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  • Attorney General Pauses Reforms Geared to Curb Institutional Racism and Excessive Force

    Statement | April 5, 2017
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation deplores Attorney General Jeff Session’s recent decision to pause reforms designed to protect people from militarized policing.

  • Water Is Life at Standing Rock

    Update | April 4, 2017
    The prayer camps at Standing Rock are places for ceremony, learning, and respect. Relations with the federal government seem to be marked by acknowledgment of history and openness to mutually acceptable solutions. But relations with the police – local, state, and private security – are increasingly marked by aggression.

  • Infrastructure in Indian Country

    Update | April 4, 2017
    Testimony in a House hearing frames the discussion about infrastructure development in Indian country. Tribes want to be consulted. Consultation does not mean telling us what you’re going to do. Consultation means listening and making the necessary changes to ensure these projects do not harm our people, our lands, and our resources.

  • Sandy Robson

    Person | March 28, 2017

    Sandy Robson develops programs for the new Quaker Welcome Center and sets up processes for the Friend in Washington program.

  • Young Adults Lobby to #ResistInjustice

    Update | March 24, 2017
    Just days before a vote to eliminate the Medicaid program as we know it and repeal the Affordable Care Act, 400 young adults from 37 states came to Washington, DC to lobby at FCNL’s Spring Lobby Weekend.

  • Senate Confirms David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel

    Statement | March 23, 2017
    FCNL vigorously opposed the nomination and urged senators to speak out against his nomination and the dangerous pro-settlement, pro-occupation policies that Friedman has advocated. 

  • The Attorney General Codifies Mass Incarceration as DOJ Policy

    Statement | March 10, 2017
    Mr. Sessions is ordering federal prosecutors to ramp up prosecutions and likely seek heavier sentences on drug crimes.

  • Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines

    Background | March 7, 2017
    We believe that it is extremely important that our financial investments are consistent with FCNL’s vision of a world free of war and the threat of war, a society with equity and justice for all, a community where every person’s potential may be fulfilled, and an earth restored.

  • Trump Muslim Ban is Reprehensible

    Statement | March 2, 2017
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation is outraged by and strongly opposes President Trump’s executive order that will close our doors to refugees fleeing violence and persecution.

  • Call to Conscience on Climate Disruption

    Background | February 27, 2017
    Bipartisan congressional action is vital to catalyze the necessary national and global solutions to climate disruption. FCNL’s Call to Conscience on Climate Disruption seeks to dissipate the partisan logjam through a faith-filled, non-partisan moral call.