FCNL (Quakers)

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress for peace, justice, and the environment. RT/F≠E.

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Today, we announced that we are disengaging from X, joining 9 other Quaker groups around the world.

Be sure to follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Threads (links below) to stay up-to-date with our work for peace and justice.
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[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Find us and give us a follow ☑️:

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[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Today, we announced that we are disengaging from X, joining 9 other Quaker groups around the world.

Be sure to follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Threads (links below) to stay up-to-date with our work for peace and justice.
https://t.co/N1mW2Lv9xx

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Good news! Two provisions to automate and expand the military draft to include women were excluded from the House NDAA passed this week.

As we wrote in a letter to Congress, these proposals represent “a move backward, imposing on young women a burden that young men have had to bear unjustly for decades – a burden that no young person should be forced to bear.”
https://t.co/4a4f6bnQ7B

[NABS Healing Coalition @NABSHC]

🚨NABS calls on President Biden to issue executive clemency to boarding school survivor, Leonard Peltier. Click here to read the letter that we sent to the White House.

You can support by signing the petition organized by our Relatives, @ndncollective, https://t.co/jO9azZ02gS

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

As FCNL’s Rachel Overstreet wrote, this monument emphasizes “that the abuse, neglect, & kidnapping of Native children from their families is a matter of national concern.”

But it's not enough to bring truth, justice, or peace to the Native communities.
https://t.co/6LsrkES9Pu

[The Costs of War Project @CostsOfWar]

A snapshot of a few of the stunning costs (so far) of the post-9/11 wars.
https://t.co/GluEzAq2aL

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

We must urgently rethink our national priorities and put human needs over the profits of weapons contractors.

#PeopleOverPentagon

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

The FY2025 NDAA would authorize the transfer of $478 billion (est.) in public funds to private contractors, based on the avg. share of military spending obligated to contracts from FY2019-23
https://t.co/35iw9JMHK0

[Make the Road NY 🦋 @MaketheRoadNY]

As we prepare for the incoming administration, we want to re-share some of our most crucial and comprehensive Know Your Rights materials to protect immigrant communities, our Deportation Defense Manual. #HereToStay

Check it out here👉https://t.co/vCiFRR5CLB

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

We urge Pres. Biden to expand his legacy of clemency and his commitment to justice by pardoning Leonard Peltier.

Thank you to @brianschatz, @RepGrijalvaCS, & the 30+ other members of Congress who are speaking out to urge @POTUS to right this wrong.
https://t.co/y5w9CasO2J

[NDN Collective @ndncollective]

Today Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivered a powerful speech on the Senate floor calling for President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.

[Rep. Mark Pocan @RepMarkPocan]

I voted NO to give the military industrial complex another $895 BILLION check.

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

"It goes on one at a time, 
it starts when you care 
to act, it starts when you do 
it again and they said no, 
it starts when you say We 
and know who you mean, 
and each day you mean one more."

- Marge Piercy’s “The Low Road"
https://t.co/4KSjfKXtdB

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Our migration policies must honor the humanity and dignity of all people.

That’s why we’re working to protect funding for this vital program. 👇

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

Thanks to @POTUS' historic clemency announcement, 1,500 families will have their lives changed forever.

My full statement:

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

We applaud @POTUS for this historic step toward healing systemic injustices and making families and communities whole.

Before leaving office, we urge Pres. Biden to continue this work by commuting all federal death sentences to prevent more inhumane state-sanctioned killing.

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

Thanks to @POTUS' historic clemency announcement, 1,500 families will have their lives changed forever.

My full statement:

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Learn more and add your voice!
https://t.co/XxszA6DJ32

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Our migration policies must honor the humanity and dignity of all people.

That’s why we’re working to protect funding for this vital program. 👇

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Congress, which for 150 years funded and authorized the creation of boarding schools, has a responsibility to answer the question that Native communities have been asking for decades: “What have you done with our children?”
https://t.co/6LsrkES9Pu

[FCNL (Quakers) @FCNL]

Congress, which for 150 years funded and authorized the creation of boarding schools, has a responsibility to answer the question that Native communities have been asking for decades: “What have you done with our children?”
https://t.co/6LsrkES9Pu

[United Nations @UN]

🔹 Right to life
🔹 Freedom
🔹 Justice

Human rights belong to all of us. They are non-negotiable.

On Tuesday’s #HumanRightsDay, explore all the principles affirmed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: https://t.co/LAariPbwCF

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

This #HumanRightsDay, we face a harsh truth:

Human rights are under assault.

Whether economic, social, civic, cultural or political, when one right is undermined, all rights are undermined.

Let’s protect, defend and uphold all human rights for all people.