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Thursdays with Friends: Presidential War Powers and Endless Wars
For nearly two decades, the United States has relied on two congressional war authorizations—the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the 2002 Iraq AUMF—to serve as the legal basis for military operations against suspected terrorist groups abroad. Diane’s guest will be Heather Brandon-Smith, FCNL’s lead lobbyist on U.S. wars and militarism.Thursdays with Friends: Young Adults Building Movements for Change
With Spring Lobby Weekend just around the corner, we’ll chat about the power of young people to change Congress.Thursdays with Friends: A White House Perspective on a Just Recovery
Join us for a conversation with Josh Dickson, White House senior adviser for faith engagement, on the path forward for the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan.Thursdays with Friends: Historic Opportunity to Cut Child Poverty
Join Diane Randall and FCNL’s Legislative Director Amelia Kegan for a look at child poverty and the opportunity we have to ensure fairness and equality in recovery legislation.Thursdays with Friends: How Tax Credits are Changing Lives
The recently expanded Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit are already reducing poverty in communities throughout the country. Join us to hear more about how these tax credits are changing lives, and what we can do to ensure that this important tool for reducing poverty is available to more of our neighbors.Thursdays with Friends: Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Endless Wars and Endless Pentagon Spending
Join us to learn how FCNL’s Diana Ohlbaum is working to build popular and policymaker understanding of how the hyper-militarized U.S. approach to “national security” is hurting us, and how we can replace it with a more peaceful, just and sustainable policy framework.Visiting Friends
Friends Place Fly In
Join us in Washington, D.C. October 15 - 17, 2023. Learn and lobby with the Friends Committee on National Legislation on federal migration policy with programming and lodging at Friends Place.Visiting Friend Toolkit
Everything you need to bring FCNL’s message of faith in action to meetings and churches across the country: a volunteer handbook, a guide to visits, a resource toolkit, and more!Friend in Washington Program
FCNL has hosted Quaker volunteers as Friends in Washington for more than five decades. Friends in Washington have strengthened FCNL’s expertise in priority areas, written resource materials, and cultivated relationships with lawmakers from their states. The Friend in Washington program is on hiatus through June 2026.