As attested to by our amazing volunteers, overpass messaginge events are fun, positive, and patriotic experiences!  We play music, wave to passing drivers, chat together, sometimes even dance!  Overpass events are a great way to meet friendly new people from a diversity of backgrounds, get some fresh air and exercise, and stand up for the country that we love!

Anyone is welcome to join UOA overpass messaging events, so long as they are committed to safe and peaceful protest.  Our events are regularly attended by people of all ages, races, genders, religions, etc.  Utah Overpass Action is a welcoming, inclusive, and safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Yes!  UOA messaging events are a positive, joyful, and family friendly environment, and families with children periodically attend UOA protests.  We often provide washable sidewalk chalk for children (and adults!) to have fun and make creative messages.

To join UOA or find out about upcoming events, please email us at UtahOverpassAction@gmail.com. 

Yes.  UOA prioritizes the safety and security of its volunteers, motorists, and law enforcement above all else.  To this end, we carefully vet the safety of each protest location in advance, selecting only those protected from traffic and other environmental hazards.  

We also take concrete steps to ensure safety via a strict set of Event Rules, as well as via a detailed set of safety protocols.  Lastly, to ensure the safety of all present, we also require that volunteers do not bring firearms or other weapons to our protests.

According to UOA's thorough legal analysis of the Utah State Code, Salt Lake County Code of Ordinances, and Department of Transportation regulations, overpass protests ARE LEGAL, so long as several rules and regulations are closely followed.  We ensure that these regulations are followed via our Event Rules.

For example, we require that UOA volunteers strictly avoid blocking sidewalks or pedestrian bridges, walking in roads, hanging signs over overpass edges, dropping or throwing anything over the edge of the overpass, causing any damage to physical transit infrastructure, and leaving signage at the event location.  In doing so, we ensure that our UOA events are both legal and safe.

We recommend that volunteers bring a hat, sunglasses, warm layers (if needed), water, and sunscreen.  UOA provides large signs and banners to spread our message, but volunteers are welcome to bring their own signs (provided they do no include profanity, threats, etc).  Lastly, and most importantly, we encourage volunteers to bring their friends and family! 

Volunteers are requested not to bring the following to UOA-organized protests:

• Signs/banners with profanity or messages that could be construed as threatening (e.g. "86 47").

• Weapons of any kind

Absolutely.  Here are some ways that overpass messaging events make a meaningful impact:

• Increase public awareness of critical issues, particularly among those persons that don't follow politics or the news.  Bringing attention to such issues is the first step in creating lasting reform.

• Put peaceful, but highly-visible public pressure on politicians and parties to pause, halt, or repeal legislation that hurts Americans, American workers, and our system of governance.

• Meaningfully show solidarity with vulnerable communities at a time when such communities are increasingly discriminated against, marginalized, and threatened.

• Demonstrate the feasibility of "DIY" civic engagement and inspire others to take peaceful civic action of their own.  

• Serve as a space for further organization, action, and coaltion building.