Pop-Up Artful Activism Training: Tacoma
16 Oct 18: Before the final Orca Task Force Meeting in Tacoma, Backbone folks traveled out with the truck full of gear to help the locals get tooled up for the next days of action!
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Orca Task Force Bannering: Bellingham
16 Oct 18: The Bellingham team deployed a banner above the highway ahead of the Orca Task Force Meeting.
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Yes On I-1631: Bellingham
12 Oct 18: Folks in Bellingham projected "Yes on I-1631" ahead of midterm elections.
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GOTV: Tallahassee
Folks in Tallahassee's Stone Street Soup Action Group registered voters and collected signatures for a citizens initiative to restore rights to ex-felons.
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Save The Orca Bannering: Portland
5 Oct 18: The morning before a large rally, folks deployed an overpass banner to raise awareness about both the orcas and the rally.
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Save Our Orcas Rally: Army Corps of Engineers
5 Oct 18: Folks traveled to Portland from Backbone HQ with visuals to support this Save the Orca demonstration outside the NW division of the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Save The Orca Projection: Portland
4 Oct 18: After the pop-up training, folks headed downtown to project save the orca messaging and promote the rally the following day.
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Pop-Up Artful Activism Training: Portland
4 Oct 18: Folks traveled from Backbone HQ to support the Portland Solidarity Brigade and show local folks some of the tactics Backbone has to offer.
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ENews October 2018
With nightfall happening earlier, Backbone activists across the country are at the ready to light up the darkness, taking a stand to protect what you love - justice, orca and salmon, clean energy, a future worthy of our children.
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Baby Trump At Pence Speech: Spokane
2 Oct 18: Pence spoke at a fundraiser in Spokane. We were there to greet him with the giant inflatable Trump Baby.
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Pre-Pence Speech Overpass Bannering: Spokane
2 Oct 18: After the previous night's training and light projection, folks headed out to I-90 to use the same "Stop Kavanaugh" LED banner.
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#StopKavanaugh And Pre-Pence Visit Projection: Spokane
1 Oct 18: After the training at UU Spokane, folks headed over to the Wells Fargo building in Spokane to project ahead of Pence's visit on the 2nd.
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Pop-Up Artful Activism Training: Spokane
1 Oct 18: Folks traveled from Backbone HQ to support the Spokane Solidarity Brigade and show local folks some of the tactics Backbone has to offer.
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"We Won't Be Silent Anymore": Miami
29 Sept 18: Artist Alessandra Mondolfi projected "We Won't Be Silent Anymore" in Miami during the Kavanaugh hearings.
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#StopKavanaugh: Anchorage
27 Sept 18: Three activists who have been active in the fight against Kavanaugh did light projection in downtown Anchorage.
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#StopKavanaugh: San Diego
27 Sept 18: Backbone San Diego projected several messages on the courthouse related to supporting women and stopping both Kavanaugh and Trump.
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#StopKavanaugh: DC
12 Sept 18: DC Solidarity Brigade projected message against Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh onto the back/East side of the Supreme Court.
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#StopKavanaugh: Tallahassee
Tallahassee Solidarity Brigade projected onto the Tallahassee Supreme Court Building.
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Free The Snake Flotilla
8 Sept 18: The Backbone Contingent of the Free the Snake Flotilla came out from all over the state, but especially from Vashon! We deployed banners both on and off water in support of Save our Wild Salmon and the Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment who are trying to restore wild salmon populations by advocating for removing four dams on the Lower Snake River.
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Overpass Bannering: Save the Orca
6 September 18: Folks met up on the N 92nd overpass over I-5 from 7-9am to reach commuters going into Seattle.
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