FCNL
@fcnl.bsky.social
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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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Gaza is still suffering. The U.S. must restore support for UNRWA and demand full aid access now.
@unrwausa.bsky.social
@unrwausa.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gaza is still suffering. The U.S. must restore support for UNRWA and demand full aid access now.
@unrwausa.bsky.social
@unrwausa.bsky.social
Landmines and cluster munitions continue to endanger civilians long after conflicts end.
On Dec. 3, join FCNL's Ursala Knudsen-Latta, @sarajacobs.house.gov, and other experts for an update on the campaign to eliminate these inhumane weapons.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
On Dec. 3, join FCNL's Ursala Knudsen-Latta, @sarajacobs.house.gov, and other experts for an update on the campaign to eliminate these inhumane weapons.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Landmines and cluster munitions continue to endanger civilians long after conflicts end.
On Dec. 3, join FCNL's Ursala Knudsen-Latta, @sarajacobs.house.gov, and other experts for an update on the campaign to eliminate these inhumane weapons.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
On Dec. 3, join FCNL's Ursala Knudsen-Latta, @sarajacobs.house.gov, and other experts for an update on the campaign to eliminate these inhumane weapons.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hSdDh7
Masked ICE agents raided a church in NC on Saturday, causing fear in a place where everyone deserves to feel safe and welcome.
“We thought church was safe and nothing [was] gonna happen,” a 15-year-old witness said. “But it did happen.”
This must stop. 👇
“We thought church was safe and nothing [was] gonna happen,” a 15-year-old witness said. “But it did happen.”
This must stop. 👇
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Masked ICE agents raided a church in NC on Saturday, causing fear in a place where everyone deserves to feel safe and welcome.
“We thought church was safe and nothing [was] gonna happen,” a 15-year-old witness said. “But it did happen.”
This must stop. 👇
“We thought church was safe and nothing [was] gonna happen,” a 15-year-old witness said. “But it did happen.”
This must stop. 👇
Powerful: "I think about the courage of the human spirit to still dream."
"And that, I think, is the one thing that we all need to reclaim in this moment."
"And that, I think, is the one thing that we all need to reclaim in this moment."
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Powerful: "I think about the courage of the human spirit to still dream."
"And that, I think, is the one thing that we all need to reclaim in this moment."
"And that, I think, is the one thing that we all need to reclaim in this moment."
"On Tyranny" author Timothy Snyder on the hopeful lessons history can teach us in this moment.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"On Tyranny" author Timothy Snyder on the hopeful lessons history can teach us in this moment.
Injustice thrives when we look away.
Solidarity and community are antidotes to despair.
Solidarity and community are antidotes to despair.
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Injustice thrives when we look away.
Solidarity and community are antidotes to despair.
Solidarity and community are antidotes to despair.
In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, our government must provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for all Jamaicans here in the U.S.
@undocublacknetwork.bsky.social
@undocublacknetwork.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, our government must provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for all Jamaicans here in the U.S.
@undocublacknetwork.bsky.social
@undocublacknetwork.bsky.social
No to war on #Venezuela!
No to murder on the high seas!
☎️ Take action before today’s Senate vote ⬇️
No to murder on the high seas!
☎️ Take action before today’s Senate vote ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
No to war on #Venezuela!
No to murder on the high seas!
☎️ Take action before today’s Senate vote ⬇️
No to murder on the high seas!
☎️ Take action before today’s Senate vote ⬇️
What kind of country do we want to be?
The issues at the heart of this shutdown are fundamental to that question.
The issues at the heart of this shutdown are fundamental to that question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
What kind of country do we want to be?
The issues at the heart of this shutdown are fundamental to that question.
The issues at the heart of this shutdown are fundamental to that question.
🚨Today is a nationwide day of action to protect #SNAP!
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🚨Today is a nationwide day of action to protect #SNAP!
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
42 million people are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov. 1, and families will go hungry without urgent action from our leaders in D.C.
This is a critical moment to contact your members of Congress. Action resource ⬇️
🙌 Thank you, @welch.senate.gov, for sharing this thoughtful and hopeful message with our network, and for your persistent moral leadership in Congress.
Let's keep at it.
Let's keep at it.
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🙌 Thank you, @welch.senate.gov, for sharing this thoughtful and hopeful message with our network, and for your persistent moral leadership in Congress.
Let's keep at it.
Let's keep at it.
🚨 Did you know? The last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire in February.
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨 Did you know? The last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire in February.
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.
Register ⬇️
🤔 Our leaders claim there isn’t enough money to feed the hungry or provide health care to all.
Yet billions of continue to flow to weapons and war.
That imbalance is a moral crisis … and one we can change.
Yet billions of continue to flow to weapons and war.
That imbalance is a moral crisis … and one we can change.
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🤔 Our leaders claim there isn’t enough money to feed the hungry or provide health care to all.
Yet billions of continue to flow to weapons and war.
