Update

Early this year, Hassan El-Tayyab returned to Ramallah Friends School in the West Bank. In talking with students, he asked them if they support a ceasefire in Gaza and their hopes for Palestine. Their interviews were recorded and can be viewed on Instagram.

As the war in Gaza enters its sixth month, grassroots advocacy for a ceasefire continues to grow stronger.

As the war in Gaza continues to escalate and reverberate throughout the Middle East, increasingly more Quaker churches and meetings have issued minutes to express their concern for the conflict.

During Spring Lobby Weekend, March 16-19, 2024, we asked several participants why they lobby for The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (H.R. 7227/S. 1723).

The United States has never acknowledged the historic trauma and pain of the Indian boarding school era—a dark chapter in our history full of terror and cultural genocide against Native children, families, and their communities.

We are halfway through 2024, and global warming is continuing to break records, with scientists increasingly predicting that this year could surpass 2023 as the hottest year. One thing is abundantly clear: climate change is more than a potential threat—it is here.

Amid escalating global tensions, FCNL recently led a letter to Congress with 17 interfaith organizations supporting a new resolution on arms control.

Every year Congress requires the Pentagon to submit “wish lists” for additional weapons, offering a backdoor to boosting already exorbitant military spending. To rein in wasteful and unnecessary Pentagon spending, FCNL is supporting the bipartisan Streamline the Pentagon Budgeting Act.

Amid widespread outrage over Israel’s recent killing of seven international aid workers and the worsening crisis in Gaza, pressure to end military aid to Israel is mounting. The United States has both the power and the responsibility to push the Israeli government to change course. Amid continued inaction from the Biden administration, it is up to Congress to act.

At a school in Ukraine, four-year olds learn not to touch any of the colorful debris in their backyards. In a rural community in Zimbabwe, farmers and cattle risk their lives going out to graze.