Bread & Roses Project / Experience
Social Movements & Advocacy
Reproductive freedom, voting rights, civil liberties, racial justice, immigrant rights and public accountability.
Glens Falls · January 6, 2022
In America, the people determine elections.
Christine's remarks demanded accountability from elected officials, including a call for Rep. Elise Stefanik to resign, and affirmed that voters determine the outcome of American elections. This is the same January 6 anniversary appearance noted in the movement history, not an additional event.
Social Movements & Advocacy
The movement work belongs together: civil rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice, immigration, survivor advocacy, democracy, economic justice, rapid response and know-your-rights education.
Women’s voting rights: centennial feature and reporting January 6 accountability speech
Black Lives Matter, 518 AID and Darryl Mount
Christine's organizing archive includes Black Lives Matter work and efforts against systemic inequality in Warren County and the surrounding region. The Glens Falls Chronicle documented her involvement in organizing Fort Edward demonstrations and 518 AID. In nearby Saratoga Springs, the continuing demands for answers and accountability in Darryl Mount Jr.'s death became a central focus of BLM mobilization.
Women's marches and Planned Parenthood
Women's-rights organizing, public speaking and advocacy for reproductive freedom, including work in Glens Falls and Saratoga. North Country Public Radio covered Christine's remarks encouraging people to volunteer, organize and vote.
2020 Women's March coverageRapid response and know your rights
Immigrant-rights solidarity, rapid-response organizing, legal-observer education, community defense and know-your-rights training. This work includes helping people navigate the gap between their rights on paper and what happens during encounters with authorities.
“This Is What Inequality Looks Like”
Issue organizing and public speaking in Warren County addressing inequality, dignity, community investment and accountability. The related speech and event documentation are being organized within the advocacy archive.
A century of the 19th Amendment
Learn about the centennial, the unequal access that followed ratification and how Christine's women's-movement advocacy connects to continuing political participation.
Read the centennial feature and news coverage