Background

What touchstones, teachings, and traditions can Quakers draw on to nourish and guide our outward lives and activism?

For nearly two decades, the United States has relied on two congressional war authorizations to serve as the legal basis for military operations against suspected terrorist groups abroad. The Constitution provides the president with inherent powers to use military force without congressional authorization for defensive purposes. While this power is necessarily limited, it is significant and ensures that, even absent an AUMF, the president retains the ability to use military force in order to defend the national security of the United States.

The January 6 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol jolted our political landscape.

The first teams were launched in 2015. Today, we have more than 120 teams stretching across 42 states, engaging Congress to end endless wars.

We spoke with two FCNL constituents to learn why advocacy is personal to them.

Read on to learn what’s new on Capitol Hill, what’s the same, and how you can engage your members of Congress.

Democracy in the United States has always been a work in progress. But the events of the first few weeks of January remind us of how much work is still needed.

The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant economic crash have created monumental challengesfor every country on Earth. But these crises are not affecting all people or all nations equally.

Native American people in this country come from communities that have historically faced genocide, forced removal, and loss of resources that date back to the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the late 1400s.

“[T]hat’s what FCNL has been bringing: a clear moral voice for change to live up to our highest ideals. It’s admirable; it’s necessary; and it’s the time for it right now in the season of optimism, of hope … for the next few years in our country.”