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We Are Our Own Medicine
The American Friends Service Committee sent a delegation to visit for four days with the prayer circles established near the Cannonball River in North Dakota, the site for the ceremonies of the water protectors, the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies.Yasmine Taeb Discusses Continued Support for Refugee Resettlement Amidst Calls for Fast-tracking Anti-Refugee Bill
FCNL’s lobbyist on Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Yasmine Taeb, spoke with Politico about the need to continue supporting our refugee resettlement program after the arrest of two refugees in California and Texas prompted some members of Congress to call for fast-tracking anti-refugee legislation.Zoe Jannuzi
Zoe Jannuzi was the program assistant for Middle East policy. She lobbied with Hassan El-Tayyab for peace and justice in the Middle East, with particular focus on Palestine, Yemen, and Iran.Olivia Delaplaine
Olivia Delaplaine serves as the Advocacy Coordinator for FCNL.We must not stop taking action to protect Medicaid
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Help! My Representatives Never Agree with Me
It can be frustrating when your members of Congress disagree with you on many or even most issues. But with persistence, organizing, and strategy, you can move your members of Congress toward peace and justice.FCNL Written Statement for Senate Judiciary Hearing on U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program
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.”Trade for Well-Being, Not Just for Profit
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 Statement for the Record for House Judiciary Committee Markup of Anti-Refugee Bill
Quakers are challenged to answer that of God in all people and therefore called to act with openness to all refugees, regardless of their country of origin or religion. FCNL calls on Congress to treat refugees with the same dignity and respect and urges the Committee to support the U.S. refugee resettlement program.On National Women’s Equality Day—Still Reaching for Our Democratic Ideals
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.