Youth Rally in Olympia for salmon and climate
Backbone joined with Youth Salmon Protectors and other allies working to save Snake River salmon and stop climate change, for a youth-led rally and march on Friday, Jan 13th in Olympia, WA.
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Recall Kevin De Leon
BLMLA asked the West Los Angeles Solidarity Brigade for a projection, to support LACAN and Union de Vecinos in the Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights, at a protest calling for LA Councilmember Kevin de Leon to resign over his racism caught on tape.
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No Mas Muertes
Backbone supported the Journey for Justice, organized by Witness at the Border, with light projection and LED banners.
Our Solidarity Brigade in Brownsville projected at the border station, and LED banners were deployed in El Paso and outside Fort Bliss.
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Amazon Workers Rising
Workers at MSP1 Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, MN (near Minneapolis) walked out for better wages and working conditions. Backbone worked with Athena, Awood Center, and their allies to support this action with projections.
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Stop Extinction - Projected at COP15 in Montreal
A Backbone Team traveled to Montreal during COP15, to bring awareness of the urgent need to protect the Tapanuli orangutan.
The 3-day projection, in both English and Chinese, was at the COP15 meeting place and around the city, to support Mighty Earth's campaign.
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International action to eradicate harm from plastics on fenceline communities
The plastic pollution crisis is a planetary crisis.
Backbone outfitted a team with digital projection gear, for their travels to Uruguay for the UN's Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. The team did several nights of digital projection.
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Rail Can't Wait Rally in Olympia
Backbone Campaign and our Solutionary Rail project joined with Climate Rail Alliance for a rally on Dec 1, 2022, the first day Legislators were back on campus.
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St Louis Black Friday Strike
Backbone sent gear and trained up folks at Missouri Workers Center, in time for Black Friday strikes against Amazon.
St. Peters Amazon Workers Join Mass Global Walkout to 'Make Amazon Pay'
The Action was part of a global Make Amazon Pay Campaign and was supported by Backbone's Athena Coalition partners.
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Block Corporate Salmon
BlockCorporateSalmon members, along with the Backbone salmon inflatable, visited the Local Catch Summit on October 2-3 in Girdwood, Alaska, and hosted an ad hoc workshop at the conference. The conversation focused around education and building relationships with fisherfolk from around the country, as well as strategizing on ways to prevent genetically engineered (GE) salmon from coming to U.S. and global markets. After the conference, BlockCorporateSalmon members continued to travel to Homer and Anchorage, Alaska, to build local relationships with fisherfolk and build solidarity around blocking GE salmon.
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