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Six Tips for Participating in FCNL’s Legislative Priorities Process
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.H.R. 40 and the Quaker Push for Reparations
Learn how Quakers and friends are advocating for reparations in public policy and engaging in reparations projects in local communities.September 2020: Native American Legislative Update
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
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
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.Quaker Power and Light
This is our time to speak truth to power. This is our time to invest in ourselves and our advocacy tools and skills, so that we can best support our most vulnerable communities. It is time to organize.FCNL Advocates Driving Change from Around the Country
This has been a challenging season, but rather than let the ongoing health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19 demobilize our advocacy, FCNL’s network of volunteer lobbyists around the country have expanded their efforts to shape government policy in large and small ways.July 2023: Inside the Greenhouse
Earlier this month, sixteen young people in Montana brought the state’s first constitutional climate lawsuit, Held v. Montana. As we await the court’s decision, one fact is clear: Young people are on the frontlines of the environmental crisis. Our anxiety over the climate crisis is justified and should be considered when authorizing critical energy investments.We Need Migration Policies that Recognize the Humanity of All People
The American Friends Service Committee and the Friends Committee on National Legislation, institutions guided by the tenets of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), seek policies that uplift that of God in every human being. As such, we adamantly oppose the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2).What Does Fierce Love Look Like?
These times call for love with an edge. Working for change today requires a ferocity and tenacity that colors the idea of love with the full range of its meanings. It is not passive, not necessarily nice or pretty. It is fierce.