Come out to show that ordinary people can raise their voices against the chaos and destruction of this Administration. Help remind folks that they, too, can stand up for their beliefs – and that there’s lots and lots of people who aren’t on board with the “cruelty as entertainment” behavior of Trump and Musk and the GOP. We want to encourage them find the time and/or the courage to join us!
Come when you can, and leave when you must. You needn’t be present for the entire 2-hour standout.
The address “130 Southampton Road, Westfield” will get you just north of the overpass. Please park on the sides of Southampton Rd.
Southampton Road is heavily traveled; please look both ways! Darting into traffic will likely end in tears.
We’re displaying messages and interacting with traffic on the Mass Pike below, AND with traffic passing on Southampton Road. We’ve discovered that the magic happens when we smile and wave to people!
We’ll have letterboards prepared for the lower part of the overpass fencing – the photo shows how that will look to folks passing on the Mass Pike.
Your sign/banner lettering needs to be BIG so it can be read by motorists on the Mass Pike. Letters that are 12″ high are not too big! Our letter boards have 2′ high letters.
We’ll bring American flags, which we fly right-side-up because we’re taking our flag back from the extreme right. The flags go up last and come down first, because we don’t want folks thinking we’re a pro-Trump standout.
We don’t give the finger to people who give the finger to us, or who say unpleasant things. We smile and wave to them, too.
We may see a counter protester. If so, the best thing to do is just ignore them and spend our time and energy waving to motorists. Let’s keep things 100% non-confrontational in words and body language.
Please take everything you brought away with you, and leave the site totally clean.
If rain is predicted, we’ll cancel. If we cancel, you’ll receive an email notification.
We’ve found that roof rake sections make wonderful flagpoles and banner poles. If you have a roof rake (or 10’-15’ light metal poles or conduit) to contribute, we’ll be happy to take it off your hands!
Donations…we’ve purchased banners and grommets and flags and zip ties and bungee cords, and we’ll be getting more. We’ve purchased 20” x 30” letter boards for messaging we can change. All this costs $$$. We’ll have a bucket for donations, and if you could throw something in, that’d be great. And if not, that’s perfectly OK, too – your presence is what’s really important. See where the money’s going! https://tinyurl.com/IN-SLWMProtestTeamFinancials
photo: Rob Robertson
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