Dec 162016
 
Bridges Not Walls Logo

Bridges Not Walls LogoOn 20th January 2017 Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America.

That day, together, we will drop banners from bridges across the country to send a simple, hopeful and unmistakable message. We will build bridges, not walls, to a peaceful and just world rid of oppression and hatred.

“Let us build bridges rather than barriers, openness rather than walls. Rather than borders, let us look at distant horizons together in a spirit of acceptance, helpfulness, cooperation, peace, kindness and especially love.” –Martin Luther King

DPAC are a supporter of this action. See the facebook page for more details

 Join a local action or set one up at a bridge near you: https://bridgesnotwalls.uk/

Support this action on social media

Download the picture at the top right of this post (right-click and save the file) then use it as your Twitter and Facebook avatar picture from now until the 20th Jan 2017. And share the website https://bridgesnotwalls.uk/ using the hashtag #bridgesnotwalls

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  3 Responses to “Bridges Not Walls 20th Jan 2017 #bridgesnotwalls”

  1. I would like to build bridges rather than drop litter which some poor sucker on community service will have to pick up.

    I would have like to see people making bridges out of lego, lollypop sticks and recycled material in parks and city centres. Journalists love such photo opportunities. Here are a few links which express my train of thought:
    BRIDGE SCUPTURE
    Ha-Ha Bridge
    In creating the Ha-Ha Bridge for Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Fell has provided an elegant design which also reveals further levels of meaning.
    By incorporating the word itself into the sides of the bridge he not only refers directly to the ha-ha beneath but also provides an amusing reminder of the original coining of the term derived from the cry of surprise at discovering a boundary.
    https://www.ysp.co.uk/whats-on/open-air/brian-fell

    Students Build A Bridge Based On A Leonardo Da Vinci Sketch Using nothing but ice.
    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/students-build-a-bridge-based-on-a-leonardo-da-vinci-sketch-using-nothing-but-ice_us_568aa0bfe4b06fa68882e1eb

    Engineering the record breaking Lego bridge
    https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/engineering-the-record-breaking-lego-bridge/10014253.article
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    How to make a Popsicle Stick Bridge
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9niGbPGqs8
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    BRIDGES IN ART
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges_in_art
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    BRIDGE SONGS
    Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live 1969)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYKJuDxYr3I

    The Pogues – Misty Morning Albert Bridge
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7T8dCmtdBs
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  2. Wisbech Trades Council will be unfurling banner at the Freedom Bridge (named after the fight to abolish slavery led by Thomas Clarkson of Wisbech) at 12.30pm on 20th Jan. Any DPAC members in the West Norfolk, South Lincs, Cambs areas not got an event to go to will be very welcome to join us. hopefully there will be some food or a post unfurling meet up at a nearby cafe so please let me know if you are coming wmdtuc@gmail.com

  3. Great, I am helping to organize the Civil Rights Bridge Hungerford, I suggested at the organizing meeting we contact DPAC, but of course you are already ahead of the game. I emailed a local member, Michael Condon, with details of the Hungerford Bridge Group, also KONP, mental health campaigns etc. Are you goi.ng to banner making at the weekend? Rob Sale rob.sale.rs@googlemail.com, 07508760252

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