I Make America Campaign Marks First Anniversary with Virtual March on Washington

September 27, 2011—In recognition of its first anniversary, the I Make America campaign, a national grassroots campaign created to promote manufacturing jobs through infrastructure investment and export agreements, is holding a virtual march on Washington this week. The campaign is asking its supporters to send letters, sign a petition, and call their elected officials in Congress to stimulate American jobs by passing a comprehensive, well-funded, multi-year highway bill.

 

To date, the campaign has enlisted the support of more than 13,000 people nationwide, more than 850 member companies of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), and industry organizations. "This week we are encouraging everyone to contact their representatives via our Virtual March on Washington to turn up the heat on Congress and demand action," said Dennis Slater, president of AEM. "We need leadership, not partisan bickering, to ensure our nation’s competitiveness—here and abroad, now and in the future—is not threatened."

 

To send a letter to your representatives in Congress, click here.