Legislative Secretary for Peacebuilding Policy

Feb 25, 2014 | The Friends Committee on National Legislation

The Legislative Secretary for Peacebuilding takes the lead in developing strategic direction and policy advocacy for FCNL’s Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program. This program began in 2002 in response to U.S. intervention in Iraq when FCNL adopted the “War Is Not the Answer” slogan. The program’s goal is to build a sustainable U.S. response that moves away from military intervention and toward U.S. support for prevention of deadly conflict: building peaceful means to achieve peaceful ends. The Legislative Secretary for Peacebuilding Policy is a key member of FCNL’s lobbying team and supervises the Coordinator of the Prevention and Protection Working Group, a 30-member coalition of human rights, humanitarian, religious and peace organizations working to improve U.S. policies and capacities to prevent violent conflict and mass atrocities, and to protect civilians threatened by such crises.

This position serves the FCNL General Committee under the leadership of the Executive Secretary and reports to the Associate Executive Secretary for Legislative Programs (Legislative Director).