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  • The Bloated Pentagon Budget Isn’t Just Wasteful. It’s Racist

    FCNL in the News | April 22, 2021
    In this era of racial reckoning, national security policy and defense budgets cannot be exempt from the scrutiny of their effects on communities of color.
  • Lawmakers Weigh Harmful Migration Proposals in Exchange for Military Aid

    Update | December 8, 2023
    As the year winds down, lawmakers are racing to reach an agreement to deliver emergency military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. As negotiations progress, we are seeing a concerning willingness by the White House and members of Congress to trade permanent, harmful changes in immigration policy for more money for weapons and war.
  • UNIDIR Middle East WMD Free Zone Project - Final Report Launch Event -

    Event - Nuclear Calendar | 
    Opening remarks will be provided by Dr. Robin Geiss, UNIDIR Director, and Ambassador Lotte Knudsen, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, Geneva. Dr.
  • Climate Change, Violence, and Forced Migration: A Nexus of Challenges in Haiti

    Update | June 27, 2024
    At this crisis moment, the U.S. can do more to help Haiti respond to the slew of interconnected challenges the nation faces.
  • On International Migrants Day, Reimagining Migration Beyond Imperialism, Militarism, and Racism

    FCNL in the News | December 23, 2021
    As we mark International Migrants Day this Dec. 18, the international community – and specifically the United States – must process a legacy of imperialism that contributes to involuntary migration while simultaneously excluding migrants more effectively than any physical barrier.
  • Quakers and Economic Justice

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    As our country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re presented with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix our economy and invest in children and families.
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki Are Not Just History: The Horrors of Nuclear Weapons Live On

    Update | August 3, 2022
    On this somber anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we call on Congress to recognize, apologize for, and provide compensation for the lasting damage the U.S. nuclear program has caused, both at home and abroad.
  • Quakers Uprooting Racism

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    Join the online discussion with representatives of the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism to learn more about the coalition, their vision of a transforming Religious Society of Friends, and plans for the 2024 cohort of Quakers Uprooting Racism.
  • A Senate Vote Just Did What Lawmakers Could Not Do For Decades

    Update | January 18, 2024
    Lawmakers made history on Jan. 16 by centering Palestinian human rights during a debate and vote on the Senate floor.
  • Quakers Working in the Legislature

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -

    FCNL’s Quaker Changemaker series has lifted up stories of Friends working in lobbying, advocacy, public office, and more—but we’ve yet to highlight stories of Quakers working in the legislative process as staff to an elected official.