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  • Arrest of Ramallah Friends School Student Shines Light on Abuse of Palestinian Children

    Update | October 21, 2022
    Shadi Khouri is a 16-year-old student at the Ramallah Friends School, a 150-year-old Quaker school in Palestine. This week he was arrested, held in Israeli military detention, and interrogated without the presence of a parent or lawyer. What is happening to Shadi is terrifying and—devastatingly—not unique. This violation is just one example of the systematic abuse felt by Palestinian children living under occupation.

  • Interview: Diane Randall, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, discusses restraining the US defense budget

    FCNL in the News | September 7, 2021
    In this interview, I asked Randall about efforts to cut (or at least reduce the rate of growth of) the United States defense budget, which exceeds $750 billion annually, even though other challenges to national security—climate change and pandemic disease, to name just two—loom large.

  • The Friends Committee on National Legislation Deplores the Supreme Court United States v. Texas Non-Decision, Calls for Congressional Action

    Press Release | September 25, 2016
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation stands in solidarity with millions of immigrant families left in excruciating limbo following the Supreme Court of the United States split 4-4 decision today.

  • Responding to COVID-19

    Page | September 22, 2020
    The coronavirus pandemic is a generational threat, and its impacts will be felt by all of us. But know this: Our work for peace and justice will go on. Here’s how we will continue our advocacy in the face of COVID-19, and how you can join us.

  • Peace in Our Hearts, Justice in the World

    Event | June 21, 2019
    FCNL staff and friends are bringing Quaker Advocacy to Grinnell College and Friends General Committee June 30-July 6, 2019. We hope to see you, if you are in town for the day or at the gathering for the week!

  • FCNL Opposes Bill Limiting Access to Asylum

    Statement | June 13, 2017
    On June 14, the House Judiciary Committee is marking up a bill misnamed the Protection of Children Act (H.R. 495) which would make children and asylum seekers more vulnerable and decrease meaningful access to the asylum process. Read FCNL’s statement of opposition for the record.

  • Young Adults Lobby to #ResistInjustice

    Update | March 23, 2017
    Just days before a vote to eliminate the Medicaid program as we know it and repeal the Affordable Care Act, 400 young adults from 37 states came to Washington, DC to lobby at FCNL’s Spring Lobby Weekend.

  • Turning the Tide on Incarceration

    Update | October 6, 2016
    We’re starting to turn the tide in Congress. “We have 5% of the world’s population, but we have 25% of the world’s prisoners.” This is being repeated over and over, between a multitude of briefings, press conferences, and FCNL’s meetings on Capitol Hill.

  • Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves

    Background | February 18, 2021
    What touchstones, teachings, and traditions can Quakers draw on to nourish and guide our outward lives and activism?

  • Prophetic. Persistent. Powerful. Annual Meeting 2018

    Event - Annual Meeting | November 29, 2018
    Hundreds of Friends came together from across the country for worship, listening, advocacy, and community, as we looked forward to the next 75 years for FCNL.