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  • The Torture Report

    Background | September 26, 2016
    Small steps are constantly being made in a long and difficult journey. We must learn from both the Torture Report and the recent Committee Against Torture review and admit responsibility. Only after acknowledging the full scope of U.S. torture can we heal and prevent these horrific mistakes from repeating themselves. 

  • Q&A: Figuring Out the Quaker Role in Ukraine With Michael Eccles

    Background | July 18, 2022

    For Friends in Europe, the invasion of Ukraine has sparked urgent discussions about how to respond to the continent’s largest conflict since World War II.

  • Diaspora Organizer Gathering

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    This program trains Diaspora advocates to work in their own communities with support from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) and to organize constituents to lobby Congress.

  • This Week in the World: Senate Passes Truth and Healing Commission Bill!

    This Week in the World | December 20, 2024

    BREAKING: Today, the Senate unanimously passed the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (S. 1723)! This is “a landmark milestone in the fight for truth and healing,” FCNL’s Rachel Overstreet said.

  • What Members of Congress Are Saying About FCNL

    Background | November 9, 2017
    Members of Congress value FCNL’s persistent and principled approach to advocacy. Here’s what they and their staff are saying about this work.

  • Quaker Lobby Criticizes Attorney General’s Biblical Justification for Breaking Up Families

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC (June 15, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) today strongly criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for using the Bible to justify the separation of children from their families at the United States-Mexico border.

  • Becky Steele

    Person | October 7, 2016

    Becky Steele Becky is a constitutional and civil rights lawyer from Portland, ME who served as a Friend in Washington in early 2016. She focused at FCNL on campaign finance and election reform.

  • Loletta Barrett

    Person - Consultants | June 13, 2023
    Loletta Barrett is the pastor at Whittier First Friends Church in Whittier, CA. In June 2023, she served as a Friend in Washington, supporting FCNL’s Quaker outreach team.

  • Building an Intergenerational Movement to End Gun Violence

    Update | June 1, 2023
    Sometimes advocating for preventing gun violence can seem challenging and, frankly, a bit lonely. So, the opportunity to spend time with more than 300 young and motivated people who came to Washington, D.C., to lobby for dedicated funding for Community Violence Interrupters was refreshing.

  • Quaker Lobby Honors Representative Cole at 80th Annual Meeting

    Press Release | November 16, 2023
    Representative Tom Cole (OK-04) will receive the FCNL Justice Award today by FCNL during their 80th Annual Meeting, taking place through November 19.