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Legislative Priorities
Every two years, FCNL asks Friends and their meetings, churches, and other groups to consider which public policy issues they feel are most pressing for the next session of Congress. The feedback we receive from hundreds of Friends helps us form the legislative priorities that guide our work.Jackson Malkus
Jackson Malkus is the outreach and events coordinator at Friends Place on Capitol Hill. He is responsible for helping to build the Friends Place community by organizing and facilitating events to educate, energize, and create fellowship. He forms partnerships and collaborations and stewards existing relationships to strengthen the Friends Place network.Diane Randall Joins Faith Leaders' Call to Keep Government Open & Protect Immigrants
Twenty-nine faith leaders representing national faith-based organizations sent a letter to members of Congress tasked with finding a way forward on government spending ahead of February 15. The signers urged the committee to avert a shutdown and implement responsible spending practices for immigration enforcement.FCNL Reacts to Leaked Drone Documents
FCNL calls on Congress to exercise its vital oversight role and is urging a Congressional hearing and inquiry into the U.S. lethal drones program. This is essential in order to inform the American people about the deliberate killing of Americans and non-nationals outside of declared war zones.FCNL's Yasmine Taeb and Hannah Evans Speak at Ecumenical Advocacy Days
We’re excited to sponsor and participate in Ecumenical Advocacy Days, a gathering of hundreds of people of faith for advocacy and education. This year’s theme is Confronting Chaos, Forging Community.Sustaining the Peacemaker
Ed Snyder posits that anger, fear, success, and guilt offer only short bursts of energy for peace and justice — not the spiritual resources needed for a lifetime of action and advocacy.Continuing Revolution: Restorative Justice as Spiritual Practice
Friends Place, along with two of our Quaker retreat center peer organizations, Beacon Hill Friends House, and Pendle Hill, will be hosting a retreat
Listening as a Prerequisite for Solidarity
At the 2023 Friends General Conference Gathering, Quakers and friends explored the power of deep listening.Listening to Voices from the West Bank
“Nonviolence can affect more than the heart and change people from the worst versions of themselves to a better one. I have seen people change.”
Peniel Ibe
Peniel is the policy fellow at the American Friends Service Committee. She is interested in international development, humanitarian crisis management, and public policy.