The Franciscan Action Network is a collective Franciscan voice seeking to transform United States public policy related to justice, peace, creation, and human dignity. We welcome long-time and first-time advocates to join our Franciscan-hearted, intergenerational movement.
Please see below current advocacy opportunities; this page is updated regularly.
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Urge Congress: Protect Alaska’s Arctic Lands
On his first day in office, the President signed an executive order to “unleash” the wealth and natural resources of Alaska’s public lands, with a particular focus on fossil fuels. Now, the Western Arctic, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and other public lands are at great risk of harmful extraction by corporate polluters that seek to increase drilling, logging, and mining. Permanent protection for Alaska’s arctic lands can only be granted by Congress.
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Urge Congress: Protect Our National Forests
The Roadless Rule is a very popular policy. As of September 2026, more than 115 members of the House and Senate have signed onto legislation that would codify the Roadless Rule so that, in the future, only an act of Congress could roll back protections for roadless areas within the National Forest System. The Roadless Area Conservation Act (H.R.3930 and S.2042) has 93 cosponsors in the House and 26 cosponsors in the Senate. Are your three Members of Congress cosponsors? If so, please email your MOCs to thank them. If not, please ask your MOCs to move quickly to cosponsor.
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Urge your Senators: Protect TPS for Haiti
Please urge your Senators to support S. 4814— legislation that would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and ensure that Haitian TPS holders are not forced to return to dangerous and unstable conditions.
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Urge Congress: Support Creative Peacebuiding. Vote ‘No’ on the NDAA and massive $1.15. trillion in Pentagon spending.
Congress urgently needs to hear from us on the value of supporting creative peacebuilding and voting ‘no’ on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a significant increase in Pentagon Spending to $1.15 trillion.
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Urge Congress: End the War in Iran and Lebanon
The United States continues to threaten and exchange strikes with Iran, while Israel continues killings in Gaza and Lebanon. Now is the time to contact your congressional Representative and Senators and ask them to take three steps to end these wars: pass the war powers resolution, oppose massive proposed increases to military spending, including for the war in Iran, and block further weapons transfers to Israel.
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Urge Congress: Pass the Dream Act
The Dream Act of 2025 (S.3348) would create a clear, bipartisan pathway to lawful status and eventual citizenship for “Dreamers” (people brought to the United States as children) and for “Documented Dreamers” who risk losing status when they age out of their parents’ visas.
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Urge Congress: Protect Endangered Species
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects biodiversity and prevents the extinction of our most vulnerable animals, fish, and plants. Nearly all species listed under the ESA have been saved from extinction and hundres are on the path to recovery today. The ESA Amendments Act (H.R. 1897), currently under consideration by the House of Representatives, would gut the ESA and put species with rapidly declining populations at even greater risk.