Hey everyone! So it seems that this is the first chance I've had to sit down and post since my first post on the 5th. Ekk! Happy Federal Holiday to those of you who get the day off! I personally am quite glad to have a chance to take a load off.
The world of the Sierra Club is bustling as always. Last Monday we sponsored, along with about 49 other organizations, a 24-hour internet petition against new legislation that would permit the Keystone XL pipeline. The goal was half a million signatures which we got in 7 hours! In total we had about 700,000 signatures. An amazing feat. To deliver the petition we carried 40 empty boxes, each representing 20,000 signatures, with an entourage and paraded around the capitol and then delivered the empty boxes with a flash drive of the actual signatures to Majority Leader Reid Minority Leader McConnell. If you see any of the articles about the drop online you can see me awkwardly in the background of the pictures. It was very exciting and at least marginally successful as no votes were made on the bills that KXL is attached to and won't until after this week's recess.
I'm working on two campaign tactics at the moment. I'm organizing candlelit vigils at the Canadian Consulates across the country on March 7th to mourn the devastation and destruction that the excavation of the Tar Sands in Alberta has caused and to light a candle for a future where tar sands are no longer on the market. It's really fun talking to volunteers and seeing how passionate the tar sands opposition is. Additionally, I'm working to organize "Zombie Rallys" for the Sierra Student Coalition. The idea is that like a zombie, keystone xl is a pipeline that won't stay dead. The purpose of these rallies is to bring the issue to the attention of young voters.
There are good days and bad days, but overall I'm loving my job and loving DC.
No comments:
Post a Comment