US Friends in Washington campaign

4 Dec 2014 | by Tara Craig

American Friends recently staged the biggest pro-peace, pro-diplomacy lobbying day of 2014

Mira Linn (Austin, Texas), Quakers Liz Yeats (Friends Meeting of Austin) and Lon Burnam (Ft. Worth Friends Meeting) with Republican Texas senator John Cornyn. | Photo: Courtesy of FCNL.

American Friends recently staged the biggest pro-peace, pro-diplomacy lobbying day of 2014.

The event was organised by the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). More than 430 people from forty-three states travelled to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to urge members of Congress to support the ongoing negotiations with Iran. The lobbying took place three days before the deadline for a final nuclear deal.

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