Let's have our concerns seen! We will have a sign making party in the Danfoss Room at the Ames Public Library.

There will be some poster board available and markers, but if you have markers or any other sign making supplies that you are willing to share, please bring them along.

Local activists have formed the Ames Visibility Brigade. We encourage our members to bring their posters and join this effort. See the guidelines below.

AMES VISIBILITY BRIGADE

Thursdays 4 -5:30 pm

and

Saturdays at 10 - 11:30 am,

at Bandshell Park in Ames

Join us as we share with the Ames community our concerns about what is happening in our

country. We will gather and show up weekly, week after week, to stand for our democracy.

There is safety in numbers, so we do not want people out there alone. A single person is too

easy a target for harassment, so plan to go with at least one other person.

Guidelines for the Brigade

A MESSAGE CONVEYED IN A RESPECTFUL, NONCONFRONTATIONAL MANNER HAS A

BETTER CHANCE OF BEING HEARD

● Have at least one other person with you. If there isn’t anyone else, call a friend and have

them join you or come back another day

● Be polite and respectful to anyone who might wish to talk with you. DO NOT engage in

arguments. If you feel uncomfortable with an interaction, trust your gut and leave the

area and if indicated, call the police.

● Do not yell at passing traffic, even if they yell at you - remember “when they go low, we

go high”

● Do not wave your sign into the street

● For safety purposes, please stay on the sidewalk. (We can legally be on City property

including sidewalks and the park)

● We legally must leave space for people to walk past us, so you can step back into the

park to let them pass

REMEMBER, WE CAN ONLY BE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY NOT ON PRIVATE

PROPERTY. PUBLIC PROPERTY INCLUDES THE SIDEWALK AND THE RIGHT OF WAY

(BETWEEN STREET AND SIDEWALK) AND CITY PARKS

FOR PEOPLE’S SAFETY AND SO WE DON’T INTERFERE WITH VISIBILITY FOR

DRIVERS, WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAY ON THE SIDEWALKS.