Amy Morrison • Managing Director

Amy has a degree in Environmental Studies from Huxley College and spent a couple years in Gabon teaching Math as a Peace Corps Volunteer. More recently, she has studied nonprofit management, accounting, fundraising and other areas of nonprofit development. She currently lives in Spokane where she works passionately to restore the Lower Snake River. 

Amy Morrison
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Amy Morrison has been involved with the Backbone Campaign since it started in 2004.  She currently serves the Solutionary Rail project as its Managing Director.  

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Rivera Sun
Rivera Sun
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@backboneprog retweeted @RiveraSunAuthor
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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin
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@backboneprog retweeted @medeabenjamin
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@backboneprog tweeted. 2021-07-04 09:18:26 -0700
Lumber prices just dropped for an 8th straight week - and they're down more than 50% from highs as record-setting demand slows - undefined
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@backboneprog tweeted.
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Rivera Sun
Rivera Sun
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@backboneprog retweeted @RiveraSunAuthor
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@backboneprog tweeted. 2021-07-03 11:14:54 -0700
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@backboneprog tweeted.
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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin
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@backboneprog retweeted @medeabenjamin
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1411065005340909568", "content"=>"RT @medeabenjamin: Another amazing week at CODEPINK, going up against hawks in the Pentagon, congress and PR firms… https://t.co/xnr7GJb2aY", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1411059014004211712", "content"=>"Another amazing week at CODEPINK, going up against hawks in the Pentagon, congress and PR firms… https://t.co/xnr7GJb2aY", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}
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@backboneprog tweeted. 2021-07-01 19:23:49 -0700
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@backboneprog tweeted.
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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin
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@backboneprog retweeted @medeabenjamin
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1410719414618624002", "content"=>"RT @medeabenjamin: Great obit on Donald Rumsfeld by @PhyllisBennis with info that you won’t find in NYT. War Criminal Found Dead at 88 @t…", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1410711973986062337", "content"=>"Great obit on Donald Rumsfeld by @PhyllisBennis with info that you won’t find in NYT. War Criminal Found Dead at 8… https://t.co/TMV1K4eewK", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}
vashondogboy
vashondogboy
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@backboneprog retweeted @vashondogboy
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1410645829212323843", "content"=>"RT @vashondogboy: @kthalps Katie Halper would be the PERFECT choice for a left-of-the-real center mouthpiece. If @TheView wants to get ahe…", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1410644046343815169", "content"=>"@kthalps Katie Halper would be the PERFECT choice for a left-of-the-real center mouthpiece. If @TheView wants to g… https://t.co/OwOEF1GprG", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}
vashondogboy
vashondogboy
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@backboneprog retweeted @vashondogboy
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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin
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@backboneprog retweeted @medeabenjamin
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1410635290373459969", "content"=>"RT @medeabenjamin: Wow, Gregory @radiogrego. Your NPR piece on Marla Ruzicka was so powerful. Hearing Marla’s voice made me sob. You captur…", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1410634484890759171", "content"=>"Wow, Gregory @radiogrego. Your NPR piece on Marla Ruzicka was so powerful. Hearing Marla’s voice made me sob. You c… https://t.co/uVMxAvlXhr", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}
Kevin Gosztola
Kevin Gosztola
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@backboneprog tweeted. 2021-07-01 09:23:11 -0700
@kgosztola at least a million bodies on that trail
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@backboneprog tweeted.
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Kevin Gosztola
Kevin Gosztola
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@backboneprog retweeted @kgosztola
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1410634961460285440", "content"=>"RT @kgosztola: Stick to sports https://t.co/0rW1myRcsP", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1410400009909149696", "content"=>"Stick to sports https://t.co/0rW1myRcsP", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}
Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin
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@backboneprog retweeted @medeabenjamin
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1410609730511269889", "content"=>"RT @medeabenjamin: The US blockade of Cuba is a systematic violation of human rights on a massive scale. If human rights are to be a core p…", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1410016420084125696", "content"=>"The US blockade of Cuba is a systematic violation of human rights on a massive scale. If human rights are to be a c… https://t.co/ex0ttt3yHg", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}
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@backboneprog tweeted. 2021-06-30 13:55:23 -0700
This company got a $10 million PPP loan, then closed its plant and moved manufacturing jobs to Mexico… https://t.co/mMVoAqxZhM
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@backboneprog tweeted.
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@backboneprog tweeted. 2021-06-30 10:15:37 -0700
Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania Supreme Court https://t.co/wWLf0ClqEW
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@backboneprog tweeted.
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@backboneprog tweeted. 2021-06-30 10:10:06 -0700
International commission indicts American policing system for “crimes against humanity” https://t.co/but1OEp9jl
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@backboneprog tweeted.
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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin
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@backboneprog retweeted @medeabenjamin
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Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
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@backboneprog retweeted @RalphNader
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1410275280741142529", "content"=>"RT @RalphNader: Mass advertising provides most of the revenues that give Facebook/Google their power. Deceptive mass advertising takes hund…", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1410273942057725953", "content"=>"Mass advertising provides most of the revenues that give Facebook/Google their power. Deceptive mass advertising ta… https://t.co/GNWqpeK7bG", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}
Keya Chatterjee
Keya Chatterjee
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@backboneprog retweeted @keya_chatterjee
{"tweet"=>{"id"=>"1410274519969939462", "content"=>"RT @keya_chatterjee: From Line 3 to the MVP, we must stop dirty pipelines. For climate justice, racial justice housing justice, transit jus…", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>true, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}, "retweet"=>{"id"=>"1410211904702779397", "content"=>"From Line 3 to the MVP, we must stop dirty pipelines. For climate justice, racial justice housing justice, transit… https://t.co/g5QmCJkecl", "has_pic?"=>false, "pic_thumb_url"=>nil, "pic_url"=>nil, "is_retweet?"=>false, "has_actly?"=>false, "actly_url"=>nil, "actly_id"=>nil}}