The Quaker Welcome Center was envisioned as a venue for bipartisan dialogue and the promotion of peace, justice, and environmental sustainability. On Oct. 4, the space once again fulfilled that vision.
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Emily Sajewski / FCNL
L-R: Alexandra Bell, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation; Jenny Town, Stimson Center; Erica Fein, Win Without War; Jessica Lee, Council of Korean Americans; Anthony Wier, Friends Committee on National Legislation.
In concert with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, FCNL hosted a congressional staff-only briefing with a group of experts—including FCNL’s own Anthony Wier—who recently spoke at a major conference in South Korea on diplomacy with North Korea. While in Seoul, the experts met with South Korean government officials and toured a site inside the Demilitarized Zone, where an effort is being conducted to recover the remains of soldiers lost during the Korean War.
The group talked with a collection of staff from Republican and Democratic congressional offices about the latest developments in the Inter-Korean Military Agreement and discussed prospects for U.S.-North Korean nuclear diplomacy.
The Quaker Welcome Center’s location on Capitol Hill provides an ideal space for hosting exactly this kind of respectful, informed, and partisan-free dialogue on today’s most pressing issues.
Program Assistant, Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending
Monica was FCNL’s Program Assistant for Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending for 2019-2020. Alongside constituents and coalition partners, she worked with Congress to promote bipartisan support for nuclear arms control and cutbacks in the level of defense spending.