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  • Mimosa Thomas

    Person - Advocacy Corps 2016-2017 | January 3, 2017

    Mimosa Thomas is Biology major on a pre-medical track with a minor in Medical Spanish at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

  • Change Through Comics

    Background | October 6, 2020
    Joey Hartmann-Dow spent her spring residency as a Friend in Washington creating a comic book. However, Seeks is not an ordinary comic book.
  • The Iran Nuclear Deal One Year Later

    Update | October 14, 2016
    One year after the Iran nuclear deal, FCNL’s Middle East lobbyist Kate Gould joined Barbara Slavin of the Atlantic Council on a webinar hosted by Women’s Action for New Directions to discuss the challenges and successes of the deal’s implementation.
  • FCNL Endorses the Remove the Stain Act

    Letter | October 22, 2020
    FCNL wrote a letter to Sens. Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Jeff Merkley (OR) on Nov. 21 thanking them for their introduction of the Remove the Stain Act. The bill, first introduced in the House in June, would revoke the Medal of Honor from soldiers who participated in the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, in which hundreds of Lakota people were murdered on the Pine Ridge Reservation. FCNL is proud to endorse this legislation.
  • Stop the Violence Against Asian Americans

    Statement | April 13, 2021
    The escalation of hate crimes against Asian Americans in the United States demands action. The recent murders of eight people in Atlanta, including six Asian Americans, is heartbreaking; along with millions of people across the country, we mourn the loss of these lives and hold their families and community in the Light.
  • FCNL Supports the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

    Update | June 21, 2021
    The bill would abolish the federal death penalty and prohibit the Department of Justice from using capital punishment in the future.
  • War is Not the Answer in Ukraine

    Statement | July 18, 2022
    Russia, the United States, and Ukraine all share one key interest now: preventing a war. To put people first, all sides must do everything in their power to deescalate the situation and return to the bargaining table. Anything less represents a moral failing of the highest magnitude.
  • The Failures of The War On Terror

    Background | August 31, 2022
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation believes the U.S. War on Terror—the use of war and other military means to defeat terrorist groups—is based on a flawed proposition. It is simply not possible through the use of armed force to eliminate armed groups who engage in terrorism.
  • FCNL Urges Pennsylvania Attorney General to defend the Indian Child Welfare Act

    Statement | June 22, 2020
    FCNL Executive Secretary Diane Randall submitted a letter to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro urging him to deny a request from the State of Texas to support a legal challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act.
  • Progress Seems Impossible, Until It Isn’t

    Update | September 8, 2020
    Sometimes the mountain before us seems unscalable. But we persist in climbing it, and one day, we find ourselves at the peak.