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Executive Director
Bill Moyer  Bill Moyer is the Executive Director and co-founded the Backbone Campaign in 2003. Bill has had a dual and intersecting path as both an activist and artist. Bill's involvement with social change work stretches back to the 80's, when as a student he was deeply involved in the anti-nuclear movement and the anti-interventionist movement, lived at Big Mountain to assist Dineh elders refusing to relocate off their traditional land, and attended the Institute for Social Ecology. Bill also brings his background as percussionist and sound designer to his political work, applying lessons of composition, performance, and pedagogy to the Backbone Campaign, a project he considers a kind of "theme and variation composition." | |
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Board of Directors
Amy Morrison
President Amy has helped organize the Backbone Campaign since early 2004. With a degree in Environmental Science and a two year stint teaching math in Gabon via the Peace Corps, she combines her background as a passionate environmental activist with the chiropractics of political organizing. Throw in a couple of kids, the disaster of the Bush Administration, the natural beauty of Vashon Island and the creative, propositional work of the Backbone Campaign, and voila! - you get an activist working to sculpt a future worthy of ALL children. |
| Dave Ferris Dave Ferris works as a research associate with Gar Alperovitz at the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives in Washington, DC. Since April 2007, he has been assisting Alperovitz with research on a forthcoming book on progressive political change in the 21st Century. Dave is a native of Vashon Island, a graduate of the International Baccalaureate Program at Foss High School in Tacoma, and most recently a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote an award-winning thesis on social theory of law and the treatment of sexuality in American constitutional law in the undergraduate Social Studies program. At Harvard, Dave engaged in Fair Trade activism, queer organizing, and civics teaching, among many other things. A former intern for Congressman Jim McDermott, Dave has returned to Washington, DC to pursue work in progressive politics. He is honored to be a new, young voice on this board! |
Jean Bosch Jean brings her abundant experience in the non-profit sector as an executive director of an organization working for affordable housing, as well as a board member on a variety of arts and affordable housing organizations. She is an activist and prominent community member, and makes her living selling real estate on Vashon Island. |
| Carol Eggen Carol studied English literature, economics and Spanish and subsequently received an MBA in finance and marketing. She worked for American Airlines and British Airways in financial and international management for 14 years. She then managed a small business, a school of garden design and horticulture, in London. After 10 years in Europe, she moved to the Northwest in 2001 to concentrate on not-for-profit work and outdoor pursuits. She is passionate about the arts and has been a Vashon Allied Arts Trustee since 2004. Carol joined the Board in 2007. |
Mark Early Mark is committed to ending homelessness and improving affordable housing for the poor, and has nearly ten years of experience volunteering with non-profits working towards those ends, including the Downtown Human Services Council and Real Change. He has worked on several liberal political campaigns and has also volunteered for his local community theaters. He made his profession as a computer systems engineer, and is currently semi-retired. |
| Karen Dolan Karen Dolan is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Director of the Cities for Progress and Cities for Peace projects based there. She holds an M.A. in Philosophy and Social Policy from the American University in Washington D.C. She has been a researcher, organizer, writer and activist in the peace and social justice communities for many years prior to joining IPS in 1996; she continues with public scholarship linked to movement-based activism. Karen collaborates with organizers and elected officials at the local level as well as with members of Congress and their staff. She participates in building economic and social justice coalitions at the local and national levels focused around a common, broad-based progressive agenda. Karen was one of the few beltway activists who believed in the Backbone Campaign in its earliest inception.
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David Swanson David Swanson is the Washington Director of Democrats.com and of ImpeachPAC.org. He is co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, creator of MeetWithCindy.org, and a board member of Progressive Democrats of America. He was the organizer in 2006 of Camp Democracy. He serves on the steering committee of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice and on a working group of United for Peace and Justice. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson serves on the Executive Council of the Washington Baltimore Newspaper Guild. He obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997. His website is www.davidswanson.org. |
| John Wood John Wood, Ph.D., teaches in the political science department of Rose State College. He was recently awarded the Oklahoma Political Science Teacher of the Year 2007 Award. Wood wrote the dissertation: "Unity Alongside Diversity: The Qualitative Assessment of the Movement's Capacity to Unite." Wood is also an Oklahoma Common Cause Board member. |
Karen Kohn Bradley Karen Bradley is a founder of the Democracy Cell Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching democracy, activating public involvement and encouraging citizen participation and discourse to create progressive change. She is also the Director of Graduate Studies in Dance at the University of Maryland, is a long-time activist, choreographer, and performance artist. She is currently writing a book on the movement theorist, Rudolf Laban, and researches and writes about movement analysis, arts education, and progressive politics. |
| Linda Wiener Linda Wiener is a full-time activist/organizer and mother of two. In addition to her Backbone Campaign activities, she is currently preparing to travel to Amman, Jordan to work with Iraqi refugees. She co-founded Portland's Surge Protection Brigade, a group dedicated to nonviolent resistance. She has been an active member of Code Pink and is currently working with PDXPeace and Vancouver for Peace. Linda is also a recovering attorney. |
Kety Esquivel Kety has over ten years of experience in the domestic and international non-profit, private and political sectors. Kety served as the Communications Director for Latinos for America. She is also the founder of CrossLeft and the Board Chair for the Institute for Progressive Christianity. Active in her faith through prison ministry, homeless shelters and mentoring programs for underserved youth, she helps mobilize the grassroots Progressive Christian voice. Kety received her BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University where she served on the Board of Trustees. Kety is presently living in New York City, working as a consultant and pursuing graduate studies. |
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Volunteer Staff
Puppet Master: Tom Gross Shader Festival Arts refers to public events where the Backbone Campaign provides a significant visual component. The festival arts coordinator is involved in the preparation of this visual component as well as contributing to the logistical arrangements and participation by our volunteer base. I have mostly been involved in the maintenance and coordination of the spine puppet. | | Traveling Puppetista: Doug Skove Doug has been on many of the Backbone actions including the Inauguration Day protest of 2005 in Washington, D.C. (logistics manager), Democracy Fest in San Diego (puppet lead), in support of Cindy Sheehan at Crawford, Texas (event coordinator), MLK and anti-war marches in Seattle, and most recently lead the BB team at the anti-war march on Jan 27 in D.C. Doug also leads the coordination of the Chain Gang sets at events; the Backbone Campaign has four Chain Gang sets to ship to events and causes we support around the country. He is also the "go-to guy" for shipping our visibility tools around the country on Alaska Airlines. If he can't get someone else to do it, Doug will also be a puppetista. | Webmaster: Dan Schueler | | Graphic Designer: Cathy Fulton Cathy provides the design and production of our printed literature: the leaflets and water-cooler cards that we hand out at parades and events, Spine notecards and Spineless Citations in various formats, Spine and Chain Gang tool kits, programs, posters, and almost anything else that Bill needs at the last minute before an event. | Audio Engineer: Roger Fulton Roger has managed much of the website content and group email content, as well as assisted in merchandising products, such as T-shirts and buttons. He currently serves as audio engineer for the Conversations with the Cabinet interview program, handling the live broadcasts as well as recording and editing the podcasts. | | Chain Gang Coordinator - Seattle: Linda Newton | Board Assistant: Pam Bredouw Pam takes care of the many details necessary to effectively run our Board of Directors and committee meetings, coordinating staff and volunteer efforts and providing support to our fundraising activities. | | Freeway Bannering Leader - Seattle: Jayn Foy | Bookkeeper: Rob Peterson | |
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