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  • This Week in the World: Growing Momentum Against More Money for War

    This Week in the World | 
    FCNL helped lead a national coalition of nearly 300 organizations urging Congress to reject President Trump’s request for another major Pentagon budget increase and to instead invest in human needs.

  • International Day of Peace Statement by Peacebuilding Groups

    Background | August 17, 2020
    For this year’s International Day of Peace, 21 September, 131 peacebuilding organizations wrote a statement laying out steps to consolidate and broaden gains of peace around the world. Writing to the international community and the UN General Assembly, this statement asks them to fully commit to peace in the 2030 Agenda. This is a critical time to push for peace and inclusion and to focus on supporting local and regional methods of sustaining peace.

  • FCNL Welcomes Protections for Young Immigrants, Calls for Path to Citizenship

    Letter | December 2, 2021
    On November 29, 2021, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) commented on the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed rule to preserve and fortify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

  • Quakers: A Quick Guide

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    Quakers: A Quick Guide

  • This Week with North Korea

    Update | August 17, 2020
    Tensions with North Korea escalated dramatically this week. President Trump threatened “fire and fury” against North Korea, while North Korea boasted of plans to splash missiles in the waters around Guam, a U.S. territory home to more than 162,000 people.

  • Celebrating Quaker Changemakers

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    For Quakers, faith is not practiced only in a particular building, on a particular day of the week. We are invited to let our lives speak, to demonstrate our beliefs with each decision and action.  

  • After Budget Deal, Faith Groups Urge Investment in True Human Needs

    Letter | August 1, 2019
    More than 30 national faith-based organizations urged Congress to reserve the increases for non-defense discretionary spending for true human needs programs, rather than for increased immigration enforcement.

  • 25 Faith Organizations Push for Sentencing Reform in the House Judiciary

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Twenty-five faith organizations sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee today calling for comprehensive criminal justice reform that includes sentencing reform.

  • 25 Groups urge President Trump to fill key leadership position for Africa

    Letter | August 7, 2017
    FCNL signed a letter to President Trump urging him to fill a key leadership position at the State Department. The highest level of diplomatic efforts are desperately needed to address conflict across Africa.

  • Quaker Lobby Believes Foreign Aid Budgets Being Unfairly Targeted and Cut

    Press Release | July 17, 2023
    FCNL, in conjunction with more than 50 other organizations dedicated to promoting peace while advancing and protecting human rights, warned that the recently approved cuts are a sure-fire recipe for instability, heightened insecurity, and suffering.