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  • Hurricane Harvey Updates

    Update | September 12, 2017

    Hear from SCYM how Friends are weathering Hurricane Harvey. They’re posting updates from individuals, meetings, and churches.

  • Arthur Meyer Boyd

    Person | September 23, 2016

    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.

  • Statement Regarding Anti-Terrorism Compliance

    Statement | October 13, 2016
    Many foundations and other institutional funders are now requiring that grantees certify as a condition for receiving a grant that they are not supporting terrorism.

  • Faith Vigil for Peace in Ukraine

    Event |  -
    On the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, please join us in praying together and lamenting the human harm caused by violence and conflict.

  • Q&A: Lethal Disregard for People on the Move

    Background | March 11, 2022
    In December 2020, several Quaker organizations, including FCNL, released a joint “Quaker Statement on Migration,” which outlined a shared version for Friends’ work on migration policy. We spoke with Laurel Townhead, human rights and refugees representative for the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva, to learn more about her work and the process behind the document

  • Three Months After Its Introduction, We Need The Freedom Of Religion Act More Than Ever.

    FCNL in the News | October 4, 2016

    Yasmine Taeb, the Legislative Representative for Human Rights & Civil Liberties at the Friends Committee on National Legislation joined the House delegation on stage.

  • FCNL Applauds Committee Passage of Genocide, Atrocities Prevention Act

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC (May 17, 2018) – The Quaker lobby, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) applauded the approval today of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2017 (H.R. 3030) by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

  • Quaker Lobby Applauds Congress for Passing Farm Bill, Protecting Struggling Families by Supporting SNAP

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC – After months of intense negotiations and back-and-forth, both the House and Senate have approved the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (H.R.2), now headed to the President to be signed into law. The final bill protects and strengthens SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) provisions. It also excludes harsh provisions in the House bill that would have cut people from SNAP who are struggling to find or keep work.

  • FCNL Commends Bipartisan Farm Bill Passage

    Statement | June 22, 2020
    Washington, DC (June 29, 2018) – The Quaker lobby, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), applauds the Senate for protecting vital nutrition programs in the Senate Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which passed with strong bipartisan support in an 86-11 vote last night.

  • FCNL Welcomes New Ways to Track Ongoing Police Militarization

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC - The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) today applauded House appropriators taking several modest steps to change a 1997 law that created a pipeline of weapons and materials between the Pentagon and local police departments. The pipeline is known as the 1033 program after a provision in the recently renewed National Defense Authorization Act.