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A Year of Bold Advocacy and Faithful Witness
As 2024 draws to a close, we are pausing to reflect on the remarkable strength and dedication of this community. You have played a critical role in connecting the concerns of Friends in your meeting or church with advocacy with federal policymakers. I am so grateful to work with all of you.
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert
As FCNL’s deputy director of Strategic Advocacy, Sarah Freeman-Woolpert was responsible for deepening and expanding our Advocacy Teams program, a network of hundreds of Quakers and friends lobbying to build congressional champions for peace and justice.Debt Ceiling Showdown: Here’s What You Need to Know
Join FCNL and interfaith partners for a webinar to learn more about what is happening and how you can act to support vulnerable communities here at home and around the world as Congress negotiates a deal to lift the nation’s borrowing limit.Freedom of Press and Rule of Law are Sacred American Values Say Quakers
Washington, DC - The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) today expressed concern over the denial of press access to the White House and the threat to independent government investigations.No One Will Win if This Violence Continues to Escalate
In recent days, I’ve counted losses that I still cannot comprehend. This is a human crisis, and one thing is very clear: no one will win if this war continues to escalate. The U.S. must act urgently to help de-escalate the violence in Israel-Palestine.Sandy Robson
Sandy Robson develops programs for the new Quaker Welcome Center and sets up processes for the Friend in Washington program.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Growing Danger of Nuclear War
Sponsors: Physicians for Social Responsibility, Friends of the Chilmark Library. Speaker: Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility.National FCNL Network Mobilizes for Indigenous Justice
In recent months, the FCNL community has mobilized around the country for indigenous justice in solidarity with tribes advocating for the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act (S. 2907/H.R. 5444).Hurricane Harvey Updates
Hear from SCYM how Friends are weathering Hurricane Harvey. They’re posting updates from individuals, meetings, and churches.
Arthur Meyer Boyd
Arthur joined the FCNL staff in August, 1995, having previously been for many years the Baltimore Yearly Meeting representative to the FCNL General Committee, and clerk of the Personnel Committee, and a donor.