“While we are still analyzing the details, it appears the House Ways and Means Committee responded to concerns shared about the needs of our most vulnerable neighbors and found ways to retain most of the funding for Disability Lifeline and full funding for Apple Health for Kids in its proposed…
Goals and Objectives for FCWPP's work in Criminal Justice, Local Responses to Global Challenges, and Economic Justice, including Health Care....
approved by FCWPP Steering Committee - January 15, 2011 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE a. Goals: i. Give priority to efforts to repair the harm suffered by victims over applying punishments to offenders ii. Enable offenders to redeem themselves and reintegrate into society iii. Replace costly incarceration through diversion, drug…
FCWPP Alert: FCWPP Endorsement of Initiatives and a ReferendumFCWPP recommends:a YES vote for the following:Initiative 1098: Tax Reform initiative (This Initiative was endorsed earlier by FCWPP; for details see the Alert of 5-21-2010 on our website: www.fcwpp.org). I-1098 reforms our unfair and imbalanced tax system and generates dedicated funding for…
An article by Tom Ewell from Western Friend, June 2010 A room full of fifty Friends is gathered in the Olympia Friends Meetinghouse listening to a state legislator explain the complexities of offering prison reform measures to the Washington State legislature. Friends from various parts of the state have gathered…
Last week, the Steering Committee of the Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy minuted support of a state income tax and that “we encourage Friends in the State of Washington to read and consider I-1077 [1] and if they approve it to encourage their meetings to minute their support.” If…
Dear FCWPP Activists, This is a reminder that you are invited to the FCWPP Steering Committee meeting at Quarterly Meeting at Lazy F Camp near Ellensburg this coming Friday evening, April 23 at 7 pm. We will focus on reporting on our legislative work this past legislative session and hear…
Dear Friends, We have sent out only a few legislative alerts this past short session because the legislature was so immersed in working out the budget. After an extended session a budget proposal is ready to be approved, but it needs our citizen support. Please consider calling your Senator…
Dear FCWPP Friends, May I recommend as strongly as possible that you take time to view the Friday, April 2, Bill Moyers Journal if you did not see it Friday evening or have not already seen it on line: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04022010/watch.html. The program features an interview with Michelle Alexander who has written…
Dear Friends, My report must begin with the sad news that Susan Merrill died this past Wednesday, March 31. Susan had assumed the role of Assistant Clerk to FCWPP in the fall of 2008, but a week later she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. In spite of her illness…