Backbone Campaign

Feeling the urge to get involved this week? You are in luck. Here is all the Backbone Campaign related bannering happenings and more:

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. 

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. 

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. 

The current administration continues with antics that cause millions to continue to wonder what is going on. But that doesn't stop our drive for our current bannering campaign.

Through our numerous online bannering workshops and resources from our website, we have shared our bannering materials and build process with 100s across the country.

Along with millions across the country, Team Backbone joined in the nationwide protests.

One of our long time Solidarity Brigade members from LA took to the streets for a projection for the April 5th Hands Off nationwide protest.

A recent multi-city pro immigrants and workers projection across the country was done in partnership with SEIU.

Seattle area bannering returned once again with a few messages to commuters. 

Members of our Yesler bannering crew recently took their last banner on tour to a Tesla Takedown protest. 

Our bannering friends in Fife continue to have success and growing numbers week after week. 

Our Thursday morning Seattle area bannering teams were back on the overpasses!