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Thursdays with Friends: The State of Immigration Reform
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
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
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
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.Louis A. Harris, 30
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.
Stewarding Stillness
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.Jones Willingham
Jones Willingham is a junior at Samford University majoring in Law, Politics, and Society with a minor in Spanish. Jones is a musician that has worked with organizations such as RAINN, Neverthirst, and Sidewalk Film Festival.No Time to Waste for Climate Change
This Advocacy Corps is going to change the dialogue on climate change – I can already see it.Religious Leaders Concerned by Threats to DACA
Religious leaders, including FCNL’s Executive Secretary Diane Randall, expressed concern at new reports that President Trump is seriously considering ending a program that protects 800,000 young immigrants from deportation.Members of Congress, National Faith Leaders, and Parents Call for Urgent Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Before Year’s End
Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH) and House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) joined the speakers to call for swift action to address child poverty, which has risen sharply since the expiration of the expanded Child Tax Credit at the end of 2021.