BarbarArtist
barbara-artivista.bsky.social
BarbarArtist
@barbara-artivista.bsky.social
Artist, climate/social justice. Early worker in the alchemy of climate emotions. We will not save what we do not love. Portland, Oregon and the central coast.
www.confluence-arts.net substack.com/pub/barbaraford
I’ve got this image of Andrea Gibson reaching out to welcome Joanna Macy into the next realm and it makes me happy to think they might finally meet. #joannamacy #andreagibson
July 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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You still have a few hours to join us!

See you there.

Register here: gaia-leadership-project.kit.com/51af09db6a
After our video on Stealth Activism went viral on YouTube last week, we decided to double down.

Coming your way on Monday June 16th at 1 pm ET, a free webinar on Stealth Activism: How to Shift Power Without Losing Focus.

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Stealth Activism
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June 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social longtime member of your channel. Just thought it would be fun to share that someone planning music for the army band decided to have them walk past him yesterday playing Fortunate One by Creedence Clearwater. I think it’s a wonderful stealth troll.
June 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@wajali.bsky.social might be fun for someone with a bigger platform than me to note the song choices for the army marching past him yesterday. Like Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater. Not an accident IMHO.
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hey! @maddow.msnbc.com @chrislhayes.bsky.social @msnbc.com someone should point out that the army marched past him to Creedence Clearwater’s Fortunate Son. Not an accident.
June 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The army marching past the wanna be dictator to the tune of Creedence Clearwater’s “Fortunate Son” is a vibe I can get behind.
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You know what to do.
NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
www.huffpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Allison Gill nails it in this song!
I have some breaking news: a list of all the countries with which the Trump administration has failed to make a tariff deal.
April 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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It's official.

Resistance Summer School is happening.

Columbia cancelled my class on Race, Media and International Affairs, but I'm going to teach it anyway.

100+ people have enrolled in just six hours.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/enrollment...
Enrollment for Race, Media and International Affairs 101 is now open!
Grab your spot in Karen Attiah's Resistance Summer School pilot course.
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April 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Portland OR #handsoff March
April 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Portland OR showed up!
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Washington, DC, with the props!
April 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Yo, Third Act @thirdact.org is in the house for today's #HandsOff rallies. Don't mess with the olds!
April 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Just sharing signs I’m making for tomorrow in Portland. Simple stencil technique, imperfect and homely, in the best way.

Also, rest is resistance too.
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This whole thread is important.
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Instead of the #SOTU, watch this instead. Black media matters. www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...
State Of The People 24-Hour Livestream
YouTube video by The Emancipator
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March 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Why am not not seeing this here? 24 hour Alternative State or the People by black media makers. Please share. www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...
State Of The People 24-Hour Livestream
YouTube video by The Emancipator
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s not “going to happen”.
It is happening.
February 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Y’all remember that all of these actions by TFG are all planned, written, and executed by the Federalist Society, right? He’s just their sock puppet in power until he’s no longer useful. Watch for that moment, it may be sooner than we imagine. #Project2025
January 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
poem by Wendell Berry

The Real Work

It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
January 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Leonard Peltier pardoned.
January 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey there. My favorite local Portland climate justice organization is now on BlueSky! Also, art fundraiser, including one of my limited edition prints (the kingfisher) Come join us on the 18th!
Hello, Community! We're excited to be here.

Please share our account with friends, and consider coming to our annual Art Sale on December 18!

We have so much beautiful art, including originals from #CarsonEllis and #PhoebeWall! Shop local while donating to a critical cause--climate justice. ❤️
December 13, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Art show wisdom. A neighboring artist at the art show I’m in today. I appreciate the clarity of communication.
December 8, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Today I’m headed to the Wild Arts Festival in Hillsboro, Oregon. Just turned 68, this is my first big show and I’m feeling so happy to be included into a wonderful group of nature-inspired artists. #wildartsfestival2024 #emergingartist
December 7, 2024 at 1:56 PM