6.7.22 IFCL Presents Scorecard of 2022 Bills Every session, IFCL volunteers try to follow bills that reflect Quaker values and oppose those that do not. Over the last session, we supported some excellent bills like HB 1313 that promotes voluntary lead testing in all young children, not just those on Medicaid. There were several bills …
by Mary Blackburn and Phillip Goodchild 
A recent column in the Indianapolis Star suggested early Quakers were not supportive of education in Indiana. Tom Hamm, Earlham history professor and Quaker scholar, wrote a response to that article. It has been published in the Richmond Palladium-Item. It may appear in other publications as well. Here is a link to Tom’s article.https://www.pal-item.com/story/opinion/contributors/2022/05/17/hamm-what-college-column-got-wrong-quakers-indiana-education/9808981002/ In …
by Diana Hadley and Phillip Goodchild 
After participating in the FCNL lobbying update, and being briefed on the issues, I prepared for my meeting by printing the FCNL leave behinds that featured two major asks: restore the child tax credit and support funding to transition to renewable energy and environmental justice. I added some additional materials that I thought useful: a press …
by Mary Blackburn 
Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation endorses the statement below from Friends World Committee on Consultation .fwcc.world We grieve to see events in Ukraine, which have been described by many as a fratricidal (sibling killing sibling) war. Inspired by the many statements by churches on the conflict, the declaration below is a unifying Christian call for …
by Diana Hadley 
Photo: Sonia Leerkamp, Nineveh, and Clara Glaspie, Indianapolis, represent the ICRC on February 7, 2022, in the Senate Chamber as Senator Fady Qaddoura reads the resolution honoring the group. On February 7, 2022, the Indiana Senate sitting in formal session adopted an important symbolic resolution. SJR 16, offered by Sen. Fady Qaddoura, acknowledged the work …
by Phillip Goodchild 
A recent published study has been able to connect increased morbidity to people 65 and older living near natural gas “fracking”wells This correlational research compared health outcomes between causes of death and illness for older people living near these wells Unfortunately, there are no air quality monitors currently in place near these wells to help …
by Mary Blackburn
All In for Democracy groups, Including IFCL, were disappointed when the Senate elections committee refused to grant a hearing for Senate Joint Resolution 14, another attempt to promote the voices of all Hoosiers in legislation that affects them. John Krull responded in a column below published in thestatehousefile.com. > https://www.thestatehousefile.com/commentary/lawmakers-to-public-talk-to-the-hand/article_a98f9006-7b12-11ec-a0f3-57cc6620eda3.html>
by Diana Hadley 
Information about coal ash legislation is available on the link below. https://www.jtnwi.org/blog/2022-indiana-coal-ash-legislation-update
by Mary Blackburn 
As reported at the IFCL meeting this past weekend, Senator Fady Qaddoura has introduced SJR14 this session. It’s a resolution calling for an amendment to the Indiana Constitution, to remove redistricting responsibility from the legislature and put it in the hands of a multi-partisan, citizens redistricting commission. SJR14 has not yet been scheduled for a committee …
by Phillip Goodchild The All IN For Democracy coalition asks that supporters submit a video as part of the launch of our Democracy Hanging by a Thread Quilt project. This will be a metaphor–both physical and virtual–for the vital importance of a fair, citizen-led redistricting process to the survival of representative democracy in our state. What we are …
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