Quaker Lobby Day

Quaker Lobby Day (Fifth Annual!)

Monday, February 18, 2013 (Presidents’ Day), 9:00-3:00

Olympia Friends Meeting House

Friends have been a leading voice for justice for several centuries. Our voice is critically important to many marginalized citizens of our state - including tens of thousands of state residents who suffer economic hardship - and the thousands of men and women behind bars who cannot speak effectively for themselves.

Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy invites you to participate in our fifth annual Quaker Lobby Day on Monday, Presidents’ Day 2013, February 18th.

The day will begin at 9 am at the Olympia Friends Meetinghouse, 3201 Boston Harbor Road, Olympia WA 98506 where we will discuss our key legislative priorities (taken from the areas of criminal justice, economic justice, and local responses to global challenges) before we go to the Capitol Building by noon to talk with our individual legislators about these issues.

If you've never lobbied before, you are not alone!  Perhaps you're hesitant about lobbying because you're unfamiliar with the issues.  If so, Quaker Lobby Day is the place to learn.  And registrants from the same legislative district will have the opportunity to visit legislators as a delegation with appointments made with the legislators for that district.

Please join us!  To register, send your:

   Name                                                                       

   Email                                                                            Legislative District (if known)                        

   Postal address                                                                                                                                              

with Lobby Day in the subject line to the Registrar, Rick Ells, at ells.rick@gmail.com (or 206-782-5509, 9209 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103).  We'll send a confirmation … and later a schedule, updates on the issues, and directions to the Olympia Friends Meetinghouse – and set up appointments with your local legislators. 

For more information about FCWPP activities, see our website at www.fcwpp.org.

Working together, we can do amazing things!