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Advocacy Teams Update: Berkeley Team Advances Congressional Sign-On Letter
FCNL’s Advocacy Team network is made up of more than 1,500 Quakers and friends from across the country who use their power as constituents to make change in Washington, D.C. Our success comes from our commitment to building relationships with Congress grounded in mutual respect and listening. We regularly feature stories from our network, this story comes to us from our team in Berkeley, Calif.America’s Hungriest and Poorest States Need Sustained Federal Support To Escape Cycles of Poverty and Hunger
Washington, DC (September 18, 2018) – Seven states ranked among the top ten hungriest and poorest in the country, according to recently released U.S. government data. The states are New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and West Virginia.FCNL Decries Rollback of Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
Washington, DC (August 21, 2018) – The Quaker lobby, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) strongly opposes revisions to the Clean Power Plan.Diana Ohlbaum Statement On Congressional Action To Stop War With Iran
Recently, FCNL joined Senators, House members, and many other faith groups at a rally calling for legislation to prevent unauthorized war with Iran, an issue FCNL has been working hard on for months, if not years.Trump's Refusal to Certify Iran Deal Sets Path for War
FCNL condemns the Trump administration’s decertification on the Iran deal and the Cotton-Corker legislation that risks sabotaging this historic agreement. The Quaker lobby, which has been a leading voice advocating for diplomacy with Iran in Washington, calls on Congress to reject Trump’s dangerous bid to extort our negotiating partners to submit to ultimatums on the deal which risk its collapse and putting the United States on a path towards full-fledged war with Iran.Receiving Opportunities to Make a Difference
When Janet Leslie and Jim Anderson—a retired public health nurse and a former professor of comparative religion—became Quakers in the late 1970s, they knew that standing up against injustice would be an important part of their faith practice.Faith Groups to Congress: Break the Cycle of Nuclear Escalation
Amid escalating global tensions, FCNL recently led a letter to Congress with 17 interfaith organizations supporting a new resolution on arms control.How to Really End Endless War
If we were to take President Trump by his word alone, it might seem that we have an ally in the White House in our mission to end endless war.Momentum to Prevent Violent Conflict Builds in Congress
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act (S.1158) in a voice vote yesterday.Kate Gould speaks at Urgent Yemen Briefing on Saudi Arabia Arms Sales
Please join this important conference call to help prevent a further humanitarian disaster and mass famine from happening in Yemen and stop the U.S. from selling arms to Saudi Arabia.