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  • Welcome Bridget Moix, FCNL’s Fifth General Secretary

    Background | April 22, 2022
    When Bridget Moix began her tenure as general secretary in January 2022, she came back to an organization she knows well.
  • Don’t Count Pathways to Citizenship Out

    Update | September 24, 2021
    This week, the Senate parliamentarian issued guidance against an initial plan to include a pathway to citizenship for undocumented communities in congressional recovery legislation.
  • FCNL Opposes Goodlatte Immigration Proposal, Urges Action on Dreamer Citizenship

    Statement | March 19, 2021
    The Securing America’s Future Act (H.R. 4760) stands in stark contrast to the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s pursuit of policies that build just societies, peaceful communities, and equitable relationships among all people.
  • Spring Lobby Weekend 2025

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    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

    Person - Advocacy Corps 2020-2021, - Staff | March 28, 2024
    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.
  • Discussion Guide: Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy

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    This guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the discussion paper Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy. By holding small group discussions about the issues raised in that paper, ordinary Americans can expand awareness of the harmful impacts of current U.S. foreign policy and the need for a more just and peaceful alternative. Working together at the local level, we can start building a groundswell for change.
  • Yasmine Taeb speaks at Refugee Forum

    Update | October 17, 2016
    Join in an afternoon of education, networking and action on October 9 in Sandy Spring, MD.
  • 80 Faith Organizations: Border Wall Inconsistent with Values

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    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

    Update | December 20, 2017
    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.”
  • Prisons Are Deeply Unprepared for COVID-19

    Update | September 16, 2020
    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.