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  • Trade for Well-Being, Not Just for Profit

    Statement | February 3, 2017
    On May 19th, FCNL joined the American Friends Service Committee, Quaker Council for European Affairs, Quaker Peace & Social Witness, and the Quaker UN Office in releasing a shared Quaker statement on TTIP and free trade agreements.

  • FCNL Written Statement for Senate Judiciary Hearing on U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program

    Statement | October 14, 2016
    Statement of Yasmine Taeb, Legislative Representative for Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Hearing on: “Oversight of the Administration’s FY 2017 Refugee Resettlement Program.”

  • On National Women’s Equality Day—Still Reaching for Our Democratic Ideals

    Update | August 25, 2020
    We are still becoming a full democracy. Not until August 26, 1920, when Congress adopted the nineteenth amendment prohibiting states from denying the right to vote on the basis of sex, could women cast a ballot.

  • A Roadmap to Prioritize Peace

    Background | February 4, 2022
    FCNL has issued a series of reports that offer recommendations to President Biden for his first 100 days and to Congress for putting peace at the core of U.S. foreign policy.

  • FCNL and More Than 100 Other Organizations Call for Commitments to Peace

    Letter | September 20, 2019
    Sept. 21 marks the International Day of Peace, which was established in 1981 by a unanimous resolution in the U.N.’s General Assembly. To mark the day, FCNL joined over 100 peacebuilding organizations from around the world in issuing a statement to U.N. member states that brings attention to peace concerns.

  • Connecting Policy Issues with Standing Rock

    Background | November 20, 2016

    Issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies weave through many of the interactions between the federal government and Native peoples in the U.S. and define and describe the flawed relationship between the U.S. and Indian nations.

  • Human Rights Week of Action: Interview with Diane Randall

    Background | December 12, 2018

    December 10th marked Washington, D.C.’s 10th anniversary as a Human Rights City.

  • Laurie McPherson

    Person | October 13, 2017

    Laurie facilitates and oversees the Quaker Welcome Center programming.

  • Liam Jacques, 19

    Person - SLW 2018 | June 7, 2018

    This is my first time being involved with FCNL or any organization at all for that matter. I was connected to them through a family friend in Florida.

  • Emmet Hollingshead

    Person - Program Assistants 2018 | November 2, 2020
    Emmet served as FCNL’s Program Assistant for Militarism and Human Rights for 2018-2019. He lobbied for more peaceful, ethical, and holistic U.S. foreign policy.