Registration info for Quaker Lobby Day, February 20, 2012

Quaker Lobby Day (Fourth Annual!)

Monday, February 20 (Presidents’ Day), 9:00-3:00

Olympia Friends Meeting House

Friends have been a leading voice for economic justice and prison reform for several centuries. Our voice is critically important to many marginalized citizens of our state - including tens of thousands of state residents who are at risk of losing health care benefits - 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 fourth annual Quaker Lobby Day on Monday, Presidents’ Day 2012, February 20th.

The day will begin at 9am at the new Olympia Friends Meetinghouse (click here for the agenda) on Boston Harbor Road in Olympia where we will introduce our key legislative priorities (economic justice and health care, restorative justice, earned early release of prisoners, marriage equality, and local responses to global challenges) before we go to the Capitol Building about 11 am 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.  Training and coaching is included.  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                                                                                                                       

   Street address                                                                                                                                              

to FCWPP Assistant Clerk, sueburrus@yahoo.com , with Lobby Day in the subject line.  We'll send a confirmation -- with schedule, updates on the issues, and directions to the new Olympia Friends Meetinghouse – and set up appointments with your local legislators. 

Working together, we can do amazing things!