Community Impact Visits
Connecting Policy to Practice Through Community Impact Visits
After a full morning of concentrated policy education, join a group of your fellow PPI attendees for off-site community impact visits. Choose from one of the three options into Downtown DC to experience how federal policy decisions impact real communities and the organizations that serve them.
Constituent Services Worldwide
During this Community Impact Visit, participants will engage directly with Constituent Services Worldwide (CSW), a Capitol Hill–based program that has spent more than a decade advancing an innovative Education, Experience, Employment, and Entrepreneurship (E4 Lifecycle) model. Attendees will tour the 6,500-square-foot facility, learn how CSW partners with multiple government agencies to deliver workforce and education services, and see firsthand how the program supports returning citizens, TANF recipients, youth, and SNAP participants. The visit will highlight CSW’s unique role as both a post-secondary training provider and small business incubator, offering free credentialing programs across diverse fields while fostering pathways to employment and entrepreneurship.
Participants will walk from Capitol Hill Visitor Center to The Consortium - about a .4 mile walk.
Martha's Table - Family Success Center
Participants will engage with Martha’s Table, a longstanding D.C.-based organization dedicated to strengthening children, families, and communities through access to education, healthy food, and essential resources. The experience will include a visit to The Commons, a community hub in Ward 8 where participants will observe how Martha’s Table delivers coordinated services—from food access to family supports—in a welcoming, neighborhood-centered environment. Attendees will also visit Martha’s Outfitters, an innovative no-cost clothing boutique where families access professional attire and children’s clothing through a monthly credit system designed to promote dignity and stability. Throughout the visit, participants will gain insight into how Martha’s Table integrates multiple supports into a cohesive, community-driven model that reduces barriers, meets immediate needs, and creates pathways to long-term opportunity.
Participants will be bussed to and from Martha's Table.
Lobby Training at Friend's Place
Participants will learn about FCNL’s (Friends Committee on National Legislation) work as a Quaker lobbying organization and learn how to lobby representatives through utilizing our theory of change and the power of storytelling. Role-play and debrief a legislative visit using FCNL’s lobby visit roadmap. Learn more about a local advocacy group and practice for Tuesday's Legislative visits!
Participants will walk from Capitol Hill Visitor Center to Friend's Place - about a .5 mile walk.