DFA of Bergen Co, NJ reclaims the yellow ribbon with anti-war billboard.

[madfloridian]

I just love this idea. Kudos to this group. They appear to be like our group with people who are Republicans as well as Democrats and Independents.

http://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/007787.html

New Jersey DFA Launches Antiwar Billboard Campaign
Lewis Miller is a founder and board member of Bergen Grassroots, the DFA group in Bergen County, NJ.

Last Wednesday, Bergen Grassroots held a press conference at the site of its second anti-war billboard. The billboard is part of a campaign that initially includes four high-visibility billboards running for four weeks each during April, May, and June, with the message, "Bring Our Troops Home. NOW!".


At the conference, Bergen Grassroots Chairman Paul Eisenman spoke of the importance of framing the campaign's message visually. "We're including the yellow ribbon because we want to reclaim it." Eisenman, a partner in an advertising & public relations firm, noted that the Bush Administration had used the words "Support our troops" to mean "Support our war." Bergen Grassroots board member Keith Krebs, who is also a Republican county committee member, noted that "the administration has left the Republican party... has left the young people who are fighting this war of choice, not necessity." The billboard campaign received coverage the following day in the Bergen Record, the largest newspaper in Northern New Jersey, and generated immediate calls from members of the public interested in joining our meetings.



More at the link. What a great group.
http://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/007787.html

[bluerum]

1. Blessed be the peacemakers. nt

[katinmn]

2. Beautiful!

[madfloridian]

3. An offer of help from the DFA leader in that area.

"Of course, it also helps if members of your organization possess skills useful to a successful campaign. Aside from its talented chairman, Bergen Grassroots is lucky enough to have a skilled graphic designer on its board, meaning we were able to produce our billboard artwork in-house. If the information in this article isn't enough to get you started, we'd be happy to help you get your own campaign off the ground. Visit our website at www.bergengrassroots.org for more information.

—Lewis Miller"

http://www.bergengrassroots.org/

[FogerRox]

4. DFA ESSEX here-- excellent work in Bergen, Garrett has gotta go

[madfloridian]

5. My hubby grew up in Plainfield/Watchung..

But I forgot what county that is. He doesn't get back there much anymore, but he gets very sentimental.

[July]

7. Middlesex, or perhaps Somerset?

I'm near both of those towns -- I think they're Middlesex.

[madfloridian]

9. Could it be Union County?

I just asked him, and he said he thought Union. He said he was from North Plainfield and also Watchung. I think North is from a different county than South Plainfield.

[unhappycamper]

6. Great billboard!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Carl's Sheeler's billboard in Providence, RI is pretty good too.

[blondeatlast]

8. Excellent--with one minor little nitpick (totally personal)

I'd lke to see the good guys use "Support our SOLDIERS."

I think it's a bit more intimate than "troops."