We help movement leaders strengthen their message. We help movements broaden their reach. We operationalize Sins Invalid’s values of disability justice to activate democracy.
Marion S. Trikosko, "Voting in Cardozo High School, Washington, D.C." (1964)
We teach the next wave of inclusive movement leaders.
We help existing movement leaders strengthen their stories.
We leverage accessible digital tools to mobilize communities.
We design and execute accessible digital strategies for lasting impact.
We enhance brands with accessible and creative content.
Backbone Digital Leaders was created to meet a moment with a movement.
A vast network of highly-skilled, disabled digital strategists and creatives who specialize in accessibility, Backbone is unique. We honor and build upon the work of courageous Black women who have championed democracy: Fannie Lou Hamer. Shirley Chisholm. Barbara Jordan. Backbone is as much for these trailblazers as it is for unnamed, often-disabled Black women who have led behind the scenes. Their steady labor may go unrecognized, but it is never unfelt.
Backbone has elected history-making leaders like these. We have trained hundreds of movement leaders. We have mobilized millions of voters of every ability. Most of all, we have continued a labor of love for democracy that our foremothers began.
Backbone is proud to partner with changemakers and movement leaders interested in finding new ways forward. These partners understand that the way must be intersectional. It must be interdependent. It must be liberatory. It must be us who carry it forward.
The organizations and leaders we have supported are at the forefront of movements for change.
