Saturday, March 25 will mark the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Saudi-led coalition’s bombing of Yemen. To mark the occasion, a coalition of U.S. and international groups will hold an online rally to inspire and enhance education and activism to end the war in Yemen.
On Jan. 9, FCNL’s General Secretary Diane Randall joined a group of faith leaders in calling on Congress to reassert its war powers authority and pass legislation to prohibit war with Iran.
On May 9, 2019, FCNL and over 50 faith-based, anti-war, and other concerned organizations wrote a letter urging senators to cosponsor S.J.Res.11, which prohibits unauthorized military intervention in Venezuela.
The Securing America’s Future Act (H.R. 4760) stands in stark contrast
to the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s pursuit of policies
that build just societies, peaceful communities, and equitable
relationships among all people.
The Native American Working Group of the Washington Interfaith Staff Coalition recently lobbied the House Judiciary Committee to support the SURVIVE Act. Here’s what the Working Group submitted.
This coming fiscal year, the United States is set to spend more than $640 billion dollars on the Pentagon and war, accounting for more than 60 percent of federal domestic spending. In excess of $85 billion of that will be spent on the war in Afghanistan alone.
President Joe Biden will soon have an opportunity to establish his overarching vision for the role nuclear weapons should play in U.S. national security. As the administration prepares to undertake its Nuclear Posture Review, FCNL stands united with 24 interfaith partners in calling on the President to move us closer to a world free from the existential threat of nuclear war.
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