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  • Washington Newsletter: Forward Plan Resulted in a More Effective FCNL

    Washington Newsletter | December 16, 2022
    An analysis of the 2018–2022 Forward Plan concludes that despite the challenges of the last five years, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) has been transformed  into a “bigger, more resilient, and effective lobbying organization that continually innovates to meet challenges while remaining grounded in Quaker faith and practice.”
  • A Witness Against War

    Background | October 6, 2020
    John Huyler, a member of Boulder Friends Meeting, shares his journey to Friends and FCNL.
  • FCNL Joins 58 Groups in Calling on the President to Reduce the Pentagon Budget

    Letter | February 14, 2023
    Today, 59 groups sent a letter to President Biden with a simple message: Reduce the Pentagon budget and redirect those funds towards priorities that actually meet the needs of the American people.
  • Washington Newsletter

    Page | December 8, 2020
    The Washington Newsletter is a publication of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) and the FCNL Education Fund, two national nonpartisan Quaker organizations working for peace, justice, and environmental stewardship. It is printed in six editions each year.
  • Annual Meeting 2024: Advocacy That Never Gives Up

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    Our 2024 Annual Meeting brought together hundreds of Friends online and in Washington, D.C., from November 13-17 to learn, lobby, worship, and chart FCNL’s future.
  • Rebuilding Our Democracy

    Background | October 6, 2020
    When World War II broke out, more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were stripped of their rights. Actor George Takei and his family were among those imprisoned in ten internment camps throughout the U.S.
  • Send Sentencing Reform to the President's Desk

    Update | October 13, 2016
    A few months ago, it seemed sentencing reform was on life support. There just wasn’t enough time before the election to move any legislation forward — let alone a bill that would start to reverse the failed 40-year “war on drugs.”
  • Poor People's Campaign Moral March on Washington

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    The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington will be a generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and low-wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral allies, unions and partnering organizations.
  • Breaking Down the Building Blocks of Endless War: A Conversation with Rep. Barbara Lee and Other Experts

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    As we approach the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we have a real and urgent opportunity to knock out key pillars upholding the United States’ endless wars, and to do right by the hundreds of thousands of people harmed here and abroad as a result.
  • Protecting Communities in the Clean Energy Transition

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    Join FCNL’s Clarence Edwards and experts from the Inter-religious Working Group on Extractive Industries for a webinar to learn about the choices before us and actions we can take to aid the transition to renewables without harming vulnerable communities and the earth.