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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.

You can download a draft poster here. 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.

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

Event Schedule

March 2, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Art Workshop
Art for Social Change Workshop & Parade Rehearsal
Location: PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union Building room 294 and 296.

March 3, 7:00 PM, Panel Discussion
We the People - Building a Movement for the Future We Want, Featuring: Antonia Juhasz, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, David Cobb and more.
Location: PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union Building room 228.

March 4, 11:00 AM - Evening, MARCH FORTH!
Parade, Theme Park, Activist Trainings
11 AM Meet at parade staging area in Pioneer Square Park
12 Noon Procession for the Future launches on 1 mile parade through Downtown Portland arriving at PSU at 1 PM
1-1:30 Rev. Yearwood and others address the crowd. Ring Master orients participants & intros theme Park Guides.
1:30-2:45 Activist Theme Park and Music
3:00-4:30 Training Session #1 Bird-dogging by Ruckus Society, Corporate Campaigning by Corporate Accountability in the Smith Memorial Student Union Building
4:45-6:15 Training Session #2 NVDA 101 - by Ruckus Society, Freeway Bannering Building by Backbone Campaign in the Smith Memorial Student Union Building

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