Quaker Lobby Day 2026

Start: 2026-01-28 10:00:00 UTC Pacific Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-08:00)

End: 2026-01-28 16:00:00 UTC Pacific Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-08:00)

Location: Olympia Friends Meeting 3201 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA 98506 US

Event Type: Hybrid (In-Person & Virtual Option)
A virtual link will be communicated before the event.

Host contact info info@quakervoicewa.org


Join us January 28 for Quaker Lobby Day 2026! Lobby Day will begin at 10:00 AM PST at Olympia Friends Meeting with a hybrid information session in the morning and legislator visits in the afternoon (some in-person, some online).

Starting at 10am a full briefing will provide advice on effective legislator visits and presentation of the priority bills by themes, including where each bill stands in the legislative process.

Lunch will be provided by Olympia Meeting from noon to 1pm.

Legislator visits will take place from 1:00 pm onwards at the Capitol grounds and online. (Some will take place at other times during the week.) Each legislative district has a coordinator who is making appointments. Your district coordinator will send you information on the schedule of your district meetings. Each district will decide for itself whether its visit will be in-person or virtual.

Agenda:

10:00-10:10 — Welcome. Susan Cozzens, Quaker Voice Clerk.
10:10-10:30 — Preparing to lobby. Jacob Squirrel, Legislative Advocate, provides advice and practice on how to be effective in meetings with legislators.
10:30-11:00 — Criminal Justice priorities
11:00-11:30 — Economic Justice priorities
11:30-noon — Environmental Stewardship priorities
Noon-1 pm — Lunch provided by Olympia Meeting. Quaker Voice thanks Olympia Meeting!

1 pm onwards — Constituent meetings at the Capitol and online.

Preparation for Quaker Lobby Day will include a pre-briefing on the priority bills (Sunday January 25, 9:30 am) and Orientation for newcomers (Monday, January 26, 6:30 pm). At the end of the week, a Share What We Learned session will be held (Friday, January 30, 3 pm). Links for all the events will be provided in an email sent when you register.

Please register by Friday, January 23 so that we can let legislators know who is coming to the appointments. Walk-ins are welcome but will need to join pre-arranged meetings with legislators, perhaps in another district.


To find your legislative district, use the District Finder tool. You will need to provide your district number when you register.

Tools for getting from Olympia Meeting to legislator offices: