spearheaded by ultra-conservative leaders<\/a> such as Tarrant County Judge Tim O\u2019Hare, and Commissioners Manny Ramirez and Matt Krause. Similar to how the Texas Legislature redrew the Congressional map to favor Republicans, Tarrant County did the same within its own boundaries. Guerrero says the move \u201cfelt like a theft of the people\u2019s voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cFor the first three days, I was alone,\u201d she says. \u201cOn day four, a wonderful woman, just five weeks out from hip replacement surgery, joined me. She couldn\u2019t stay long but came back several times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guerrero\u2019s first sign read \u201cStop the gerrymandering, Tarrant County.\u201d The earnest, straightforward approach to her messaging has evolved, but her commitment to the effort hasn\u2019t changed one bit. Since then, Guerrero has joined forces with Visibility Brigade\u2019s Fort Worth chapter and connected with people from the Indivisible TX 12 Facebook group. Three bridges in high-traffic areas of Fort Worth are now regular sites of bridge protest signs, with bridges at Interstate 20 and Bryant Irvin Road and Interstate 35 and Ripy Street joining the original spot in the mix.<\/p>\n
With more locations and more volunteers, the creativity of the messaging has grown as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
More recent examples of bridge signs have read: \u201cStop Zip-Tying Little Kids,\u201d \u201cPeaceful Protest is Not Terrorism,\u201d \u201cTrump and [Craig] Goldman Cut Cancer Research,\u201d \u201cTrump\u2019s in South Park Hell,\u201d \u201cGrab Him B the Epstein Files\u201d and \u201cRFK Jr.: a Kennedy Who Will Kill Us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The signs certainly get attention. Sometimes, although not often, the responses haven\u2019t been positive. Guerrero says that one time, a car swerved toward one of her fellow protesters standing well inside a \u201cprotected zone,\u201d and there have been a few drivers who \u201cshout and make rude gestures,\u201d but they have been the exception, not the rule.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whether it\u2019s bridge protests in Fort Worth or similar protests on the Northave Bridge in Dallas, or even the nationwide No Kings protests taking place this weekend, it can be difficult to define success. Is it realistic for activists to think that Trump will step down anytime soon? Not really. Is it fair to expect Trump or Abbott to suddenly change their tune on immigration or any other hot-button topic? Probably not. But that\u2019s not what Guerrero views as success when it comes to her efforts. She\u2019s answering that simple, but profound question she asked herself back in May before she hung her first sign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring our two-and-a-half-hour bridge protests, we reach between 35,000 and 37,000 cars \u2014 and that\u2019s just vehicles, not passengers. We also post photos and updates on Reddit, where our messages receive 170,000 to 200,000 views, with 50 to 200 shares per post. We don\u2019t measure success by numbers or big expectations. Our mission is simple: to raise awareness. We chose Tuesday morning rush hour because data shows it\u2019s the busiest time \u2014 and, honestly, because I\u2019m off on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays,\u201d she says with a laugh. \u201cBut there\u2019s purpose in that choice. These are working people heading into their day. If seeing our signs sparks even one workplace conversation, if it inspires even one person to dig deeper, to resist, and to stand brave with us, then we\u2019ve accomplished our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Visibility Brigade in Fort Worth posts protest signs every Tuesday. Deborah Guerrero If you\u2019ve driven along some…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":314173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[9600,5229,7371,7372,53986,358,277,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-314172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-activism","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fortworth","12":"tag-social-justice","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-trump","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115396860307360112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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