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The Power of Our Witness
At the Quaker Welcome Center, we regularly see how the stories and connections of Friends are helping to make change on Capitol Hill.Quaker Lobby Urges Congress to Keep Hungry Americans Top of Mind Amid Farm Bill Negotiations
Washington, DC (September 6, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) applauded the drop in the number of food insecure households but argues much more work remains to end hunger and food insecurity in the United States. Yesterday, the same day the farm bill conferees met for their first public meeting, the Department of Agriculture released its annual food security data, reporting the number of people who were food insecure in 2017.FCNL Decries Rollback of Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
Washington, DC (August 21, 2018) – The Quaker lobby, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) strongly opposes revisions to the Clean Power Plan.Advocacy Teams Update: Berkeley Team Advances Congressional Sign-On Letter
FCNL’s Advocacy Team network is made up of more than 1,500 Quakers and friends from across the country who use their power as constituents to make change in Washington, D.C. Our success comes from our commitment to building relationships with Congress grounded in mutual respect and listening. We regularly feature stories from our network, this story comes to us from our team in Berkeley, Calif.FCNL Applauds Bipartisan Introduction of the Dream Act
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.Elections in Kenya – Recommendations to the U.S. Government
Friends in Kenya are calling on the U.S. government to take early action to prevent violence in Kenya’s upcoming presidential elections.FCNL: Trump’s Jerusalem Decision Foments Violence, Endangers Lives
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.Statement on the Attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Civilian Aircraft
FCNL wrote this statement the day after the September 11 attacks. Now and always, we seek a world free of war and the threat of war. We hold the victims, the survivors, their families, and all those affected in the Light.Annual Meeting 2023: Justice Calls Us. Love Unites Us.
Our 2023 Annual Meeting brought together hundreds of Friends online and in Washington, D.C., to learn, lobby, worship, and chart FCNL’s future.Joint statement: Grassroots groups respond to Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal
Joint statement by Beyond the Bomb, CREDO, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Indivisible, J Street, MoveOn.org Civic Action, NIAC Action, Peace Action, VoteVets, Win Without War, and Women’s Action for New Directions on Donald Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran nuclear agreement.