and climate action put in place by President Obama.
  • Call to Conscience on Climate Disruption

    Background | February 27, 2017
    Bipartisan congressional action is vital to catalyze the necessary national and global solutions to climate disruption. FCNL’s Call to Conscience on Climate Disruption seeks to dissipate the partisan logjam through a faith-filled, non-partisan moral call.
  • Forty Six Religious Organizations Call on Congress to Uphold BLM Natural Gas Waste Reduction Rule

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    On February 3rd, 46 religious organizations released a letter urging Congress to preserve the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule.
  • We Must Not Act in Fear

    Statement | October 6, 2016
    The message of these most recent attacks is universal: every person should be afraid. Our responses to that message, however, need not accept the invitation to fear. Rejecting fear gives us space to think rationally about the responses that will ensure our collective safety over the long term.