The Friends Committee on National Legislation, along with nine other Quaker organizations around the world, announced today their disengagement from X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Globally, this move within Quaker circles has come to be known as the eXodus and it has been a subject of much discernment.
Two Senators were honored during the FCNL Annual Meeting. Senator Rand Paul (KY) was honored with the Edward F. Snyder Award for Peace while Senator Cory Booker (NJ) received the FCNL Justice Award.
FCNL is honored to be the 16th recipient of the Peace Prize given by the US Memorial Peace Foundation.
FCNL presented The Compass Award to Representative Barbara Lee. The new award is given to an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to moral leadership.
FCNL welcomes and celebrates President Joe Biden’s apology for the abuses committed against Native children, their families, and their communities by the federal Indian Boarding School System.
FCNL applauded yesterday’s introduction of the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024 in the House of Representatives.
FCNL is troubled that the rate of food insecurity in the United States continued to tick upward for the second year in a row.
Washington, DC, July 30, 2024: City, county, and NGO leaders announced their support for the Destination Reception Assistance Act introduced today by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Grace Meng (NY-06), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13).
Legislation is endorsed by city and county leaders across the country.
FCNL and 63 other organizations wrote the Senate Appropriations Committee leadership urging them to reject the recently House-passed cuts to peacebuilding, human rights, humanitarian aid, migration, climate adaptation, and poverty-focused development assistance in the proposed FY25 appropriations.
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