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  • 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.”

  • Remembering Ed Snyder

    Update | October 12, 2016
    We’re deeply sad to share the news that former FCNL Executive Secretary Ed Snyder passed away on Friday, August 12. He served FCNL for 35 years, including as Executive Secretary from 1962 to 1990.

  • Why Do Quakers Care About Politics?

    Background | October 11, 2016
    Friends have always been very active in addressing our government and its rule. In this QuakerSpeak video, we ask Marge Abbott and Noah Baker Merrill why Quakers care about politics.

  • Faithful Work on Mass Incarceration

    Update | October 10, 2016
    Friends across the country have been engaging in faith-based work to end mass incarceration. Their grassroots efforts show great potential.

  • 5 Things Pres. Obama Should Do in Kenya

    Update | October 7, 2016
    We Kenyans are excited at the news that President Barack Obama will be visiting our country in late July and the impact the visit could have on how our two countries view each other.

  • Getry Agizah

    Person | October 7, 2016

    Getry is a Kenyan Quaker who works to build peace to her community.

  • The President's Budget Request for Immigration Policy

    Update | October 7, 2016
    President Obama released his budget request for fiscal year 2017 in early February, the last budget request of his term in office. The request kicks off the budget process, often serving as the starting document that Congress will use to draft the Senate and House requests.

  • Becky Steele

    Person | October 7, 2016

    Becky Steele Becky is a constitutional and civil rights lawyer from Portland, ME who served as a Friend in Washington in early 2016. She focused at FCNL on campaign finance and election reform.

  • FCNL Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Religious Freedom Bill

    Statement | October 7, 2016
    This bipartisan Freedom of Religion Act would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit denying admission to the United States based on an individual’s religion.

  • Law of the Sea

    Background | October 7, 2016
    The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international treaty that regulates all aspects of the oceans, preserving the seas as “commons” for all humanity and bringing a stable order to 70% of the world’s surface.