For the second week in a row, the Albany Banner Brigade, which opposes the Trump administration's policies and actions, held banners and signs on both sides of the Santiam Highway overpass Saturday morning, Sept. 6. The I-5 southbound traffic during that time included many fans heading to the 12:30 p.m. Oregon and Oregon State football games in Eugene and Corvallis.. The banner facing southbound travelers said, "FIGHT FASCISM!" The banner facing northbound traffic read "UNITED WE RISE!" Twenty people held the banners and signs during the 90-minute banner drop. Albany Region Indivisible's Dave Pinyerd and Bernadette Niederer organized the event and made the signs. More banner drops are planned this fall, with dates and times to be announced, Pinyerd said.

​  The Linn County Democratic Central Committee, during its Sept. 4 monthly meeting, unanimously approved a resolution urging "immediate, unrestricted and sustained humanitarian aid distribution to the people of Gaza, along with an immediate ceasefire, arms embargo and suspension of military aid to Israel.
  The resolution, submitted by Susan Heath, Joanna Robinson, Rick Staggenborg, and Brandi Tucker, is titled "Regarding: Palestine and An Embargo on Military Aid and Weapons Transfer to Israel." It reads, in part, that the Linn County Democratic Party resolves as follows:
  "Section 1. We condemn, in the strongest of terms, Israel’s ongoing program of famine and genocide in Gaza. 
  "Section 2. We expect our elected representatives to respond with actions that match the scale of the crisis, to stand up for the starving children in Gaza, and to use every available tool to demand the immediate, unrestricted, and sustained reopening of humanitarian aid distribution to the people of Gaza at the scale needed to reverse this worsening famine.
  "Section 3. We support (a) an immediate ceasefire; (b) an arms embargo; and (c) a suspension of military aid.
  "Section 4. We affirm our commitment to international law, the dignity and human rights of all people, especially those who are in urgent need, and the pursuit of a just and lasting peace for all in the region."

​  Hundreds of people traveling on Interstate 5 through Albany on Saturday morning, Aug. 30, saw a big bold "DUE PROCESS FOR ALL! banner held from the Santiam Highway overpass by opponents of the Trump administration's policies and actions.
  Albany Region Indivisible's Dave Pinyerd and Bernadette Niederer organized the event and made the signs.
  "Due process is always a valid concern," Bernadette said. "We asked everyone here to vote on a whole bunch of slogans, and everyone agreed that this was the most timeless slogan." And timely. "There are over 60,000 people losing their due process in immigrant detention camps," she noted.
   Twenty-six people turned out for the banner drop that went from 9:30 to 11 a.m.. "We had roughly half of the attendees wave at I-5 and the other half watching their backs and waving signs at cars on the overpass," Dave said. "We divided our time in half between the north and south sides of the overpass,"  That included  UO football traffic headed south for the Ducks' afternoon opener against Montana State. "Massive support from the Duck cars," Dave added.