September 24, 1998 | Read Time: 1 minute
Two advocacy groups are planning an on-line “march” on Washington to support an overhaul of Social Security.
The “Billion Byte March,” sponsored by Third Millennium, in New York, and Economic Security 2000 Action, in Washington, hopes to prod at least 250,000 people to sign an e-mail letter asking Congress and the President to take steps to insure that the Social Security system remains fiscally solvent. The e-mail messages will then be sent to Congress and the White House en masse in January, around the time of the President’s State of the Union address.
“We see it as cheaper, faster, and more environmentally friendly than traditional forms of advocacy such as newsletters, post cards, and direct mail,” says Richard Thau, executive director of Third Millennium.
The cyberspace march will have a real-world component as well. On the day that the electronic messages are delivered to Congress and the White House, the march’s sponsors plan to hold a press conference with members of Congress who support their agenda. And in case legislators are not ready for the on-line era, a computer diskette with all of the letters on it will also be delivered to every member of Congress and to the President.
TO GET THERE: Go to http://www.march.org.
