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Winning Stories (June 2026 Newsletter)
Carol S Today a group of Dover Bridge Brigaders completed their first "Signs of Fascism" event on Central Avenue in Dover. Cheers to Lisa who has taken over spearheading the group and a special thank you to Seacoast Indivisible for loaning us the signs. Lots of honks and thumbs up! Deborah J So my kids said aside from dinner what would you enjoy for Mothers Day and I said, come to the bridges with me and they did! An amazing day all around! Jacqui T My daughter came to my b
Doreen Wiggins
Jun 42 min read
Greta Roberts
May 60 min read
Escaping Social Media - How the NH Bridge Brigade Set Me Free
Written by Mike Tranchemontagne, edited by Dianne Kottke Since he came down that elevator in 2015, I've been dumbfounded how anyone with half a brain could fall for his bullshit. Sorry not sorry, but there it is. That's when social media became really political for me. I was posting memes, reading news articles, and getting into discussions/arguments. It was kind of addicting to duke it out in the comments. I shared lots of news stories, mostly from AP, on my feed and in grou
Mike Tranchemontagne
May 52 min read
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Escaping Social Media - How the NH Bridge Brigade Set Me Free
Written by Mike Tranchemontagne, edited by Dianne Kottke Since he came down that elevator in 2015, I've been dumbfounded how anyone with half a brain could fall for his bullshit. Sorry not sorry, but there it is. That's when social media became really political for me. I was posting memes, reading news articles, and getting into discussions/arguments. It was kind of addicting to duke it out in the comments. I shared lots of news stories, mostly from AP, on my feed and in grou
Mike Tranchemontagne
May 52 min read
On Civil Disobedience, Memory, and the Threshold of Risk
Uncle Sam was having a bad day as he blocked the main gate to the CIA in Arlington, Virginia. The photograph was taken during a civil disobedience action over the Iran-Contra affair in the spring of 1987. I remember that season not as a blur, but as one of those charged periods in life when history did not feel distant or abstract. It felt physical. It felt embodied. It was in the streets, on the steps, in the faces, in the shouts, in the arrests, in the way people carried th
Jamie Cunningham
Apr 36 min read
Standing on the Bridges: A Three-Part Reflection on Where We Are and Where We Must Go
By Jamie Cunningham Part 1: The Divide in America Since Memorial Day of 2025 we have been standing on bridges across New Hampshire. What began as a small call to action, just a handful of people showing up on overpasses with signs, has grown into a statewide network of bridge communities. Week after week our members gather above the highways, speaking to thousands of motorists with a simple message: democracy still matters. From up there you get a vantage point not just of th
Jamie Cunningham
Mar 175 min read
How Movements Win: Lessons We’re Applying on the Bridges
Throughout history, ordinary people have changed the course of nations — not by waiting for permission, but by standing shoulder to shoulder in the public square. From Selma to Solidarity, from suffragists to Standing Rock, movements rise when citizens claim moral visibility and refuse to back down.”
Jamie Cunningham
Oct 31, 20254 min read
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