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  • Outreach Conversations

    Advocacy Resource | September 24, 2016
    Lobbying with a group multiplies your power; every person’s stories and connections can help move policy change forward. Finding a group to lobby with takes intentional conversations – just like a lobby visit!

  • FCNL Denounces Israeli Violence Against East Jerusalem Palestinians

    Statement | May 11, 2021
    FCNL urges the Biden administration and members of Congress to use their influence to help bring a swift conclusion to the latest round of violence, ensure that Palestinian rights and dignity are protected, and negotiate a peaceful and permanent end to the conflict in Israel/Palestine.

  • Our Dysfunctional Economy Undermines Quaker Tenets of Justice

    Update | July 15, 2021
    As the country reopens, we have a chance to push for a recovery that promises basic humanity to individuals who have been overlooked for far too long.

  • “It Takes All of Us,” Say Ramallah Students

    Background | August 31, 2022
    My time at RFS was part of my recent journey through Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territory (oPT). I wanted to better understand the Israeli occupation and blockade of Gaza from the perspectives of those living there and discuss ways to address these challenges.

  • Celebrating Juneteenth and Continuing the Work

    Statement | June 15, 2023
    Confronting racism and building a more just and equitable world is ongoing work that requires reckoning with our country’s past and transforming our future.

  • FCNL Launches Development of New Strategic Plan

    Background | February 28, 2023
    As I look back on 14 years working at FCNL, it’s clear that planning processes have been one of the ways that Spirit has moved within the FCNL community to guide the organization.

  • June 2023: Inside the Greenhouse

    Inside the Greenhouse | June 8, 2023
    On April 20, the Biden administration announced a $1 billion investment  into the Green Climate Fund. The Green Climate Fund is one of the United Nations’ primary mechanisms for assisting developing countries in adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change.

  • August 2023: Native American Legislative Update

    Native American Legislative Update | August 28, 2023
    This summer, the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Office of Environmental Justice, and the Office of Tribal Justice held a regional summit for tribal leaders in Spokane, WA. These gatherings aim to fulfill the commitment outlined in the department’s Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy.

  • October 2023: Native American Legislative Update

    Native American Legislative Update | October 30, 2023
    Congress and the Biden administration’s abusive immigration enforcement decisions can have a profound impact on Native communities. There are 151 federally recognized tribes that have a presence in a southern border state. The U.S.-Mexico border wall affects at least 29 Indigenous communities, including the Kumeyaay Nation and Tohono O’odham.

  • Organizing Among Diasporas for Peace

    Update | January 7, 2024
    At the inaugural Diaspora Organizer Gathering at Friends Place on Capitol Hill this fall, I spent four transformative days sharing, learning, and connecting with organizers from across the country. They were all there from different diaspora—communities who have been dispersed from their homelands—and activist backgrounds.