Friday April 4, 2008
7-8:30 PM Opening reception at the FCNL office (245 2nd St. NE Washington, DC)
Saturday, April 5, 2008
All events on Saturday will be held in the General Board of Church and Society (100 Maryland Ave. NE Washington, DC)
Breakfast at the William Penn House and Hostelling International
9:15-9:45 Introduction to Lobbying
Learn the basics of how to have a successful lobby visit. Learn how to schedule your visit, what your "ask" should be, and the types of follow-up that you should do after you visit a congressional office.
Heather Brutz, Director of the Young Adult Program at FCNL
10:00-10:30 Issue Briefing on Climate Change
Learn about climate change and what legislation is working its way through Congress that you can lobby on.
Joelle Maruniak, FCNL Environmental Program Assistant
10:15-11:00: Practice Lobby Visits on Climate Change
Practice your new lobbying skills on FCNL staff.
11:00- 12:00 Discussion with Congressional Staff: "How to Get Your Message Through to Congress"
Listen to a panel discussion with Congressional staffers on how you can best present your arguments during a lobby visit.
Parish Braden, Legislative Assistant from Rep. Wayne Gilchrest's office (R-MD)
Ven Neralla, Former Deputy Chief of Staff from Rep. Barbara Lee's office (D-CA)
Will Huntington, Legislative Assistant from Rep. Edward Markey's office (D-MA)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Group picture in front of the Capitol building
1:30- 2:10: How Congress Works
Learn about the legislative process in Congress and how that affects who, when, and how to lobby on issues.
2:10-2:40 What Can You Do Back at Home?
For most people, lobbying Congress is something that they can only do occasionally. What can you do to continue working on these issues when you're not in DC? This presentation will suggest ways that you can work in your local school or community on the issues that you care about.
Nick Bauer, FCNL Field Program Assistant
Danny Hossein, FCNL Nuclear Program Assistant
2:40-3:00 How to Teach a Lobbying Training
Help empower others to directly give their message to Congress through citizen lobbying trainings. This presentation will explain how you can teach a lobbying training and the resources that FCNL has available to you to help you with that.
Heather Brutz, Director of the FCNL Young Adult Program
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Breakfast at Hostelling International and William Penn House
9:30 AM Group leaves William Penn House for the Friends Meeting of Washington
9:45 AM Group leaves HI-DC for the Friends Meeting of Washington
10:30-11:30 Meeting for Worship at the Friends Meeting of Washington (2111 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC)
For those who wish to attend an unprogrammed Quaker meeting for worship, you are welcome to come to meeting for worship at the Friends Meeting of Washington in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. Meeting for worship is optional.
12:30-1:30 Lunch at the General Board of Church and Society
All Sunday afternoon activities will be held in the General Board of Church and Society
1:30-2:15 Issue Briefing on Iraq
Learn more about the situation in Iraq and what FCNL advocates as a way out out of the war.
Kate Gould, FCNL Iraq Program Assistant
2:15-3:00 Practice lobby visits
Practice your lobbying skills with FCNL staff.
3:00-3:30 Final wrap-up.
During this time you can ask your final questions about lobbying, meet with your group to strategize about the next day's lobby visits, and complete evaluations of the weekend's workshops.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Breakfast at the William Penn House and Hostelling International
All day: Lobby visits
When not in congressional buildings, you may use the FCNL office as your home base. FCNL staff will be available to answer questions. Participants are welcome to head home as soon as they have turned in their lobby visit reports and weekend evaluations.
12:00 PM Lunch Available at FCNL office
5:30 PM End of work day.
FCNL staff no longer in office to answer questions or debrief from visits.
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