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Spring Lobby Weekend 2025
In March 2025, hundreds of young adults gathered for Spring Lobby Weekend—our young adult advocacy conference and day of action. Over 300 lobbied Congress to prevent millions of people from losing healthcare and food assistance.Tanzania Thomas
Tanzania Thomas (she/her) is the Advocacy Corps Coordinator at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Tanzania oversees, coordinates and guides the work of the Advocacy Corps Program; a 10 month-long program that onboards up to 20 young adults organizing their local community around federal legislation.Yasmine Taeb speaks at Refugee Forum
Join in an afternoon of education, networking and action on October 9 in Sandy Spring, MD.80 Faith Organizations: Border Wall Inconsistent with Values
Eighty state & local faith-based organizations and congregations urge members of Congress to oppose any efforts to build a wall or further militarize the U.S.-Mexico border.Climate change is more than a security threat – it’s a reality for America’s prisoners
On December 12 President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2018. In it is a statement that reads: “Climate change is a direct threat to the national security of the United States.”Dreamers Need Us
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is under threat. We need you to take action over the next month to protect young immigrants from being deported away from the only country they call home.Prisons Are Deeply Unprepared for COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has drilled into us a standard set of precautionary measures: Wash your hands, maintain distance from other people, and avoid groups. But there is a population within our society that is unable to take the precautions that we take for granted: incarcerated people.Q&A: Advocating Native Issues
How can Friends be allies with the Native community?
Native organizations most often ask for lobbying support. FCNL’s monthly Native American Legislative Update makes that easy. Some Quakers want to become effective community educators.
Acting in Solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The protests and police violence at Standing Rock replay a centuries-old dynamic. The U.S. government is once again failing to protect the rights of Native Americans.Nuria Raul
Nuria Raul assists the Peacebuilding team in their efforts to lobby for U.S. foreign policy that aims to prevent and abate violent conflict globally.