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  • Kenya: Lessons for U.S. Policy

    Update | October 16, 2016
    What are the consequences of a militarized counterterrorism policy? How can the U.S. help build peace? Kenya provides examples both of a failed military-first approach and the alternatives.

  • Remove Donald Trump Immediately

    Statement | January 13, 2021
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) urges the immediate removal of President Donald Trump due to his inability to carry out his responsibilities, and the clear and present danger of his continuation as U.S. President.

  • FCNL Calls on House Appropriators to Cut Wasteful Defense Spending

    Letter | June 14, 2021
    General Secretary Diane Randall called on appropriators to cut unnecessary defense spending, improve transparency, and reorient the U.S. national budget towards peace and justice.

  • To Create a Brighter Future, We Must Address Our Past

    Update | March 14, 2024

    In 2021, the bodies of nine Native American children who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School were return

  • Protecting Medicaid

    Background | August 1, 2017
    Facing the most dangerous threat to America’s health care system in decades, constituents across the country stepped up in a major way. All of those efforts paid off in the early morning hours of July 28, when key GOP votes sunk toxic health care legislation.

  • 25 Organizations Urge Congress to Fund Conflict Prevention

    Letter | April 3, 2019
    Twenty-five faith-based and humanitarian organizations sent a letter to Congress urging robust funding for the international affairs budget including programs that prevent violent conflict, mitigate atrocities and protect civilians.

  • 35 Organizations Support Amendment to Block Transfer of Refugee Office from DOS to DHS

    Letter | July 21, 2017
    As the Trump administration considers dissolving the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) of the Department of State and transferring some of its responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security, FCNL and more than thirty other organizations have signed a letter urging representatives to block this executive action.

  • Forty Six Religious Organizations Call on Congress to Uphold BLM Natural Gas Waste Reduction Rule

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    On February 3rd, 46 religious organizations released a letter urging Congress to preserve the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule.

  • NGOs Speak Out Against Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria

    Letter | November 25, 2020
    A group of national and international organizations urges Secretary of Defense Mattis to take corrective steps following reports that U.S.-led airstrikes have resulted in significant civilian casualties in both Syria and Iraq.

  • “Energy Independence” Executive Order Dismantles Climate Action

    Statement | August 17, 2020
    Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) that rolls back public health protections and climate action put in place by President Obama.