Democracy for Vancouver

Marches Forth! in Portland on Tuesday, March 4th
Related Workshops and Events March 2, 3, & 4.The Backbone Campaign and our movement partners present the Procession for the Future, a creative organizing tool to inspire, educate and train youth and concerned citizens to be more effective activists in this crucial election year AND beyond.

The Procession for the Future is a touring parade, using high production value art and spectacle to animate our aspirations and deliver a compelling progressive vision for the country. Following each Procession, these festival art pieces will transform into a theme park for education and activist training.

Students and community members drawn by the creative imagery will be guided by progressive pixies rainbow of policy stations collecting a bird-dogging platform to hold candidates accountable to progressive priorities. Following this trip across the policy spectrum participants will have the opportunity to attend free trainings on the most exciting tactics used by some of the nation’s leading activist organizations.

It won’t be the same without YOU. Build a noise-maker, learn a rhythm, animate an inflatable puppet, hear great speakers, March Forth! on March 4th in the Procession for the Future, learn new tactics and meet others doing great work in your community.

Below is the overall schedule and list of imagery we’ll have for the Procession, followed by the trainings we have arrangements to bring so far. You can download a draft poster here or click on the image to the right.

Please contact Linda Wiener, lindaw@backbonecampaign.org or
Brad Vehafric, vehafric@pdx.edu to get involved or endorse.

See you soon (March 2, 3 & 4)

March Forth!

Bill Moyer
Backbone Campaign