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The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). A nonpartisan Quaker lobby in the public interest working for peace and justice for 80+ years.
www.fcnl.org
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When young people are organized, they can make a huge positive impact in our politics.
👏FCNL's Campus Chapters program aims to develop the next wave of young adults to become organizers and advocacy leaders in their communities. Learn more!
👏FCNL's Campus Chapters program aims to develop the next wave of young adults to become organizers and advocacy leaders in their communities. Learn more!
Developing Leaders in Campus Chapters
The Campus Chapter program is full of motivated young adults that have taken initiative to perform at every turn.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When young people are organized, they can make a huge positive impact in our politics.
👏FCNL's Campus Chapters program aims to develop the next wave of young adults to become organizers and advocacy leaders in their communities. Learn more!
👏FCNL's Campus Chapters program aims to develop the next wave of young adults to become organizers and advocacy leaders in their communities. Learn more!
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Horrified and heartbroken by this senseless Christmas bombing by the White House. The message of Christ is to love our neighbors and make peace with our enemies. War is not the answer.
Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Horrified and heartbroken by this senseless Christmas bombing by the White House. The message of Christ is to love our neighbors and make peace with our enemies. War is not the answer.
Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
A reminder this holiday season: Good things happen when we can see the Light in one another, even in times of heightened polarity and fear.
Centering each other’s humanity, welcoming the stranger, and loving our neighbors is the way forward toward healing in the new year ahead.
Centering each other’s humanity, welcoming the stranger, and loving our neighbors is the way forward toward healing in the new year ahead.
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A reminder this holiday season: Good things happen when we can see the Light in one another, even in times of heightened polarity and fear.
Centering each other’s humanity, welcoming the stranger, and loving our neighbors is the way forward toward healing in the new year ahead.
Centering each other’s humanity, welcoming the stranger, and loving our neighbors is the way forward toward healing in the new year ahead.
"In this time of loss and chaos; this time of tremendous overwhelm ... How do we prepare ourselves for our own healing, and for our roles in shaping and repairing our communities?"
The Courage to See: 2025 Annual Meeting Reflection part 1 | Friends Committee On National Legislation
Mary Lou Hatcher guided us in worship in FCNL’s 2025 Annual Meeting, held virtually. Over the next week, we will feature her notes as revised for publication. The United Church of Christ has for some…
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December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"In this time of loss and chaos; this time of tremendous overwhelm ... How do we prepare ourselves for our own healing, and for our roles in shaping and repairing our communities?"
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My latest for @sojo.net on the Trump administration's unlawful boat strikes in international waters:
sojo.net/magazine/jan...
sojo.net/magazine/jan...
Trump’s Murderous Caribbean Campaign Is Worse Than ‘War’
The U.S. military’s deadly and illegal strikes on civilian boats have extraordinary consequences.
sojo.net
December 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My latest for @sojo.net on the Trump administration's unlawful boat strikes in international waters:
sojo.net/magazine/jan...
sojo.net/magazine/jan...
🎵 FCNL is cosponsoring the first-ever Faith in Democracy Interfaith Concert!
Let's reclaim January 6 each year as a day of hope, light and unity.
Let's reclaim January 6 each year as a day of hope, light and unity.
December 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🎵 FCNL is cosponsoring the first-ever Faith in Democracy Interfaith Concert!
Let's reclaim January 6 each year as a day of hope, light and unity.
Let's reclaim January 6 each year as a day of hope, light and unity.
The Trump administration is lifting its prohibition on anti-personnel landmines. These indiscriminant weapons kill and maim civilians long after wars end.
How can we build peace while we sowing explosive seeds that will bear violent fruit for generations?
www.noclusterbombs.org/news/2025/12...
How can we build peace while we sowing explosive seeds that will bear violent fruit for generations?
www.noclusterbombs.org/news/2025/12...
US Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Pres. Trump’s New Landmine Policy
The United States Campaign to Ban Landmines condemns the Trump Administration’s decision to lift the United States’ prohibition on the use of anti-personnel landmines.
www.noclusterbombs.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Trump administration is lifting its prohibition on anti-personnel landmines. These indiscriminant weapons kill and maim civilians long after wars end.
How can we build peace while we sowing explosive seeds that will bear violent fruit for generations?
www.noclusterbombs.org/news/2025/12...
How can we build peace while we sowing explosive seeds that will bear violent fruit for generations?
www.noclusterbombs.org/news/2025/12...
