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Interview: Diane Randall, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, discusses restraining the US defense budget
In this interview, I asked Randall about efforts to cut (or at least reduce the rate of growth of) the United States defense budget, which exceeds $750 billion annually, even though other challenges to national security—climate change and pandemic disease, to name just two—loom large.The Friends Committee on National Legislation Deplores the Supreme Court United States v. Texas Non-Decision, Calls for Congressional Action
The Friends Committee on National Legislation stands in solidarity with millions of immigrant families left in excruciating limbo following the Supreme Court of the United States split 4-4 decision today.Minute on Defending the Rights and Religious Freedoms of Migrant Communities and All People of Faith by Preserving Sensitive Locations, Jamestown Friends (NC)
As members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) we stand firmly in support of the safety, rights, and religious freedoms of everyone, including the immigrant communities we know, belong to, and love. We must respond to the particular insult of allowing enforcement officials to enter critical, sacred, and public places of refuge.Responding to COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is a generational threat, and its impacts will be felt by all of us. But know this: Our work for peace and justice will go on. Here’s how we will continue our advocacy in the face of COVID-19, and how you can join us.Peace in Our Hearts, Justice in the World
FCNL staff and friends are bringing Quaker Advocacy to Grinnell College and Friends General Committee June 30-July 6, 2019. We hope to see you, if you are in town for the day or at the gathering for the week!This Week in the World: A Hopeful Step Toward Stopping War on Venezuela
Nine days into the new year, we’ve been saddened and alarmed by the Trump administration’s escalating violence at home and abroad – from the attack on Venezuela to the horrifying ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis (more on that below).
FCNL Opposes Bill Limiting Access to Asylum
On June 14, the House Judiciary Committee is marking up a bill misnamed the Protection of Children Act (H.R. 495) which would make children and asylum seekers more vulnerable and decrease meaningful access to the asylum process. Read FCNL’s statement of opposition for the record.Young Adults Lobby to #ResistInjustice
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
Since 1943, the FCNL community has lobbied Congress to advance peace and justice.Turning the Tide on Incarceration
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.