Backbone Campaign

Backbone Campaign is working to remove the dams on the Lower Snake River, so the orca of the Salish Sea can have the food we need, and our rivers will once again be teaming with wild salmon.
We help community based activists deploy artistic props and tools that will amplify the voices of their community.
Our Solutionary Rail project seeks to decarbonize transportation and energy in the US by electrifying trains, running them on clean renewable energy, and using the railroad right of way to transmit electrons from solar and wind farms to the urban metropolises where markets exist.

We are growing Solidarity Brigades around the country and our goal for 2020 is to have 50 Solidarity Brigades. A Solidarity Brigade is a squad of activists trained in Backbone Campaign tools like light projection, bannering, prop deployment - so change agents in their communities can stand up and protect the places and species they love. Backbone Campaign strives to be activists' resource for creative interventions that keep the news cameras captivated and that get more people activated. When the People Lead, the Leaders Follow!
We are also providing artistic resources to the campaign to save the orca of Puget Sound, organizing human orca murals across the Salish Sea bioregion, banner actions, light projections, inflatables.

Backbone Campaign was started by artists in an artist-rich community. We harness the resources of our community, using our warehouse where we hold art builds, engaging our active volunteer artist network, and connecting change agents with artful activists. We are part of the Moving Forward Network, an alliance of community based activists working to fight the negative implications of global trade.

We have held 10 years of Localize This! Action Camps, a week long training for activists on how to deploy actions that demand change.
In 2018 we gifted over $25,000 in equipment and tools to squads of change agents across the country, so they could deploy artful activism tools.
In 2018 we increased our number of Solidarity Brigades from 15 to 28.
In 2019 we increased that to 35 squads across the US.
We have organized several coordinated light projection actions on Ending Fossil Fuel Use and Protecting the Climate, Ending Gun Violence and NRA influence on elected officials; Keeping Immigrants Safe and building welcoming communities; and more.