Amid the Trump administration's unprecedented attacks on immigrant communities, Quakers in Costa Rica are offering a powerful example of what "welcoming the stranger" looks like. 👏🙏
Welcoming the Stranger
Quakers in Costa Rica support asylum seekers deported by Trump.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Amid the Trump administration's unprecedented attacks on immigrant communities, Quakers in Costa Rica are offering a powerful example of what "welcoming the stranger" looks like. 👏🙏
📣 An inmportant and powerful reminder, via @rbreich.bsky.social:
December 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📣 An inmportant and powerful reminder, via @rbreich.bsky.social:
"As a person of faith, I believe every life is sacred."
"War not only violates our human dignity — it defies the divine spark that lives in each of us. Peacemaking is sacred work."
"War not only violates our human dignity — it defies the divine spark that lives in each of us. Peacemaking is sacred work."
December 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"As a person of faith, I believe every life is sacred."
"War not only violates our human dignity — it defies the divine spark that lives in each of us. Peacemaking is sacred work."
"War not only violates our human dignity — it defies the divine spark that lives in each of us. Peacemaking is sacred work."
👏 This is a major win for peace — and an important milestone in our advocacy efforts to urge Congress to reclaim its constitutional war powers and end endless wars. ⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
👏 This is a major win for peace — and an important milestone in our advocacy efforts to urge Congress to reclaim its constitutional war powers and end endless wars. ⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
📣"Do not be gaslighted: The president has no right to murder."
The United States is Committing Murder on the High Seas
As the United States ramps up deadly attacks in the Caribbean, Congress has a duty to put an end to the murder.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📣"Do not be gaslighted: The president has no right to murder."
If we want the U.S. to be a positive force for peace in the world, we need Congress to both:
1) "rein in Trump’s runaway militarism and prevent another forever war."
And 2) "reassert a real U.S. commitment to diplomacy and peacebuilding."
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social
1) "rein in Trump’s runaway militarism and prevent another forever war."
And 2) "reassert a real U.S. commitment to diplomacy and peacebuilding."
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social
You can't deal your way to peace on earth. Trump should know that by now.
(RNS) — Trump claims he's a peacemaker. The death toll tells a different story.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If we want the U.S. to be a positive force for peace in the world, we need Congress to both:
1) "rein in Trump’s runaway militarism and prevent another forever war."
And 2) "reassert a real U.S. commitment to diplomacy and peacebuilding."
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social
1) "rein in Trump’s runaway militarism and prevent another forever war."
And 2) "reassert a real U.S. commitment to diplomacy and peacebuilding."
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social
👏 After decades of advocacy from FCNL’s advocacy network and the broader peace movement, the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq has finally been repealed!
Quaker Lobby Celebrates Repeal of Iraq War Authorization | Friends Committee On National Legislation
Washington, D.C. – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) celebrates today’s repeal of the Iraq War authorization, known as the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq ...
www.fcnl.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
👏 After decades of advocacy from FCNL’s advocacy network and the broader peace movement, the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq has finally been repealed!
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War is not the answer in Somalia.
War is not the answer in Venezuela.
War is not the answer at home in our streets.
War is not the answer, period.
War is not the answer in Venezuela.
War is not the answer at home in our streets.
War is not the answer, period.
US dramatically escalates air strikes on Somalia under Trump this year https://aje.io/092g55
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
War is not the answer in Somalia.
War is not the answer in Venezuela.
War is not the answer at home in our streets.
War is not the answer, period.
War is not the answer in Venezuela.
War is not the answer at home in our streets.
War is not the answer, period.
Today is International Migrants Day.
Letter by letter, people across the country are speaking out in solidarity, sending a clear message to their members of Congress: Immigrants make this nation whole. #LoveThyNeighbor
www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
Letter by letter, people across the country are speaking out in solidarity, sending a clear message to their members of Congress: Immigrants make this nation whole. #LoveThyNeighbor
www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today is International Migrants Day.
Letter by letter, people across the country are speaking out in solidarity, sending a clear message to their members of Congress: Immigrants make this nation whole. #LoveThyNeighbor
www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
Letter by letter, people across the country are speaking out in solidarity, sending a clear message to their members of Congress: Immigrants make this nation whole. #LoveThyNeighbor
www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
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Last night, President Trump bombed another civilian boat in international waters, killing 4 more people and bringing the death toll of his illegal boat strikes to 99.
These murders violate U.S. and international law and must be stopped.
These murders violate U.S. and international law and must be stopped.
US strikes another boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4 | CNN Politics
The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing 4 people, according to US Southern Command.
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Last night, President Trump bombed another civilian boat in international waters, killing 4 more people and bringing the death toll of his illegal boat strikes to 99.
