The 2018 legislative successes resulted from years of building relationships with allies, as well as legislators and their staffs. Finally, prisoners’ Legal Financial Obligations no longer accrue interest at 12% while they are in prison. Quaker Voice led the successful 2018 effort to establish an independent corrections ombuds, concluding work begun in 2006. This wide … Read more
Hello, Friends! You are getting this email because you are on the Quaker Voice Activist list. We’re excited that you’re interested! We hope your New Year is going well; together, we can make it better. Quaker Lobby Day (10th Annual!) Monday, February 19, 2018 (Presidents’ Day), 9:00-3:00Olympia Friends Meeting House Friends have been a leading … Read more
CALL to the 4th Annual Meeting of PLEASE COME ~ Bring a Friend Provide a Voice from you Meeting or Church Saturday, September 29, 2018 9 AM~3 PM Eastside Friends Meeting 4160 158th Ave SE, Bellevue Approve a new Board of Directors Listen interactively with Lobbyist Noah Martin— Strategies for building relationships with legislators before … Read more
Friends, Quaker Voice’s very high profile bill for an independent corrections ombuds has just passed the Public Safety Committee on a 9-2 vote and must be voted out of House Appropriations by Tuesday to remain alive this year. One of your representatives is on this Committee. Intense effort is now focused on this reform, one … Read more
Friends, This year we have the best chance in years to abolish the death penalty in Washington State. SB 6052 is in the Senate Rules Committee and needs to be brought to the floor for a vote in the full Senate by Wednesday, Feb. 14. Can you ask your state Senator to vote for abolishing … Read more
Friends, Our high-priority bill HB 1889 — to establish an Independent Corrections ombuds — is now poised for a final vote in the state Senate. It has passed the House and been voted out of the Senate Rules Committee. If it passes the Senate then it will be brought to the governor for signature to … Read more
Friends, Our long sought effort to abolish the Death Penalty in Washington State is now at its final hurdle before passage. It has already passed the Senate, and must pass through the House Rules Committee and be brought to a vote before the House. Please email or phone your Representatives to support the passage of … Read more
Friends, We can all celebrate the passage in both houses of the state legislature of not one but two of the criminal justice bills that we have worked on for at least the past ten years An Independent Corrections Ombuds (HB 1889) passed the Senate last week on a 48 to 0 vote! Because of … Read more
Friends, Our partners in the Environmental Priorities Coalition and the Washington Environmental Council are encouraging all of us to contact our representatives immediately to support 2SSB 6269. This bill has already passed the Senate 42-7. Please ask your Representative to take action now to bring this bill to a floor vote in the House. … Read more
Friends, We need your help for one final push before the Washington legislative session ends. The legislature is making the final adjustments to their budget proposals right now. We need them to hear from YOU that Washington wants a budget that funds all of the community investments from the House and Senate budgets. … Read more