by daisy | Mar 23, 2023 | Peace & Service
Lynne James has been a member of the Poughkeepsie Friends Meeting since 1978, but she’s been a Quaker all her life—a “birthright Quaker” with a family tree with roots that go back to William Penn and colonial America. Lynne’s Quaker ancestors arrived from Wales and...
by daisy | Mar 10, 2023 | Peace & Service
Yesterday, President Joe Biden released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024. A president’s budget rarely becomes law. Rather, it is a blueprint intended to inform members of Congress as they write the legislation to fund the government for the coming fiscal...
by daisy | Feb 21, 2023 | Peace & Service
This week, Peter Murchison joined FCNL as a Friend in Washington. Through this program, Friends can volunteer with FCNL for several months to share their expertise and spiritual gifts with the community. Peter will be extending and enriching our work on gun violence...
by daisy | Feb 17, 2023 | Peace & Service
Gaining a firm grasp of certain policy issues on Capitol Hill can be a tricky task. Perplexing acronyms, antiquated legislative processes, and general wonkiness can make even the most dedicated advocate’s head spin. But with some issues, the bar for comprehension is...
by daisy | Dec 22, 2022 | Peace & Service
“For many of us, this is a season of miracles — the miracle of Jesus’ birth, the miracle of Hanukkah. But expanding the Child Tax Credit? That shouldn’t take a miracle.” That was the opening message FCNL’s Abibat Rahman-Davies brought to lawmakers yesterday, when...
by daisy | Dec 9, 2022 | Peace & Service
Just weeks after the Department of Defense failed its fifth consecutive audit, Congress is set to pass the largest Pentagon budget in history in this year’s defense policy bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We...
