QV Webspinner Summer 2024 — Dear Friend of Quaker Voice, We greet you with appreciation for your support – in prayers, personal efforts, and donations – for the work of Quaker Voice. We have never felt more optimistic about what we are doing. The legislature has made remote citizen participation easier than ever, and you have responded magnificently …
Friends, Please join us for a report on Quaker Voice action during the 2024 legislative session and on upcoming challenges for the fall. On Friday, April 26, at 7 pm Pacific, we will be sharing our work with Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting. The big challenge facing us in the fall is the vote on ballot initiatives that would roll back advances we have worked on in the last few years. …
December 2022 Dear Friends, While some Washingtonians are decking their halls with boughs of holly, the state legislature is decking its with new committees, new committee chairs, new members, and new bills. For this past year’s accomplishments see our 2022 Legislative Report. Please join us in ringing in the 2023 legislative year with your time, attention, … Read more
Quaker Voice on Washington Public Policy is looking for a part-time Legislative Advocate and Policy Analyst (lobbyist) for the 2022 legislative session in Olympia. This position will require approximately 90 hours a month during session (January through April) and 20-30 hours a month before and after session (starting October 1, 2021). Compensation is $25-30/hour, depending … Read more
You are invited to “Young Quaker Voices Speak,” short final reports from the four participants in the first year of our new program. Their reports will be part of the Quaker Voice session at the Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting virtual spring gathering, Friday, April 23, 7-8 pm. These under-30 Friends have been following legislative issues … Read more
Join nineteen other Quakers for the first-ever Quaker Voice April 2, 2021 ~ 6:00pm to 7:30pm (Pacific Time) RSVP early (form below) as participation limited. ~ Free with Donation Opportunity ~ Just bring paper, a pen, a book and your own good cheer (or let us help you find it) Sign up here for the Quaker … Read more
Now the other myth that gets around is the idea that legislation cannot really solve the problem and that it has no great role to play in this period of social change because you’ve got to change the heart and you can’t change the heart through legislation. You can’t legislate morals. The job must be … Read more
Friends have been a leading voice for social justice for centuries. Our voice in state government is critically important to many people—including tens of thousands of state residents who have been enmeshed in the criminal justice system, who are experiencing economic hardship, and who are suffering the effects of our climate crisis. We join our … Read more
Learn about the legislative process Work on issues important to Quakers:Criminal Justice / Environmental Stewardship / Economic Justice Earn a small stipend The Young Quaker Voices program will bring young adults into contact with issues in the state legislature and encourage their active engagement in the legislative process in ways that reflect Quaker values. Young … Read more
Friends have been a leading voice for social justice for several centuries. Our voice in state government is critically important to many marginalized people in our state – including tens of thousands of state residents who have been enmeshed in the criminal justice system or suffer economic hardship – and who cannot speak effectively for … Read more