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  • Faith Statements on Nuclear Disarmament

    Background | October 14, 2016
    There is broad, interfaith support for a world free of nuclear weapons.

  • Listening and Discerning Legislative Priorities

    Event | August 17, 2020
    Every two years, FCNL asks Friends around the country for help in setting the focus of our advocacy work.

  • Quaker Statements on Police Violence and Racism

    Meeting Minute | January 5, 2021
    This collection of Quaker minutes and statements on police violence and racism come from Quaker organizations, meetings, and churches. Black lives matter. FCNL and the larger Quaker world are proclaiming this truth in our communities, our actions, and our statements.

  • We Seek Economic Justice

    Update | 

    The World We Seek guides the efforts of the Friends Committee on National Legislation.

  • Drilling Sacred Lands: A Monumental Disgrace

    Update | July 31, 2023
    Two national monuments are facing potential pollution, contamination, and desecration. When the administration revoked the protected status of Bears Ears Monument and Chaco Canyon, it opened the land to drilling and mining putting the environment at risk while breaching the trust and sovereignty of tribal nations.

  • Inside the Greenhouse

    Inside the Greenhouse | June 17, 2020
    Inside the Greenhouse is a monthly newsletter about FCNL’s environmental work, ways to engage members of Congress, and stories that impact our work.

  • September 2020: Native American Legislative Update

    Native American Legislative Update | November 11, 2020
    In a huge victory for Indian Country, both Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act passed in the House on Sept. 21. The bills, which already passed the Senate by unanimous consent in March, will help to address the rising numbers of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. Both bills will now go to the president’s desk to be signed into law.

  • This Week in the World: On Anniversary of Oct 7 Attacks, Conflict in Middle East Worsens

    This Week in the World | October 11, 2024

    On the one-year anniversary of the horrific Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, we took some time this week to reflect and mourn the lives lost and forever changed that day, and in all the days since.

  • This Week in the World: Senate Rejects ICE Funding, But Our Work Isn't Over

    This Week in the World | 
    On Thursday, the Senate rejected legislation that included more funding for unchecked ICE terror in our communities. Our collective pressure is working. But our work isn’t over.

  • Six Tips for Participating in FCNL’s Legislative Priorities Process

    Update | February 11, 2022
    A distinctive feature of the Friends Committee on National Legislation is our practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape our work. This input becomes the basis of FCNL’s legislative advocacy in the coming Congress. Here are six tips to help you engage successfully and faithfully with this process in your community.