Backbone Campaign

Backbone Campaign amplifies the aspirations of "We the People" with creative strategies and artful activism to manifest a world where life, community, nature, and our obligations to future generations are honored as sacred.

Backbone Campaign Pledge of Nonviolence: Backbone Campaign is a nonviolent movement-building organization that utilizes creative tactical tools and artful activism and is strongly committed to nonviolence in all of its work. We unequivocally condemn any form of violence, property destruction, or advocacy of violence by representatives of, or participants in Backbone-affiliated actions. We will not condone any actions that could endanger our supporters, the public, or counter-protestors. We consider any call for violence or behavior inconsistent with the above to be agent-provocateur-like behavior, and it will not be tolerated. To participate in Backbone actions, participants must agree to this nonviolence pledge.

We invite you to join us in reclaiming our democracy by building a populism that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Stand up, Skill up & Pitch-in for social, economic, and environmental justice with boldness and creativity! Amplify your impact with artful activism that earns media and makes people feel empowered and emboldened.

If you're excited about Backbone's brand of artful activism and want to fuel more actions like these, please make a donation here. Being the Nation's Prop Library for Progressive Activism requires staff, supplies, imagery shipping, and more. We're all in this together, and we cannot do this without your support.

Recent Actions:

Help send Backbone's We the People to DC for May 1 Protests

Apr 14, 2025

Liberty is a muscle that must be exercised! Since January 20, 2025, Backbone Campaign and our volunteers and allies have: Deployed 45 freeway banners in 5 locations over 13 consecutive weeks, Shipped banner toolkits to 31 cities in 10 states, Trained more than 200 people in bannering and light projection in our virtual workshops, and Projected images focused on workers' rights, immigration, and illegal detention in Seattle, Portland, Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Boston. For more than 20 years, Backbone has been preparing for this moment. Our high visibility activism tools speak to the moment and amplify our collective voices. Today, our work is more important than ever before. But, we cannot do this at the scale and scope that is necessary without growing support from people like you. Pitch in with a donation to keep growing Backbone's capacity to tool up and skill up people around the country. Continue reading

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Recent Actions:

Help send Backbone's We the People to DC for May 1 Protests

Peace Arch Rally

Diversity Isn't a Trend -- It's the Future

From Spark to Surge

Hands Off - April 5th