The 2023 SCA Lobby Day & Annual Reception

2023 Lobby Day

& evening reception

March 23 and 24th

Washington, DC

Annual Evening Reception

The night before we head to Capitol Hill we’ll host our fourth annual Secular Evening Reception. At this event, we’ll connect with lawmakers, including Members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, who have stood up for secular values, nontheistic Americans, and the separation of church and state.

Lobby Lawmakers

A true Washington experience, Lobby Day is an opportunity to meet sitting members of Congress. Not only will you get to share your perspective with elected officials and their staff, but you will also get a firsthand take from them on laws and issues currently before the House and Senate.

Make your voice heard

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.

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 23 and then on March 24 to meet with your members of Congress to discuss issues and legislation that matter to SCA and the secular community.

Schedule

We will begin with a reception in the Rayburn House Office Building from 6-8 pm on March 23, with a legislator or two dropping by. On the 24th we will fan out across Capitol Hill to meet with legislators and staff on legislation and to ask them to join the Congressional Freethought Caucus. SCA will provide breakfast and lunch in The Gold Room 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 webinar, and provide talking points.

Who can do this? Anyone.

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 people from our coalition members there to attend some of the meetings with people.

The exact legislation we’ll be advocating for will be determined closer to March 24 depending on what bills have been introduced by then and which we can have the most impact on.

Register

Ready to attend? Click here to register and provide the information we need for scheduling.
The cost for registration and meals is $90. The Student Rate is $45.

Hotel

Our Lobby Day rate for a block of rooms at the Phoenix Park Hotel has expired. Please find accommodations somewhere near Capitol Hill or on the Blue, Orange, or Silver Metro lines which all stop at the Capitol South station. (If you stay near the Red or Green lines you can just transfer. Or Uber.) All events are taking place in the Rayburn House Office Building.