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  • Young Adults Lobby to #ResistInjustice

    Update | March 24, 2017
    Just days before a vote to eliminate the Medicaid program as we know it and repeal the Affordable Care Act, 400 young adults from 37 states came to Washington, DC to lobby at FCNL’s Spring Lobby Weekend.
  • History

    Page | March 18, 2025
    Since 1943, the FCNL community has lobbied Congress to advance peace and justice.
  • Turning the Tide on Incarceration

    Update | October 6, 2016
    We’re starting to turn the tide in Congress. “We have 5% of the world’s population, but we have 25% of the world’s prisoners.” This is being repeated over and over, between a multitude of briefings, press conferences, and FCNL’s meetings on Capitol Hill.
  • Quaker Contacts

    Page | June 17, 2024
    FCNL’s grassroots network includes hundreds of Quaker meetings and churches around the country.
  • Quakers in Action

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    Every day, Friends are changing the world with prophetic witness. From discerning FCNL’s policy priorities to speaking truth to members of Congress, Quakers persistently seek a better world. You can be a part of this faithful movement.
  • Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves

    Background | February 18, 2021
    What touchstones, teachings, and traditions can Quakers draw on to nourish and guide our outward lives and activism?
  • Prophetic. Persistent. Powerful. Annual Meeting 2018

    Event - Annual Meeting |  -
    Hundreds of Friends came together from across the country for worship, listening, advocacy, and community, as we looked forward to the next 75 years for FCNL.
  • Online or Off, Spirit Weaves Us Together

    Update | October 6, 2020
    FCNL’s Domestic Policy Legislative Director Amelia Kegan preached these words two weeks ago to a Zoom room of North Pacific Yearly Meeting Friends during their virtual Annual Sessions:
  • About

    Page | January 5, 2026

    Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL fields an expert team of lobbyists on Capitol Hill and works with a grassroots network of tens of thousands of people across the country to advance policies and priorities established by our governing General Committee

  • Engagement in the 2024 Election

    Page | November 5, 2024
    FCNL focuses on policy change in Washington and no matter what happens at the polls, our work will continue. Yet, elections are our greatest chance to participate in democracy and to organize and build power.