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Quaker Lobby Honored to Receive US Peace Prize
FCNL is honored to be the 16th recipient of the Peace Prize given by the US Memorial Peace Foundation.On Fences and the Trump Administration
Washington, DC, and the whole country are gearing up for President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, January 20. How do we navigate this new political era as Friends?
Washington Newsletter: Investing in Loving Our Neighbors
How do we answer to “that of God” within every sojourner in our midst?Supporting the Changemaker: Ten Years of Communities in Action
This year marks the ten-year anniversary of FCNL’s Advocacy Teams and Advocacy Corps, two programs that have empowered thousands of F/friends and young adults to become effective advocates and organizers.
Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Spotlights Weapons Used in Yemen War
This year Quakers nominated Mwatana, together with the UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade, for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate will be announced on Oct. 8.Q&A: All of Nature Is Connected
We spoke with Shelley Tanenbaum about the critical work of Quaker Earthcare Witness.Elections 2022: How to Engage
This is an extraordinary election year. As people of faith, our voices are needed not only to strengthen our democracy but to help end bigotry and hate, prevent electoral violence, and begin to heal the deep divisions in our country. Find ways to engage in the 2022 elections through early voting, volunteering as a poll worker, engaging in election protection work as a poll chaplain, and more.“I Rage Because I Love”
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”Quaker Statement on Potential Israeli Annexation of the West Bank
As organizations that are part of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) we are deeply concerned about the threatened Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank. Such an action would violate international law, formalize land theft, further entrench inequalities and the denial of Palestinian rights, intensify human suffering, and make realizing a just and lasting peace more difficult.Anti-Poverty Programs Help Lift Americans Out of Poverty
Washington, DC (September 14, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is encouraged to see the reduction in U.S. poverty and attribute this improvement to effective government programs like tax credits and food assistance. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau report, released this week, the official poverty rate decreased from 12.7 percent in 2016 to 12.3 percent in 2017, now totaling 39.7 million people.