Washington Newsletter | Friends Committee On National Legislation

Advocates stand in front of Capitol building at Annual Meeting 2022

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Washington Newsletter: Lessons from the 117th Congress and Looking Ahead to the 118th Congress

May 1, 2023

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Michael Snarr (left) with participants from Wilmington College at FCNL's Spring Lobby Weekend 2022.

Washington Newsletter: Forward Plan Resulted in a More Effective FCNL

December 16, 2022

Environmental Justice: Refinery over home in Louisiana

Julie Dermansky

A home in Meraux, Louisiana is overshadowed by the Valero Meraux Refinery in an area referred to by some as "Cancer Alley."

Washington Newsletter: Environmental Justice for All

November 15, 2022

Yemen: Man sitting at mouth of cave overlooking landscape

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Soon after the war started in 2015, FCNL began advocating to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition’s war and the blockade of Yemen. Today, seven years later, we are still faithfully at it, consistent with our history of playing the long game.

Washington Newsletter: Advocating for Peace in Yemen

September 1, 2022

A tank built for protest reads, "Demilitarize Everything."

Eric Bond

A tank is decorated with calls for domestic priorities at the Poor People Campaign's Moral March on Washington in June, 2022.

Washington Newsletter: Building Peace in Times of War

June 28, 2022