D.I.Y. Creative Tactics
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Creative interventions by land, sea, and air, by night or day!
Gene Sharp cataloged 198 methods of Nonviolent Action, you could try them all, but why not start with some of these fun and replicable tactics for getting noticed? From Kayaktivism to Giant Overpass Bannering, and Guerrilla Light Projection spice up your campaigns with some flashy actions that don’t end with you in a pair of zip ties.
After supporting hundreds of actions each year, we carved out a bit of time to share with you some how-to’s and resource guides for some of our favorite low-risk high-visibility tactics.
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Giant Banner Building & Deployment
Freeway Bannering Is an Easy & Effective Way to Spread Your Message!
Freeway bannering is a powerful tool for regular people to make their voices heard and values visible. It's inexpensive, most of the required materials are reusable, and it's an effective way to reach thousands, even tens of thousands, of people in a short period of time. It is also a powerful way to literally stand by your message.Order your banner tool kit here.
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Backbone Activist Toolkit
Want to enhance your actions?Think your meetings could be more productive?Want some legal tips for your new members?
Download your copy of our Activist Toolkit.
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Thank-N-Spank Accountability
Backbone offer this combination of Thank-n-Spank citizen lobbying tools encourage accountability between representatives and constituents. Encouraging bold, principled action and expressing disappointment when such action is not taken can be done in a way that creates a respectful, but accountable relationship. Download these FREE tools to add creativity to your citizen lobbying efforts.
Submit an Action Report to share your Thank-N-Spank story and photos with Team Backbone and be featured on our website.
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Projection as Protest
Light Projection is easy, fun, and a great way to raise the visibility of an issue!
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Flash Mobs!
Flash mobs can be a fun and engaging tactic that enhances and moves your campaign forward or simple fun and charge up your group.
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Bird Dogging
What is "Bird-Dogging" & How to Do It
bird-dog also bird·dog (bûrddôg, -dg)
v. bird-dogged, bird-dog·ging, bird-dogs Informal
v.intr.
To follow a subject of interest, such as a person or trend, with persistent attention.
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