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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…
Dear neighbors, I am excited about creating an opportunity for a bank that belongs to the people of WA State. After months of hard work we have a bill that will create the Washington Investment Trust (WIT). It is a simple concept that I believe will reap huge benefits for…
Our Partners At FCWPP we increase our effectiveness byworking in coalitions and alongside allies. Washington State Washington State Legislature Washington State Public Affairs TV Network (TVW) Washington State Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington League of Women Voters of Washington Earth Ministry Environmental Priorities…
Support Peace Goals: Support Quaker Testimonies for Peace Objectives Oppose amount of increase in national military budget to help support human needs in the state
Goals: Maintain the environmental balance that supports the needs of all living creatures while also protecting public health and providing an improved quality of life Ensure an improved economic future by not wasting or compromising our environmental resources Provide local control over state assets to increase state resources Objectives: Preserve…
Goals: Protect the safety net for economically or physically challenged state residents, permitting them to be healthier contributors to their communities Prevent levels of disparity in wealth and opportunity that lead to social dysfunction and increased criminal activity Create and maintain programs, systems, and institutions required to keep people in…
Goals: Give priority to efforts to repair the harm suffered by victims over attempts to punish offenders Identify and address the causes of crime Replace costly incarceration for both juvenile and adult offenders through diversion, drug treatment, job training, and education whenever appropriate Redress the racial inequity of our current…
Convener, Criminal Justice Working Group: Sam Merrill email: SamM...@comcast.net Read More on our Facebook page 2017 Focus Issues: Quaker Voice on Washington Public Policy Criminal Justice Working Group Priority issues for the 2017 legislative session: Reform Legal Financial Obligations: Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) amount to criminal justice debts owed by…
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…