Procession for the Future

Assembling at Pioneer Square, the Procession for the Future wound through through downtown Portland, finishing off at Portland State ... all » University where they transformed the Park Blocks into a Festival for the Future, an activist theme park and training ground.

The focal point of the Procession was twelve giant puppets, representing progressive issues such as Universal Health Care, Climate Stabilization, Fair Trade, Democracy and Election Integrity, Immigration Rights and much more. Conspicuous at the head of the march was an enormous U.S. Constitution, probably 20 feet wide by 50 feet in length, carried by eight people.

Organized by the Backbone Campaign, www.backbonecampaign.org, this Portland Procession for the Future was the first, and as it traveled through the city it drew smiles of support and approval of all complexions from those who in th eir daily course of life happened upon it.

This is an 8 minute video of that procession, including portions of speeches from the Festival for the Future which took place at Portland State University Campus after the Procession.

The Backbone Campaign was founded by artists in 2004 to provide creative tools for the Progressive movement nationwide. They believe that regardless of who sits in the White House, that we the People, have an essential role in transforming this country into a true decent society and a responsible member of the world community.

Music in the video is from John Rancher, www.johnrancher.com

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