After a decade of leadership, Diane Randall will be stepping down in December 2021 as general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation. We spoke with several members of the FCNL community to learn more about the legacy Diane Randall leaves behind.
Diane has been a mentor to me ever since her first days at FCNL.
Shortly after she began working at FCNL, Diane Randall recalls being stopped in her tracks by a clear internal message from Spirit encouraging her in the work of FCNL.
Our story is written every day by our actions as we choose hope and work for justice. We are all becoming as we let our lives speak.
Twenty-one Advocacy Corps organizers from the 2021–2022 and the 2020–2021 classes met for the first time in Washington, D.C., over Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend.
Drones have rapidly become one of the U.S. military’s primary weapons as U.S. counterterrorism policy has gravitated toward methods that are more secretive, more lethal, and more removed from the battlefield. Here’s what you need to know.
I joined FCNL as the congressional advocate for the Native American Advocacy Program last June. But I started advocating for my community long before joining FCNL.
Following FCNL’s tradition of witnessing in solidarity with Native Americans, we are amplifying the efforts of Native advocates to formalize this truth-telling process in current legislation.
Native organizations most often ask for lobbying support. FCNL’s monthly Native American Legislative Update makes that easy. Some Quakers want to become effective community educators.
While certain topics get lots of attention, we Friends rarely inform ourselves about the lack of basic funding that affects Native families across the country. The National Congress of American Indians publishes an annual report that has facts about issues such as housing, education, or environmental protection.
Native Americans, who currently number 9.7 million, have died from the virus at more than twice the rate of white Americans across the United States.
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