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  • Quaker Lobby Announce New Community and Culture Lead

    Press Release | July 28, 2022
    FCNL is pleased to announce the hiring of Lauren Brownlee as the first Associate General Secretary for Community and Culture.
  • Finding Love with FCNL

    Update | September 11, 2020
    There have been a lot of things that have given me joy working as your Quaker Field Secretary over the past four, nearly five years now. The work has been inextricably woven with my deepening faith practice, and I have fallen in awe and in love with so many Friends.
  • Grace in Generational Transition: Raising up Young Adult Leaders

    Update | November 5, 2021
    What does the next generation of leadership look like in the Religious Society of Friends? What is the role of current leaders in Quaker meetings and organizations in nurturing that leadership?
  • Quakers Uniting for Migration Justice

    Update | December 30, 2020
    The Quaker Statement on Migration, released in December, cuts across the specific missions of five Quaker organizations to unite on a common concern for migration justice.
  • Strengthening Quaker Community

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    Join us for a lively conversation about how advocacy and other forms of collective action can bring and hold us together. We’ll focus particularly on what we’ve learned about ways that virtual gathering and action can strengthen community bonds and spiritual experiences.
  • Joint Quaker Statement on Burundi: Standing for Peace and Reconciliation

    Statement | September 29, 2016
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation has been working for constructive U.S. policy in order to respond to grievances and prevent future violence in Burundi. Elections scheduled for this summer have proven to be flashpoint for violent conflict.
  • Ruthie Tippin

    Person | September 6, 2018

    Ruthie Tippin is a recorded Friends minister. She has served in pastoral ministry in West Branch, IA and most recently at First Friends Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.

  • Repealing IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits Would be a Blow to America’s Communities of Faith

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    Faith communities around the country have used IRA tax credits to install clean energy projects or increase their building’s energy efficiency. Notably, the IRA allows for certain tax-exempt entities like houses of worship to receive rebates, or “direct pay,” for clean energy investments.” This provision has allowed Meetings in our own Quaker network to save money and redirect these resources to serve their communities, both materially and spiritually.
  • Quakers Walking to Washington for Justice

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    People usually think of Quakers sitting silently in worship. While this is a common aspect of Friends’ religious practices, our community also has a commitment to living our faith in action.  

  • Administration Moves to Address Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women - Congress Must Act

    Update | October 27, 2020
    FCNL Welcomes President Donald Trump’s decision to establish a federal task force to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. However, the taskforce alone is not enough.