We need your help to do something really big. We're organizing a massive Virtual March on Washington and aiming to send 1 million messages to Congress on Thursday, February 1st to stop the escalation. Can you join us by signing up for a time to call your senator? Join the Virtual March 
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FEBRUARY 1 - VIRTUAL MARCH TO STOP ESCALATION
On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched on Washington to stop the escalation and end the war. Now, we're launching a national effort that everyone can join from home—bringing our message directly to Congress through a massive Virtual March on Washington.
On Thursday, February 1st—just days before the Senate votes on the escalation—we're going to let them know where their constituents stand by flooding their offices with 1 million messages. We need your help to make this really big. Can you join us by signing up for a time to call your senators?
Click below to sign up for a "shift"—a time-slot when you'll call (we're trying to spread out the calls over the course of the day).
http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch/?rc=iraq_blog
All you need to do to participate is schedule a time to call your senators and urge them to block escalation. We'll take care of the rest. We'll even send you a text message to remind you before your shift starts if you want.
We're not just calling Congress. The virtual march is much bigger than that. All through the week we're building energy towards the big day:
- We're organizing MoveOn members to call other MoveOn members in key states—whose senators could determine whether the resolution passes—and getting them involved in the march.
- We're pledging to get our friends and family involved in the march.
- We're organizing MoveOn members in Washington, D.C. to deliver close to 600,000 messages to the Senate opposing escalation in person.
Thursday is going to be a huge day of action all over the country. MoveOn members, along with members of True Majority, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, USAction, CampusProgress and many others are working together to make sure Congress gets the message: Americans not only oppose escalation, but are counting on Congress to block it. And if enough of us get involved, we can really win this vote.
Passing a bipartisan resolution opposing escalation will be the strongest stand the Congress has taken on the war since it began. It's more than symbolic. If we can convince a majority of senators to vote against the president's plan, the momentum from that vote will affect the way the House of Representatives votes—and set us up to stop the escalation completely in the coming weeks.
Most importantly, passing this resolution will give our leaders in Washington the support they need to take action to stop the war.
Thursday is going to be a critical day in the fight to end the war. Can you join us?
http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch/?rc=iraq_blog
Thanks for all you do,
–Nita, Tom, Eli, Jennifer and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Monday, January 29th, 2007
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