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  • FCNL Responds to Inaction on Dreamer Protection

    Statement | March 19, 2021
    On Thursday, February 16, the Senate took a series of votes on immigration - all of which failed to meet the 60-vote threshold to pass. Read below for FCNL’s response and vote recommendations.
  • Remembering the Roots of Quaker Advocacy

    Background | November 11, 2020
    Like many convinced Quakers, my advocacy work brought me to the Religious Society of Friends and I never left. Nourished by the spiritual community I found among Friends, I was led to join the Quaker legacy of standing up for peace and justice.
  • Spring Lobby Weekend 2021

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    At Spring Lobby Weekend 2021, hundreds of students, recent grads, Quakers, and young adults will gathered to learn and virtually lobby Congress to end police violence.
  • 80 Faith Organizations: Border Wall Inconsistent with Values

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Eighty state & local faith-based organizations and congregations urge members of Congress to oppose any efforts to build a wall or further militarize the U.S.-Mexico border.
  • FCNL at Yearly Meetings

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    How is Spirit moving through your yearly meeting? Through FCNL’s virtual “travel” to yearly meetings, we join in meeting for business and meeting for worship, hear leadings and concerns, and share the broader work of the Religious Society of Friends as it manifests through FCNL’s advocacy.
  • Special Briefing: Glimmers of Hope in the Middle East

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    Join Bridget Moix and Hassan El-Tayyab for a special webinar, Glimmers of Hope in the Middle East, on Thursday, Feb. 15 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST.
  • Sarah Johnson

    Person - Staff | November 21, 2023
    Sarah Johnson is the director of Friends Place on Capitol Hill. She offers hospitality and facilitates civic engagement programming for visiting groups, including connecting them to educational and lobbying opportunities with its sister organization, the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
  • Six Ways to Save the planet – and Ourselves

    Update | September 19, 2019
    This is powerful: hundreds of thousands of people across the globe will participate in a #climatestrike this week through creative, grassroots campaigns and actions. This dramatic momentum will push the demand to reduce carbon emissions. It will raise awareness, and it will spur commitment to change–change that must happen in business and industry, in schools and local communities, and especially policy change by national governments.
  • Native American Legislative Update

    Native American Legislative Update | June 17, 2020
    Welcome to FCNL’s Native American Legislative Update! The NALU is a monthly newsletter about FCNL’s Native American policy advocacy and ways for you to engage your members of Congress. FCNL’s Congressional Advocates for Native American policy are Lacina Tangnaqudo Onco (Shinnecock/Kiowa) and Kerri Colfer (Tlingit).
  • Special Diabetes Program for Indians

    Update | February 7, 2018
    Diabetes affects Native Americans at a higher rate than any other U.S. racial or ethnic group. In recent years, the disease has begun to afflict Native children, as well as adults.