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2024 Annual

Secular Coalition for America

LOBBY DAY

March 4th - 5th 2024 | Washington DC

talk to congress about issues that matter

The Secular Coalition for America is once again holding its Washington D.C. Lobby Day! Join us for a Capitol Hill reception on the evening of March 4th and then on March 5th to meet with your members of Congress to discuss issues and legislation that matter to the secular community.

Becky from Colorado

"The SCA’s Lobby Day presents an opportunity to get “up close and personal” with the legislative process in a way that is educational and gratifying. As citizens and constituents we have the right and responsibility to convey our concerns to our lawmakers about issues that have serious consequences."

Luther from Connecticut

"Great return to Lobby Day after Covid. The only opportunity I have all year to meet staffers for my senators and representatives. All were open to supporting the bill. Looking forward to the next Lobby Day.”

Jim from Pennsylvania

“The Secular Coalition for America has a well-planned and executed program to guide us as we lobby Congress for secular values. We have a good crowd participating each year, and more people would help broaden the nonreligious community’s impact. This is a great opportunity to learn about lobbying and have a good time doing it.”

The Plan

We will begin with a reception in the Rayburn House Office Building from 5:30-7:30 pm on March 4, with a legislator or two dropping by. On the 5th we will fan out across Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers and staff on legislation and to invite them to join the Congressional Freethought Caucus. The Secular Coalition for America will provide breakfast and lunch in Room 20450 in the Rayburn Building, which will serve as our headquarters for the day. We schedule the meetings for you, go over everything in advance in a Zoom call, and provide talking points.

Can I Even do this? I'm no lobbyist!

Who can do this? Anyone. No lobbying experience is required. No one expects you to be an expert on policy or the legislative process. You just need to explain how secular Americans expect equal rights and how the issue(s) we will discuss affect you. You will go to meetings in groups of 3-5, depending on how many people we have from each state, and we will try to have an experienced Lobby Day veteran in each group. We will also have several government affairs experts from our coalition members to attend some of the meetings.

We are going to lobby for a bill that will crack down on militias in this country. We know that a significant number of militia members are Christian nationalists, and Christian nationalists want to make this a Christian nation. They don’t believe in the separation of church and state and they are preparing to do something about it. You can read more about the bill here from the bill sponsors. You don’t need to know anything about lobbying or militias! We take care of that.

registration

and Hotel Block

Ready to attend? Click here to register. The registration and meals cost will be $75.

Then click here to get a hotel room if you are coming from out of town. We have a number of rooms reserved at the Phoenix Park Hotel on Capitol Hill – one block from the US Capitol. Don’t delay making that reservation.

Questions? Email [email protected]

Students register for free. Just contact us at [email protected]