Virtual March on Washington

The Pickens Plan is organizing a Virtual March on Washington to be held April 1-3, 2009.

So what is a "Virtual March"?

We are going to utilize the size and unique capabilities of the New Energy Army to have an enormous impact on the White House and Congress. The Army will focus its energy during those three days on e-mails, calls and faxes to every Member of Congress.

Between now and then we will be engaging in a series of activities to get ready for the event, including:

* Contacting Members of Congress through email and phone calls to encourage support for key aspects of the Pickens Plan.

* Recruiting new members of the Army in every Congressional District.

* Submitting letters to the editor and op-eds to newspapers around the country.

* Holding district meetings and house parties with members of the Army to discuss ways to have an impact.

* Participating in webcast events.

We will be communicating with members of the Army via email, Push, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn to build support and enthusiasm for the event. Make sure you are connected to us on any of these platforms where you have a profile!

If you haven't yet joined your District Group, click here to find your group and join.

Be sure to take photos and videos of your activities over the next couple months - we will soon be inviting you to submit items to be featured here on the Virtual March homepage.

Sign up today to participate in the Virtual March and recruit your friends and family to join you!

(If you are interested in visiting your Members of Congress during the virtual march, please contact your Regional and/or District Leader for more information.)

• < Previous Event
• Next Event >

Add a Comment

Comment by James Everitt on April 3, 2009 at 3:23pm

Virtual March Day 3 Let’s get this done and make a final push to let President Obama and Congress know we want an energy plan now! Click Here Now!

Discussion link: Pickens Army Virtual March on Washington

Comment by Todd on April 3, 2009 at 5:16am

Working my way through the tough economy and finding the right eduation resources for Solar and Wind online education want to base my future on that since campus is out of the question due to current job. Please give me advice on where to gain want to Work hard to help out with my carbon footprint. Looking for a Solar Energy job for the future once complete in school. Solar school recruiters get in touch with me.

Comment by Don Bernasconi on April 2, 2009 at 4:25pm

Still at work. Just dropped in to see how it is going. See ya all later. dlb

Comment by Jacqueline on April 2, 2009 at 11:45am

When calling for Nat Gas Act 2009 - It is the SENATE BILL # 672 - Pickens Plan is asking us to call our respective Senators for our area.
As of 4/2/09, it hasn't come to the House yet - so calling the House of Representative now, you can give your comments, but the real time to call is when Senate approves the bill and it's passed to the House of Representatives for their consideration.
Within Pickens Plan - someone needs to identify the specific bill names and keep track where they are, as to who to contact first. Example: "NAT GAS ACT 2009 senate bill #672"
I called McClintock's office on the "NAT GAS ACT 2009" and he asked what bill number it was to know how to respond. I looked at the Pickens Plan email information, but it didn't say the bill #. The assistant also said - it would be best to contact the house, once the bill is passed, because contacting the house rep before it is passed can be a waste of our time, especially if it is declined. Hope that helps.

Comment by James Everitt on April 1, 2009 at 2:12am

Army:

Today is the kick-off for our Virtual March on Washington. We have 3.8 million members of the New Energy Army, partners and friends poised and ready to do their part.

Over the next three days we want to tell Congress that the Pickens Plan is still the ONLY plan on the table to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and we want them to join in supporting legislation to do just that.

I’ll be doing my part in Washington - attending meetings, bill introductions, press conferences and meeting with the news media. I need you do to your part, too. I’ll be in touch with you tomorrow with specific details on how to take action so stay tuned!

In the meantime, this past Sunday the Pickens Plan was recognized by the Association of Political and Public Affairs Professionals as the best public affairs campaign in 2008. Receiving this award was a huge honor for me personally - but it really couldn’t have happened without you. I want to share with you this video of my award acceptance which also recaps what we’ve accomplished over the last 9 months. The Virtual March is what we’ve been working towards - let’s make this happen!

– Boone

Comment by david@PickensPlan on March 31, 2009 at 12:18pm

If you are on Twitter, help spread the word about Pickens Plan! Use the hashtag #pickensplan on relevant tweets during March on Washington week.

Not sure what Twitter is? Check out the Pickens Plan Supporters on Twitter

Comment by darla j pruitt on March 30, 2009 at 4:16pm

i hope that i can be of some service some way to help the pickens plan. im not no expert in nothing im an american whos tried of seeing our country go to heck im willing to do what ever i can at my computer to help. im there for this

Comment by Terrie Dusa on March 29, 2009 at 1:36pm

Will definitely e-mail congressional leaders on April 2nd.

Comment by John Wesley Nobles on March 27, 2009 at 3:49pm

If we each get 5 more people onboard, we will number almost 12,000,000. With that number Washington will have to listen! It is not the 40,000,000 members AARP has, but it would be a great start!

Comment by Gordon Derek on March 27, 2009 at 3:52am

USA-Today is with you!

• First
• Previous
• Next
• Last