That imbalance is a moral crisis … and one we can change.
Yet billions of continue to flow to weapons and war.
That imbalance is a moral crisis … and one we can change.
How can Quaker communities move beyond racial harm toward racial justice—naming patterns like conflict avoidance, denial, and performativity?
A new resource co-authored by FCNL's Lauren Brownlee:
buff.ly/ulD29A9
A new resource co-authored by FCNL's Lauren Brownlee:
buff.ly/ulD29A9
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How can Quaker communities move beyond racial harm toward racial justice—naming patterns like conflict avoidance, denial, and performativity?
A new resource co-authored by FCNL's Lauren Brownlee:
buff.ly/ulD29A9
A new resource co-authored by FCNL's Lauren Brownlee:
buff.ly/ulD29A9
We join those across the globe in celebrating the release of the remaining Israeli hostages & nearly 2,000 Palestinians held by Israel.
As @sanders.senate.gov said, "the immediate priority now...must be to ensure that desperately needed humanitarian aid quickly reaches the people of Gaza."
As @sanders.senate.gov said, "the immediate priority now...must be to ensure that desperately needed humanitarian aid quickly reaches the people of Gaza."
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We join those across the globe in celebrating the release of the remaining Israeli hostages & nearly 2,000 Palestinians held by Israel.
As @sanders.senate.gov said, "the immediate priority now...must be to ensure that desperately needed humanitarian aid quickly reaches the people of Gaza."
As @sanders.senate.gov said, "the immediate priority now...must be to ensure that desperately needed humanitarian aid quickly reaches the people of Gaza."
This is a moment of moral reckoning.
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is a moment of moral reckoning.
A moving reflection on #HispanicHeritageMonth from an FCNL advocate:
"As the daughter of a Venezuelan immigrant, raised by and within the Latine community of central North Carolina, I know we have much to celebrate..." 🧵 ⬇️
"As the daughter of a Venezuelan immigrant, raised by and within the Latine community of central North Carolina, I know we have much to celebrate..." 🧵 ⬇️
October 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A moving reflection on #HispanicHeritageMonth from an FCNL advocate:
"As the daughter of a Venezuelan immigrant, raised by and within the Latine community of central North Carolina, I know we have much to celebrate..." 🧵 ⬇️
"As the daughter of a Venezuelan immigrant, raised by and within the Latine community of central North Carolina, I know we have much to celebrate..." 🧵 ⬇️
October 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New: Today, FCNL's @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social joined 100+ faith leaders speaking out against the growing normalization of violence & the rise of authoritarian threats to democratic freedoms in the U.S. ⬇️
October 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New: Today, FCNL's @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social joined 100+ faith leaders speaking out against the growing normalization of violence & the rise of authoritarian threats to democratic freedoms in the U.S. ⬇️
You’ve probably heard the famous post- WWII poem, “First They Came.”
But have you seen this positive new adaptation by @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social ?
Lisa Von Ahn writes how she found hope & inspiration for this moment in the poem. We hope you do too.
coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/27/o...
But have you seen this positive new adaptation by @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social ?
Lisa Von Ahn writes how she found hope & inspiration for this moment in the poem. We hope you do too.
coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/27/o...
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
You’ve probably heard the famous post- WWII poem, “First They Came.”
But have you seen this positive new adaptation by @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social ?
Lisa Von Ahn writes how she found hope & inspiration for this moment in the poem. We hope you do too.
coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/27/o...
But have you seen this positive new adaptation by @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social ?
Lisa Von Ahn writes how she found hope & inspiration for this moment in the poem. We hope you do too.
coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/27/o...
Here's what you can do to observe today's Day of Remembrance and help Native advocates spread awareness. ⬇️
Via NABS:
boardingschoolhealing.org
Via NABS:
boardingschoolhealing.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here's what you can do to observe today's Day of Remembrance and help Native advocates spread awareness. ⬇️
Via NABS:
boardingschoolhealing.org
Via NABS:
boardingschoolhealing.org
Today, the deep harms and generational trauma caused by these policies continue to impact Native communities.
Deborah Parker of the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) explains more:
Deborah Parker of the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) explains more:
September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today, the deep harms and generational trauma caused by these policies continue to impact Native communities.
Deborah Parker of the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) explains more:
Deborah Parker of the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) explains more:
FCNL’s @hassaneltayyab.bsky.social was grateful to join healthcare workers for humanity on Capitol Hill this week.
"Our goal: end US complicity in Israeli war crimes and secure urgent humanitarian access."
"Our goal: end US complicity in Israeli war crimes and secure urgent humanitarian access."
September 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
FCNL’s @hassaneltayyab.bsky.social was grateful to join healthcare workers for humanity on Capitol Hill this week.
"Our goal: end US complicity in Israeli war crimes and secure urgent humanitarian access."
"Our goal: end US complicity in Israeli war crimes and secure urgent humanitarian access."