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  • Sabrina Shaffer

    Person | August 29, 2024

    Sabrina Shaffer was the Communications and Development Intern for summer 2024 at Friends Committee on National Legislation.

  • Listening as a Prerequisite for Solidarity

    Update | July 24, 2023
    At the 2023 Friends General Conference Gathering, Quakers and friends explored the power of deep listening.

  • FCNL's Yasmine Taeb and Hannah Evans Speak at Ecumenical Advocacy Days

    Background | June 12, 2020
    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

    Background | August 17, 2020
    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.

  • FCNL Reacts to Leaked Drone Documents

    Statement | September 29, 2016
    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.

  • This Week in the World: We Must not Accept a World Without Nuclear Arms Control

    This Week in the World | 
    On Thursday, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia officially expired. As FCNL’s Allen Hester explains, the world has crossed “a dangerous threshold.”

  • Staying Engaged Through the Election

    Update | October 14, 2020
    The president of the United States refuses to say whether he will accept the result of the election, refuses to disavow armed white supremacist groups, and, in the midst of a pandemic, encourages efforts to make voting more difficult.

  • Rep. Barbara Lee: "Diane is truly one who speaks truth to power."

    Update | December 17, 2021
    On Dec. 14, Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) submitted the following statement into the official Congressional Record, in celebration of Diane Randall’s decade of leadership at FCNL.

  • Quaker Lobbying

    Page | July 26, 2023
    FCNL’s lobbying connects historic Quaker testimonies on peace, equality, simplicity, and integrity with issues and legislation in Washington, DC.

  • Listening to Voices from the West Bank

    Update | October 22, 2024

    “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.”