September 05th, 2025

Albany Banner Bridgade greets I-5, overpass
​ passersby ​with banner and signs

​  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.