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  • GOP Senator Stalls Trump Nominee Over Saudi Handling Of U.S. Aid For Starving Yemenis

    Update | March 7, 2018

    “[It’s] past time for a nomination to be put on hold until the State Department answers some basic questions about what tortured legal rationale the US is using to aid and abet the Saudi-led slaughter in Yemen that has plunged millions to the brink of starvation,” Kate Gould of the Friends Commit

  • Accompany Spring Lobby Weekend Advocates in Spirit

    Event - Witness Wednesday | March 1, 2021
    When Friends travel in the ministry, they often journey with an elder who can provide grounding and spiritual accompaniment. Let us gather ahead of Spring Lobby Weekend (Mar. 20-23) and practice spiritual accompaniment for the young adults preparing to lobby their members of Congress and the congressional staff who will receive their ministry. All are welcome

  • World Quaker Day

    Event | October 1, 2021
    We will be celebrating World Quaker Day on October 3, 2021. Our theme: Resilience and hope: drawing strength from our Quaker faith.

  • Julie Flores-Castillo

    Person - Advocacy Corps 2022-2023 | August 12, 2022
    Julie Flores-Castillo is currently running for county committee in her town and, at age 18, is the youngest candidate.

  • Tea Party-Aligned Group Helping Push Congress To Debate U.S. Role In Yemen War

    FCNL in the News | October 6, 2017

    And GOP leaders in the House who seek to defer to the Trump administration and avoid upsetting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other American partners invested in the war may attempt to prevent the vote from taking place altogether through arcane legislative maneuvers, said Kate Gould

  • Videos by Presidential Candidates Focus on Faith, Hunger, and Poverty

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    Washington, DC – More than 50 Christian leaders with the Circle of Protection asked all of the presidential candidates, Republican and Democratic, to send a short video explaining what they “would do as president to offer help and opportunity to poor and hungry people in the United States and around the world.”

  • FCNL's Lacina Onco Speaking in New Mexico

    Update | April 4, 2018
    New Mexico supporters of the Friends Committee on National Legislation have a special opportunity to meet Lacina Onco, Congressional Advocate on Native American Policy, on the weekend of March 10-11.

  • The Quaker Welcome Center Takes Shape

    Update | November 25, 2020
    In recent months, the FCNL office has been noisier than usual, with the sounds of rumbles, bangs, and crashes adding to the usual hum of conversation. The extra noise, coming from the renovation work next door, is a source of gratitude.

  • FCNL Opposes Administration Policy Change on Israeli Settlements

    Statement | December 8, 2020
    As a Quaker organization seeking a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) strongly opposes the Trump administration’s recent decision to allow the expenditure of U.S. taxpayer funds in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

  • Citizenship for All: Faith Voices Needed for Advocacy

    Event | May 10, 2021
    Join the Interfaith Immigration Coalition for a webinar to learn how you and your faith communities can take action right now and urge Congress to take bold, humane, and timely action for all 11 million undocumented immigrants.