JOIN the RUSH HOUR RESISTANCE

​Rules and Protocols

• We avoid doing anything that could either harm ourselves or anyone else. This includes stepping into traffic, holding a sign where it could fall onto cars below, climbing fencing, etc.
• We don’t operate in the rain. For the safety of our driving audience and for preserving our fragile letters, rain cancels an event.
• We must not block pedestrian and bike traffic, so please keep the middle of the overpass and/or sidewalk clear to allow them to pass.
• We supply the messages; you supply the waves. We avoid messages that would be rated above PG-13.
• We don’t litter. If we find litter, we pick it up and throw it away.
• We don’t use stickers or anything that leaves a permanent mark on the overpass.
• If someone from the ‘opposition’ comes up to talk with us, be polite but do not engage with them. Best to just ignore them. One member will be designated to handle them and video record any aggressive interaction so that you can go right on waving. 
• We take lots of pictures and videos during our action for circulation on social media. If you prefer not to be included, please let us know or consider wearing a mask.
• Our action is protected by the First Amendment. However, should law enforcement pay us a visit, only the designated point person from the group should address them.
• Ignore the middle fingers and negativity coming from some of the cars below. For every one of those confused folks, you are providing hope to another 100 people!
• ​The WCI Rush Hour Resistance is a non-violent, informal volunteer group in which we all participate with an understanding that our own actions are our personal responsibility, and we accept our own personal liability. You participate with this understanding.

Help us:

• make letters
• place the messages on the overpass and wave at drivers
• brainstorm message ideas
• fund supplies
• photograph/video the messages

Our goal is one new message per week

WCI Rush Hour Resistance is part of the 
Visibility Brigade nationwide network.

For more info, visit
​The Visibility Brigade 

​View the Visibility Brigade Toolkit

CONTACT:

​Dave Williams
[email protected]
​240-291-1732

Don't stand back and stand by. This is the time to stand up and speak out.

WASHINGTON COUNTY Indivisible / Washington County, Maryland