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  • Statement Regarding Anti-Terrorism Compliance

    Statement | October 13, 2016
    Many foundations and other institutional funders are now requiring that grantees certify as a condition for receiving a grant that they are not supporting terrorism.
  • Faith Vigil for Peace in Ukraine

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    On the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, please join us in praying together and lamenting the human harm caused by violence and conflict.
  • National FCNL Network Mobilizes for Indigenous Justice

    Update | November 17, 2022
    In recent months, the FCNL community has mobilized around the country for indigenous justice in solidarity with tribes advocating for the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act (S. 2907/H.R. 5444).  
  • Trump pressures Saudi Arabia on Yemen blockade

    Update | March 7, 2018

    Kate Gould, legislative director for Middle East policy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, said Trump’s statement Wednesday was a welcome development.

  • Sitara Nath looks to create immigration policy change with grassroots effort from The Bluff

    FCNL in the News | September 30, 2016

    “Nath spent 10 days this past summer in Washington D.C. with the nonprofit Friends Committee on National Legislation learning and beginning to lobby for immigration reform.”

  • Poverty, Tax Credits, and the American Rescue Plan

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    Join the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Diane Randall and Bread for the World’s Rev. Eugene Cho for this special conversation with Senator Sherrod Brown (OH).
  • Q&A: Lethal Disregard for People on the Move

    Background | March 11, 2022
    In December 2020, several Quaker organizations, including FCNL, released a joint “Quaker Statement on Migration,” which outlined a shared version for Friends’ work on migration policy. We spoke with Laurel Townhead, human rights and refugees representative for the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva, to learn more about her work and the process behind the document
  • Nuclear Forces Treaty Needed to Keep the Peace in Europe

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington – The Friends Committee today urged President Donald Trump not to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) between Russia and the United States.
  • FCNL Welcomes New Ways to Track Ongoing Police Militarization

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC - The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) today applauded House appropriators taking several modest steps to change a 1997 law that created a pipeline of weapons and materials between the Pentagon and local police departments. The pipeline is known as the 1033 program after a provision in the recently renewed National Defense Authorization Act.
  • New Public Charge Rule Prioritizes Wealth over Hard Work and Family

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) strongly opposes a rule that would make it more difficult for immigrants to obtain green cards if they have used social services.