These murders violate U.S. and international law and must be stopped.
These murders violate U.S. and international law and must be stopped.
👏Historic ruling: In a lawsuit against the Trump admin. launched by members of Congress, a federal judge affirmed lawmakers have a right conduct oversight at ICE detention facilities.
This is crucial to protecting the human rights and dignity of people facing inhumane conditions in ICE custody.
This is crucial to protecting the human rights and dignity of people facing inhumane conditions in ICE custody.
🚨BREAKING: Members of the @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social prevailed in court with a federal judge upholding the law, ruling that Congress can conduct oversight of ICE detention facilities.
This is a victory for the rule of law.
This is a victory for the rule of law.
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
👏Historic ruling: In a lawsuit against the Trump admin. launched by members of Congress, a federal judge affirmed lawmakers have a right conduct oversight at ICE detention facilities.
This is crucial to protecting the human rights and dignity of people facing inhumane conditions in ICE custody.
This is crucial to protecting the human rights and dignity of people facing inhumane conditions in ICE custody.
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ICE’s cruelty is Trump’s violence in action. Our communities do not deserve to be terrorized. We cannot allow it to continue.
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ICE’s cruelty is Trump’s violence in action. Our communities do not deserve to be terrorized. We cannot allow it to continue.
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The Republican megabill's tax provisions give enormous, permanent tax cuts to the wealthy while leaving most working families worse off, deepening inequality and putting the nation on a fiscally risky path that policymakers should reverse. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Republican Megabill Tax Provisions Are Skewed to the Rich, Fail to Deliver for Families, and Are Fiscally Irresponsible
Instead of changing course and prioritizing people with low and moderate incomes as Republicans’ campaign rhetoric about supporting hard-pressed working families suggested, the new law again gives eno...
www.cbpp.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Republican megabill's tax provisions give enormous, permanent tax cuts to the wealthy while leaving most working families worse off, deepening inequality and putting the nation on a fiscally risky path that policymakers should reverse. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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Federal immigration agents in camo chase landscapers, students, and day laborers through U.S. cities in a deportation campaign, treating neighborhoods like war zones.
Ashley Gilbertson for @hammerandhope.bsky.social documents the courage of communities who resist.
Ashley Gilbertson for @hammerandhope.bsky.social documents the courage of communities who resist.
War at Home
A record of ICE’s assault on immigrants and the people’s resistance.
hammerandhope.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Federal immigration agents in camo chase landscapers, students, and day laborers through U.S. cities in a deportation campaign, treating neighborhoods like war zones.
Ashley Gilbertson for @hammerandhope.bsky.social documents the courage of communities who resist.
Ashley Gilbertson for @hammerandhope.bsky.social documents the courage of communities who resist.
📣 A strong majority of Americans want immigration policies defined by compassion, respect, and solidarity, not cruelty, racism, and xenophobia.
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📣 A strong majority of Americans want immigration policies defined by compassion, respect, and solidarity, not cruelty, racism, and xenophobia.
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CPC Deputy Chair @repilhan.bsky.social: “Tonight’s razor-thin, 211-to-213 vote on the bipartisan War Powers Resolution to end these illegal hostilities puts Trump on notice. America has no kings, and Trump has no mandate to push his unconstitutional military campaign against Venezuela."
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
CPC Deputy Chair @repilhan.bsky.social: “Tonight’s razor-thin, 211-to-213 vote on the bipartisan War Powers Resolution to end these illegal hostilities puts Trump on notice. America has no kings, and Trump has no mandate to push his unconstitutional military campaign against Venezuela."
We are deeply disappointed that the House failed to pass War Powers Resolutions yesterday to stop President Trump's illegal + immoral boat strikes and escalation with Venezuela.
But as @repilhan.bsky.social said, this "razor-thin, 211-to-213" bipartisan vote "puts Trump on notice.”
But as @repilhan.bsky.social said, this "razor-thin, 211-to-213" bipartisan vote "puts Trump on notice.”
'Absolute Dereliction of Duty': House Republicans Kill Venezuela War Powers Resolutions | Common Dreams
Undeterred, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus vowed to "continue to fight to stop Trump's illegal war on Venezuela."
www.commondreams.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We are deeply disappointed that the House failed to pass War Powers Resolutions yesterday to stop President Trump's illegal + immoral boat strikes and escalation with Venezuela.
But as @repilhan.bsky.social said, this "razor-thin, 211-to-213" bipartisan vote "puts Trump on notice.”
But as @repilhan.bsky.social said, this "razor-thin, 211-to-213" bipartisan vote "puts Trump on notice.”