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  • FCNL: Trump’s Jerusalem Decision Foments Violence, Endangers Lives

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    FCNL condemns the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, a provocative move that foments violence in the Middle East and endangers lives in the Middle East and potentially beyond. The Friends Committee on National Legislation urges Congress to denounce this provocation and to refuse to fund Trump’s planned fortress-like embassy in Jerusalem.
  • Discerning Your Role in the 2024 Elections

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    Are you nervous, excited, frustrated, or even apathetic about the upcoming Presidential election? A lot is at stake in the upcoming elections, but what role do you feel called to play?

  • Native American Legislative Update

    Native American Legislative Update | June 17, 2020
    Welcome to FCNL’s Native American Legislative Update! The NALU is a monthly newsletter about FCNL’s Native American policy advocacy and ways for you to engage your members of Congress. FCNL’s Congressional Advocates for Native American policy are Lacina Tangnaqudo Onco (Shinnecock/Kiowa) and Kerri Colfer (Tlingit).
  • FCNL Applauds Bipartisan Introduction of the Dream Act

    Press Release | March 19, 2021
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers) applauds the bipartisan Dream Act of 2017, introduced today by Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY). This legislation outlines a path for Dreamers to become full and flourishing citizens of the country in which they grew up.
  • Thursdays with Friends: The State of Immigration Reform

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    Join Diane Randall and Marisa León-Gómez Sonet, FCNL’s legislative associate for immigration and refugee policy, for a conversation about the state of immigration policy in the United States.
  • Global Fragility Act

    Background | April 9, 2019
    World-wide levels of violence are at a 25-year peak, undercutting stability, reversing development gains, and spurring a global migration crisis not seen since World War II. Violence has surpassed natural disasters as the main driver behind forced displacement.
  • More Republicans Questioning Refugee Order

    Background | August 17, 2020
    Dozens of Republican members of Congress are speaking out against President Trumps executive order on refugees. These members need encouragement to call on the president to rescind the executive order entirely.
  • Shutdown Watch: Senate Should Pass Remaining Bills

    Update | August 17, 2020
    Congress has until Friday to pass the remaining spending bills and avert another government shutdown. A bipartisan bicameral group of lawmakers were tasked with coming up with a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security. They are right up against the deadline for coming up with an agreement.
  • Stewarding Stillness

    Update | February 6, 2024
    As we look toward the next eight decades—or even the next five years—we wonder how to remain brave and constant amid deep partisan divides, ongoing horrors of war, racism, xenophobia, and an environment in crisis. Being still during some of our most trying times has enabled us to hear, recalibrate, and think deeply, instead of being strictly reactionary.
  • Louis A. Harris, 30

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    I’m not Quaker but I identify with what Quakers believe.

    Spring Lobby Weekend has been awe-inspiring. It’s my first time to D.C. But I hope to be president someday. I want to be a politician. Being here is giving me the education, understanding, and resources to do that.