In a significant victory for Native American rights, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act this week. ICWA was established in 1978 to remedy decades of government abuse that resulted in the removal of hundreds of thousands of Native children from their homes and communities.
To ensure peace and Yemeni self-determination, U.S. lawmakers must work with Yemenis like Shireen, Neda, Aisha, and Sumaya to help lift the Saudi blockade and support a truly inclusive peace process.
With the danger of a nuclear arms race and nuclear war rising, President Biden, backed by Congress, must reestablish nuclear disarmament diplomacy and reinforce de-escalation efforts.
Keeping secret money out of elections is the key to keeping them free and fair.
In May 1962, a group of Quakers from FCNL and AFSC headed to the White House to meet with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. Within a year, JFK made his famous speech at American University, asking “What kind of peace do we seek?”
Nakba : An Arabic word meaning “catastrophe.” It refers to the ongoing violent displacement of Palestinians that began 75 years ago on May 15, 1948, when more than 700,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel. For Palestinians, whether they live in Israel, the Occupied West Bank, Gaza, or in the diaspora, displacement is an ever-present reality. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) introduced a new bill, H.Res.388: Recognizing the Ongoing Nakba and Palestinian Refugees’ Rights, which seeks to recognize the Nakba as an ongoing process
Your advocacy helped keep many harmful cuts and provisions out of this week’s budget deal. Now we must continue to work together to protect investments in the critical programs that prevent conflict and heal communities.
Sometimes advocating for preventing gun violence can seem challenging and, frankly, a bit lonely. So, the opportunity to spend time with more than 300 young and motivated people who came to Washington, D.C., to lobby for dedicated funding for Community Violence Interrupters was refreshing.
FCNL is a force for peace and justice. Our power comes from uplifting our prophetic mission and living into the world we seek. We must ask ourselves how Congress fits into our vision. Seeking an answer to that question, FCNL General Secretary Bridget Moix joined Sarah Freeman-Woolpert and me at the One America Movement Conference in Atlanta, GA, last month.
On May 11, 2022, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot by a soldier while covering an Israeli military raid at a refugee camp. The introduction of the Justice for Shireen Act (H.R.3477) one year later marks a significant step in work to prevent future human rights violations and attacks on press members.
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