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  • Update on Immigration

    Update | August 17, 2020
    Last week, the Freedom Caucus challenged Republican party leadership to bring up a hardline immigration proposal to the floor in exchange for their votes on the Farm Bill. What now?

  • Sadhana Singh, 31

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    It’s my first time at Spring Lobby Weekend but I have lobbied with Quakers in the past.

  • Change Can Happen

    Update | October 6, 2020
    This has been an inspiring time in Washington, D.C.! We have been riveted by our baseball team, the Washington Nationals, who unexpectedly made it into the playoffs and won the World Series! I became a big fan of this team. That they won and that I became so invested is testament that change can happen.

  • Reject a Religious Test for Refugees

    Letter | October 27, 2016
    Executive Secretary Diane Randall wrote a letter to Senator Ted Cruz (TX) in response to remarks he made during a Senate Judiciary hearing on the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.

  • Directors Agree to New Management of William Penn House

    Update | October 6, 2020
    For more than 50 years, FCNL and William Penn House have worked to advance Quaker witness on Capitol Hill. After several months of discernment and worship, the boards of directors of both organizations agreed that the FCNL Education Fund would assume governance and management of William Penn House effective Sept. 1, 2019.

  • The Link Between Climate and Conflict

    Background | September 25, 2016
    The Pentagon is preparing for a world remade by climate change. The agency’s “2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap” clearly lays out the connection between climate and national security. It argues that climate change adds to the burdens of already fragile and weak states, creating an environment ripe for political dissent and instability.

  • Bill Analysis: Environmental Justice for All Act

    Background | June 15, 2023
    The Environmental Justice for All Act addresses the prevalence of toxic waste sites and heavy polluting fossil fuel infrastructure in and near communities of color and low-income communities.

  • Our Compassion Must Outweigh Our Fear

    Update | October 4, 2016
    As some leaders have seized upon the recent, tragic events in Brussels as an opportunity to sow fear and discord within American communities, we must call upon our elected officials to demonstrate compassionate leadership and show solidarity with all victims of terrorism around the world, Christian and Muslim alike.

  • Faith Voices Call: Citizenship For All

    Event |  -
    Join FCNL’s Anika Forrest and interfaith partners for a bilingual webinar on Monday, Sept. 20. They’ll share updates on Congress’s budget reconciliation process, who could get covered by the path to citizenship that has been included in budget reconciliation legislative text, and how you can take action to help get a clean and inclusive path to citizenship across the finish line.

  • Faith Groups to Congress: Prioritize Human Needs, Not Immigration Enforcement

    Letter | May 2, 2019
    As the appropriations process for 2020 begins, FCNL joined 30 national, faith-based organizations in calling on Congress to recognize its moral obligation to allocate federal funds in a manner that prioritizes human needs, rather than expanding immigration enforcement measures that attack children, families, and workers.