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  • Justin Marks, 20

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    I’m Mormon and gay, and grew up being really into my faith and my community. I was a big advocate for LGBTQ teens in the church and the bishop tried to excommunicate me for it. That’s when I decided I needed a new faith. The LDS church wasn’t safe for me.

  • Annual Meeting 2024: Advocacy That Never Gives Up

    Event - Annual Meeting |  -
    Our 2024 Annual Meeting brought together hundreds of Friends online and in Washington, D.C., from November 13-17 to learn, lobby, worship, and chart FCNL’s future.

  • Persistence + Resistance

    Update | October 6, 2020
    In the U.S., we have a president who has upset all norms of governing and the role of the United States in the world. Mired in ethical problems, the administration struggles to provide leadership, relying on appointees with limited governing experience. Thousands of government positions remain unfilled.

  • Preventing Genocide and Atrocities

    Update | October 6, 2016
    April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. I have worked – along with dozens of colleagues – on the prevention of mass atrocities for a decade now. This April seems a bit different to me than previous years.

  • June 2025: Native American Legislative Update

    Native American Legislative Update | 
    During a June hearing, members of the House Natural Resources and Education and Workforce Committees examined longstanding dysfunction at Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), the sole federally operated tribal colleges.

  • Getry Agizah

    Person | October 7, 2016

    Getry is a Kenyan Quaker who works to build peace to her community.

  • Federal Budget Priorities: Working for a Moral Budget

    Update | October 6, 2020
    The House and Senate have spent months debating legislation that would leave upwards of 20 million people without health insurance in order to fund tax cuts for the richest people in the country.

  • The Path Towards Positive Peace

    Statement | September 21, 2020
    As we confront systemic racism, climate change, an economic crisis, sharpening political divisions and the threat of a pandemic, I welcome the International Day of Peace as an opportunity to reflect and recommit to global cooperation and peace.

  • As Pandemic Relief Ends, Young Adults Face Increased Economic Insecurity

    Update | January 27, 2023
    When we talk about poverty, hunger, and homelessness, college students and young adults are not often centered in the conversation. However, researchers have documented growing economic insecurity for this demographic. Congress should take steps to make EITC and SNAP provisions permanent to address the growing poverty rates among young Americans.

  • This Week in the World: A Timely Call to Action for Peace

    This Week in the World | 

    This Sunday, September 21, the world celebrates the International Day of Peace.

    This year, the United Nations is observing the day with a timely call to action: Act Now for a Peaceful World.