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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.

Voices Over the Freeway

We are so proud of our weekly bannering groups who continue to thrive week after week. Continue reading

May Day in DC

Traveling Team Backbone took to the streets of DC last week and left a huge and lasting impact.  Continue reading

May Day Bannering

As the Backbone traveling team conquered the streets of DC, the Seattle area bannering crews started the month of May off with a statement.  Continue reading

Weekend Action

Our friends in Fife and Olympia had a great weekend out with their banners. Continue reading

Turning Up the Heat

This week's messaging called for turning up the heat a little more.  Continue reading

Olympia Visibility Brigade

Say hello to our newest bannering group, the Olympia Visibility Brigade. Continue reading

Telling It How It Really Is

In order to match the absurdity and audacity of the news headlines, it calls for the need to turn up some of the messaging for the weekly bannering.  Continue reading

Protect our Public Lands

Together with Patagonia Seattle, we set up a new projection installation. Continue reading

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

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

Peace Arch Rally

On Saturday, April 12, one of our super volunteers made the journey with 2 Backbone Campaign banners to the Peace Arch on the border of US (Washington State) and Canada.    Continue reading