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Solutionary Earth Day Special
- Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 05:00 PM
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rsvpAn emergent vision for pivoting from harm to benefit by transitioning US rail from private profit to public purpose
Wednesday, April 22 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern
Spend Earth Day with Backbone as we welcome a panel of environmental justice and labor organizers to discuss how we can shift US rail from being a source of harm to an infrastructure that benefits us all.
Join us on Wednesday, April 22 (Earth Day) for a Solutionary Circle. Our friends at Pace e Bene are calling for Solutions Circles as part of this year's Earth Week, and Backbone Campaign's Solutionary Rail project is honored to collaborate by hosting such incredible panelists. Included are Andrea Vidaurre (People's Collective for Environmental Justice), mark! Lopez (East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice), Tabitha Tripp (Public Rail Now), Ryan Calbreath (UE Green Locomotive program), and Jess Conard (Rail Watch), along with Solutionary Rail Director Bill Moyer.
Over the last few years, EJ and labor organizers have been deepening their bonds of solidarity and finding common cause in the fight to electrify our rail system. But electrification is not the only interest or benefit that a more accountable rail system would provide. Another goal is shifting our rail system toward delivering greater community safety and broader societal benefit by getting more trucks off the road, reconnecting service to rural communities, and hosting new transmission on rail corridors. Working at the state and federal level, these allies and organizers are shaping policies and shifting the political calculus to overcome the profound power of the biggest (“Class 1”) railroads (BNSF, UP, CSX, NS, CN, and CPKC) whose management has been captured by extractive Wall Street forces.
We'll start at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern on 4/22/26. RSVP below to get the Zoom link.
May Creative Activism Call
- Thursday, May 07, 2026 at 05:00 PM
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Let's Celebrate People Power
Join the call to hear about creative activism deployments - and share your own experiences from your community!
Thursday, May 7
5pm Pacific / 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern
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