Friends, We urge you to contact your Representatives in the Washington State House to OPPOSE HB 2676. This bill currently is in the House Rules Committee and may be voted on in the full House soon. This bill would reduce the incentives to produce additional new renewable energy by making…
Click here to view this post as a pdf file suitable for printing or emailing. Below are two emails I am sharing (one from me to Representative Sam Hunt, and his reply) to encourage you to write your legislators about gun responsibility, particularly support for universal background checks on firearm…
Dear Friends, You are invited to participate in the sixth annual Quaker Lobby Day, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 (Presidents' Day), in Olympia, sponsored by the Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy (FCWPP). Come gather with Friends from around the state, discuss issues of social justice that are before the state…
Quaker Voice’s Quaker Lobby Day, a Real Success Click here to register for Quaker Lobby Day Click here for details on Quaker Lobby Day, Monday, February 20, 2017 They came from Port Townsend, from University Friends, Salmon Bay, and South Seattle, from Eastside, from Vashon Island and Whidbey Island, from Olympia,and isolated…
HOW WE WORK ON ISSUES These Working Groups (committees) provide opportunities for Friends and like-minded individuals to follow personal leadings to make an impact on our world, especially our state, as supported and led by Friends’ Testimonies, bringing Friends’ historical experience and diligence to public policy on these issues. In…
Economic Justice Working Group Clerk: Steven Aldrich Aldr...@gmail.com 2017 Legislative Priorities Restoration of TANF Six percent of our state’s residents live in “deep poverty” That’s 406,000 people. More than one in ten Washingtonians live below the poverty line (12.2% in 2015). One child out of every six in our state…
Quaker Lobby Day! Monday, February 20, 2017 (Presidents’ Day), 8:45-3:00 Olympia Friends Meeting House Please register by emailing: Susan Campbell. with your name, contact info (including address), and legislative district, if you know it. Click here for Directions and Map for Olympia Meetinghouse and Capitol Friends have been a…
Quaker Voice Policy Statement INTRODUCTION Part I: "We seek a society with equity and justice for all" Section 1. Governmental Institutions Electoral Processes Government Accountability Information Policy and Access Criminal Justice Challenge Prisons Death Penalty Section 2: Civil Rights and Liberties Section 3: Relationships with Native Americans Challenge Part…