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  • Investing in Loving Our Neighbors

    Update | October 6, 2020
    How do we answer to “that of God” within every sojourner in our midst?
  • On Earth Day, Speak Out for Global Action on Climate Change

    Update | April 20, 2018
    Every Earth Day, we are reminded that all life on this planet is interconnected. We remember that the natural world is sacred and that we have a lot of work left to do to protect our ecosystems and atmosphere.
  • U.N. Climate Conference Underscores Need for Bold Action in Congress

    Statement | October 27, 2021
    The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is set to kick off this weekend, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
  • Our Legislative Priorities for the 118th Congress

    Background | March 15, 2023
    Every two years, preceding the start of a new session of Congress, FCNL asks Friends and their meetings, churches, and other groups all over the country to discern which public policy issues they feel are most pressing.
  • Moving at the Speed of Light

    Update | February 25, 2025

    The current administration is operating at a whirlwind pace and sowing chaos as it goes. FCNL strives to operate at the speed of Light in our advocacy for peace, justice, and the environment.  

  • FCNL Welcomes Pivotal Republican Climate Resolution

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    The partisan narrative on climate change was disrupted today when 17 House Republicans re-introduced a resolution that affirms that climate change is real, human-caused, and needs to be addressed by Congress.
  • Statement on Climate Encyclical

    Statement | October 5, 2016
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation joins with people of all faiths who are excited and grateful at the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Praised Be: On the Care of our Common Home.”
  • FCNL Statement for House Homeland Security Hearing on Refugees

    Statement | October 5, 2016
    Statement of Yasmine Taeb, Legislative Representative for Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Friends Committee on National Legislation, hearing on: “Crisis of Confidence: Preventing Terrorist Infiltration Through U.S. Refugee and Visa Programs,” House Committee on Homeland Security.
  • How Quakers are Working for Climate Justice

    Event - Quaker Changemaker Series |  -
    Even as the Biden administration has taken welcome executive action in 2021, the climate crisis looms larger by the day. Quakers are among those working for a vision of climate justice and creation care — through legislative advocacy, direct action, protests, sustainability work, and more.
  • 20 Years Later: Revisiting FCNL's Statement on the Attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Civilian Aircraft

    Update | September 13, 2021
    Twenty years ago today, FCNL released this statement in response to the attacks of September 11, mourning the lives lost and insisting that war was not the answer.