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Participants in the 1964 annual meeting of FCNL's General Committee at the 4-H Center in Washington, D.C.

Prophetic, Persistent, Powerful

By Bridget Moix on September 1, 2018

Friends Committee on National Legislation at 75

Bridget Moix is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and serves as the clerk of FCNL鈥檚 General Committee. She has worked for more than two decades on international peace and conflict issues with a focus on U.S. foreign policy.


Posted in: Features, September 2018
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David Marshall Culp Jr.

By Staff on September 1, 2017

Culp鈥擠avid Marshall Culp Jr., on February 6, 2017, in his apartment on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. David was born [鈥


Posted in: Milestones, September 2017
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Grounding Friends Presence on Capitol Hill

By Beth Henricks on August 1, 2016

Creating a space where all people are welcome, heard, and respected.

Beth Henricks is a member of Western Yearly Meeting and Indianapolis First Friends Meeting (Ind.), where she also serves as director of Christian Education and Family Ministries. Beth is a long-serving member of FCNL's governance and clerk of the capital campaign committee. Beth is a divinity student at Earlham School of Religion.


Posted in: August 2016: Quaker Spaces, Features
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The author (center) at FCNL's Quaker Public Policy Institute and Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., November 2015.

Political Change through the Power of Stories

By Joey Hartmann-Dow on January 1, 2016

A Friend finds new confidence in her voice as a citizen. 馃敀 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an [鈥

Joey Hartmann-Dow is an artist and activist living in Philadelphia, Pa. She is an organizer with FCNL's Advocacy Corps, bringing community members together to communicate with members of Congress about the urgent need for bipartisan climate action. Joey is a member of Lehigh Valley Meeting in Bethlehem, Pa. Follow her work for climate change at earth4president.tumblr.com.


Posted in: Features, January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process
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News: March 2015

By Staff on March 1, 2015

Quaker house on Capitol Hill at risk; Quaker student leaders gather; Quaker鈥恌ounded peace awards project honors students; Friends school to [鈥


Posted in: March 2015, News
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FCNL鈥橲 50th Jubilee: A Look Back

By Edward F. Snyder on April 1, 1993

As I look back over FCNL鈥檚 first 50 years, the past, the present, and the future merge, separate, and reconnect. [鈥

Ed Snyder, FCNL's executive secretary emeritus, completed 35 years with FCNL in 1990. He and his wife, Bonnie, now life in Bar Harbor in his home state of Maine, where they are members of Acadia Friends Meeting. He is clerk of the newly formed Friends Committee on Maine Public Policy.


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