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  • Peter Murchison

    Person | May 26, 2023
    Peter Murchison is on a multi-month assignment to extend and enrich FCNL’s policy and advocacy work on gun violence prevention. Peter has been actively advocating on the issue since the Sandy Hook shootings, which took the life of his 7-year-old nephew Daniel Barden.

  • Interview: Tracy Edmonds, Grassroots Lobbyist

    Update | September 25, 2016
    Tracy Edmonds describes himself as “just a regular guy.” He works as a software engineering manager at Cisco Systems and lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife, Beth Edmonds, and their two teenage daughters.

  • Peniel Ibe

    Person - SLW 2018 Workshops/Panelists  | March 13, 2018

    Peniel is the policy fellow at the American Friends Service Committee. She is interested in international development, humanitarian crisis management, and public policy.

  • The Pervasiveness and Tenacity of Fierce Love

    Update | December 9, 2020
    This has indeed been a year of reckoning—of challenges so big and so constant we cannot turn away. Reckoning with the election; the coronavirus pandemic; systemic racism of our country; and the continued destruction of our planet.

  • A Transformative Middle Ground

    Background | October 6, 2020
    Andrew Tomlinson heads the New York Office of the Quaker United Nations Office. He is a member of the Chatham-Summit Monthly Meeting in New Jersey.

  • Prisons and the President – a Historic Week

    Update | October 4, 2016
    Obama became the first sitting President to visit a federal prison

  • Where to Go in Israel and Palestine

    Background | April 4, 2019
    Most visits to Israel/Palestine stay on the beaten path. These suggestions can help policymakers and members of the public gain a greater understanding of the conflict, and to witness first-hand the work of Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders to bring about a just and lasting resolution to the conflict.

  • Legislative Priorities

    Page | February 25, 2026
    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.

  • Diane Randall Joins Faith Leaders' Call to Keep Government Open & Protect Immigrants

    Letter | February 5, 2019
    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.

  • Setting Legislative Priorities

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    A distinctive feature of the Friends Committee on National Legislation is our practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape our work.