Every two years, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) asks Quaker communities to discern the most pressing legislative priorities for Congress. This input becomes the basis of FCNL’s advocacy work for the coming Congress.
Many white Friends, myself included, are exploring how our actions uphold white supremacy.
A distinctive feature of the Friends Committee on National Legislation is our practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape our work. This input becomes the basis of FCNL’s legislative advocacy in the coming Congress. Here are six tips to help you engage successfully and faithfully with this process in your community.
Through FCNL’s online and onsite travel to monthly meetings, Friends churches, and other Quaker communities, we join in meeting for worship, share messages, hear leadings and concerns, and provide spiritual and practical support to knit together Friends’ witness and FCNL’s advocacy for the world we seek. Here are just some of the ministries we offer Quaker communities and ways we can be a resource for your witness. Request a visitor to lead a program or contact us at Quakers@fcnl.org to learn more.
The rapid destruction of the natural world and the increasingly devastating effects of climate change leave us with an urgent call to act for restorative policies that would mitigate climate change’s effects.
On Dec. 6-8, FCNL’s outgoing General Secretary Diane Randall and incoming leader Bridget Moix joined leaders from Quaker Agencies in London to mark a time of transition in our leadership and our work. Together they affirmed their collective commitment to working to build the just and peaceful world God tells us can be ours.
The Friends Committee on National Legislation announced today that Bridget Moix will be the Quaker lobby’s new General Secretary effective January 24, 2022.
What does the next generation of leadership look like in the Religious Society of Friends? What is the role of current leaders in Quaker meetings and organizations in nurturing that leadership?
Every Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. ET, FCNL hosts a gathering on zoom for F/friends around the country. This is an opportunity to engage in silent worship and reflection with one another. It is a time to come together in community.
Polly Attwood and Becky Jones are members of the New England Yearly Meeting’s Noticing Patterns Working Group.
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