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  • PRESS ADVISORY: Faith Leaders Call for Diplomacy, Not War, With Iran

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC – On Tuesday, July 9, national faith leaders will convene on Capitol Hill to speak out against a morally and religiously indefensible war with Iran. Amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, speakers will call on all Christian leaders, theologians, clergy, and laypersons to choose peace over more war. The speakers will also call on legislators to support an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to ensure the president cannot take unauthorized unilateral military action in or against Iran.

  • We Hold These Truths: Quakers in America

    Event | November 20, 2018
    Join FCNL Executive Secretary Diane Randall on Sunday, November 18 at We Hold These Truths: Quakers in America – a discussion of Mat Smart’s play The Agitators.

  • The Consequences of War with North Korea

    Background | January 5, 2018

    In this op-ed, Abigail Stowe-Thurston, the program assistant for nuclear policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, and Erin Connolly, the program assistant at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, urge the U.S. to choose peace in the face of nuclear conflict.

  • Diane Randall Speaks at Quaker Fundraisers Gathering

    Event | June 22, 2020
    Diane Randall was happy for the opportunity to give the keynote address at Friends Fiduciary’s 2018 Quaker Fundraisers Gathering on September 30, 2018 .

  • Quaker Lobby says Reject More Unchecked War Funding

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    In response to this week’s final agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act, Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Executive Secretary Diane Randall released the following statement:

  • Reject Unchecked War Funding

    Statement | December 10, 2019
    As an organization called by faith to seek a more peaceful, more just world based on respect for international law and human rights, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) urges members of Congress to vote NO on the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

  • A World Without War

    Background | October 6, 2020
    Whether you live in D.C. or halfway across the country, we invite you to participate in the programs of the Quaker Welcome Center. In addition to these events, Witness Wednesdays provide lobbying training for visiting Friends as well as a time for silent meditation. The Quaker Welcome Center at 245 2nd Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, is your home in D.C.

  • Quaker Lobby Critical of New Low Refugee Admissions Goal

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC (September 18, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) has long opposed the Trump Administration’s low refugee admissions goals. The White House announced late yesterday that it is committed to resettling only 30,000 for FY2019—the lowest in the resettlement program’s history.

  • Senate Votes to End Illegal U.S. War in Yemen

    Press Release | May 4, 2021
    Washington, DC – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) hailed today’s landmark Senate vote to end American involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The legislation (S.J. Res 7), passed 54-46, enforces the 1973 War Powers Act by ending American military participation in a war that has killed untold thousands and put millions of Yemenis on the brink of starvation.

  • FCNL Denounces Senate Vote on CIA Director

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC (May 17, 2018)—The Quaker lobby, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), today denounced the Senate’s vote to confirm Gina Haspel to serve as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).