Winning Stories (March 2026 Newsletter)

Konstantin K

Hi all! I wanted to share an observation I made today. While I was at a bridge protest, I noticed a car stopped at a red light. Inside was a family—a mom, a teenager in the front passenger seat, and a little kid in the back. The windows were closed, but I could see them watching our group and talking. The mom pointed at us and seemed to be explaining something to her kids.

The traffic light there is very long, so this went on for a while. Then the car windows rolled down, and the kids started waving at us and giving us thumbs up. I imagine the conversation started with, “Mom, who are those weird bridge people?”, then explanation came through, and it ended with waves, cheers, and thumbs up in support.

Copied from SNHI. 

Bridge Brigaders, I'm passing along a kind message from someone who saw you all out there recently:

I’m part of my local indivisible group, and I wanted to send a note to the folks who were on a bridge in Southern NH over route 3. I think it was near Nashua.

A shoutout, a thank you and a virtual loud and long car horn blast. I was a bit lost, trying to get my bearings and didn't see the bridge message until I was almost under it. If I hadn’t been discombobulated I would have made some noise.

I’m part of a small group that does a weekly standout on a bridge over the Mass Pike and I know how gratifying it is to hear honks, get waves and have lights flashing, so I felt badly that I didn’t make noise to encourage your efforts. I know all too well how miserable the cold and wind on the bridges can be, but it is all the more important to keep the messages visible now that there seems to be a turning point. If Minnesotans can take the cold for days on end, surely we can do a couple of hours out there. So thank you!

Erin W

Small but big to me win: I work with a gentleman I believe he’s 37. I met him prior to starting working with him  (I work at a restaurant). I met him last February for the first time and made a snarky comment about Trump and he quietly responded “some of us thought he might actually do good things.” He's been pretty quiet since I started up in September. Last week he came to me at the beginning of a shift and said “ I’ve been looking for you, I want to talk to you.” He proceeded to tell me he was completely outraged by what is happening right now. It was right after the Alex Pretti shooting. He demanded to know when the next protest was and he told me he was gonna join me wherever I went. I feel like this is a massive win specifically with the age group and people being willing to speak up. It’s small but it felt very big to me thanks for sharing in this.

Mike T

Couple quick notes from Nashua exit 4

First, while walking up to the bridge we must have got 20 honks!  

And afterwards when we were walking back down, we stopped before crossing the on ramp to Rt 3 south. There's a crosswalk but no walk light. We were waiting on the sidewalk. A car approached and we figured we’d cross after. But he stopped and waved us across. Then a passenger rolled down the window and said we wanted to honk because we support you but didn't want to honk at you while crossing. So we all had a good laugh.

And we must have got 200 honks easy on the bridge!  

Mike T

Wow, the Merrimack protests and caravan were a huge win!  Here's a quick bonus win.

Stopped exit 8 Market Basket on the way home.  My windows still had "NO ICE!" one three sides.  As I'm parking, a guy is waving, thumbs up, "thank you!"  I get out and say thanks, just came from a big protest in Merrimack!  And he's like I know I saw you, you all were awesome!  I'm like you're awesome!

It just goes to show, our message flows back through the community of people we touch, people we move.

And it got me thinking. If I had cleaned off my windows, he might not have recognized me and we both would have missed this perfect ending, to a perfect day, standing up for democracy.

Jacqui T

We had a woman stop at our parking lot right before our huddle thanking us for being on the bridge. Her family is from India. She asked if she could get us anything and we all declined as we always show up prepared. We gave her our business card (perfect timing getting those). She will check on our group. She was almost afraid to join the FB page. We told her to do what is comfortable for her and to make sure she honks when she passes us. 

We had a woman and her dog walk up to our bridge to ask us about the bridge. Business card shared with her and she will join us next week. 

Then! A couple actually stopped on the road and handed over a box of Joe for us. We gave them a business card and they will join us. 

Again, perfect timing getting those business cards!  I forgot to put some in my pocket, but thanks to our indefatigable Mike, he made goodie bags for everyone with the bumper sticker and hand warmers, so everyone had a card to share.