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Healing the Harms of Nuclear Testing
Join lead nuclear disarmament lobbyist Allen Hester and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, for a conversation about the domestic impact of nuclear testing and how living out Quaker testimonies for peace and integrity call us to advocate with communities who still bear the scars of our country’s nuclear history. As we work collectively for a world free of nuclear weapons, we must also reckon with what those weapons have already done.Viewpoint: Zoomers Have Not Given up on Democracy
I’m proud that my generation, Gen Z or Zoomers, continues to vote, despite the rhetoric that our votes don’t matter or that elections are fraudulent. Voter suppression and gerrymandering occurred in many states, but we voted anyway.A Call to Renew Our Democracy and Love Our Neighbors, No Exceptions
We are dismayed and heartbroken by the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. We hold him, those killed and wounded, and all those affected by these traumatic events in the Light.Quaker Lobby Urges Increased Foreign Aid Funding, Not More Cuts
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.FCNL Helps Lead Organizations in Calling for More Peacebuilding Support
FCNL, Alliance for Peacebuilding, and Search for Common Ground drafted a letter urging Congress to provide robust support for foreign assistance focused on preventing and mitigating conflict in a new COVID-19 supplemental funding package. The letter, which was signed by 69 other organizations, emphasizes that COVID-19 is not only a public health emergency, but also an economic crisis that could trigger conflict globally.50 Years After My Lai: A Personal Reflection
When I entered the army in June 1967, my Basic Combat Training unit was at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Early on, one of our drill sergeants, a “lifer” who had plenty of combat experience from the Korean War to Vietnam, marched our platoon out into a field.Sixty Groups Call for Passage of Senate Bill to Prevent Genocide and Atrocities
Sixty organizations called on the Senate today to pass the bipartisan Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act as a step toward saving lives, protecting United States security and developing long-term solutions to violent conflicts.Influence Local Media
Newspapers in your area can influence policymakers and your community. Building a relationship with reporters and the editorial board of your local newspapers can help change or amplify their coverage of an issue you care about.Solitary Confinement and Quakers
This statement on behalf of the Friends Committee on National Legislation was submitted for the hearing: “Reassessing Solitary Confinement II: The Human Rights, Fiscal and Public Safety Consequences” to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights197 Organizations Call on President Obama to Rescind NSEERS
Members of President-elect Trump’s transition team have suggested that the Trump administration might reinstate NSEERS, a discriminatory system that functioned as a registry for Muslim immigrants. In this letter, FCNL and nearly 200 other organizations ask President Obama to take action to ensure that this does not happen.