Like The Waters We Rise box set is a collection of posters, photos, and objects from the front lines of the climate justice movement, 1968–2022.
The scale of the climate crisis we are collectively facing is daunting, and it is our hope that each piece in this collection offers a portal to an inspiration, a victory, or a teaching about how people-powered action is the most viable strategy we have for building the future. Each element of this collection has been carefully selected to support an understanding of climate justice as a rich, intersectional movement of movements driven by a multitude of visions for a better world.
Each poster, banner, and button in this collection was designed and produced as a call to action. Posters, in particular—a touchstone of movement visual culture—are a high-impact format: versatile, accessible, affordable, replicable, and easy to distribute. A full-color printed monograph is included in each box set and within it, you’ll find hands-on activities for use in classrooms and community centers. These activities are accessible for a range of diverse audiences and adaptable for a variety of educational and community contexts.
Publisher: The Interference Archive, Booklyn Inc.
Gallery: City Lore Gallery
Format: Educational Catalog, Exhibition
Date: 2022/04/29 — 2022/09/01
National Guard troops block striking workers in Memphis, TN, 1968. Photograph from Alamy
United Auto Workers, I Am A Man, 1968.
Youth activists at the PCB landfill protest, Warren County, NC, 1982. Photograph by Jerome Friar, Courtesy North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina
Designer unknown. No PCB, offset printed placard, 1982.
Global justice banner drop during the batter of Seattle, 1999. Photograph from Reuters / Alamy
Reverend Joseph Lowery with protestors in Warren County, NC, 1982. Photograph from Bettmann / Getty
The Young Lord's Serve The People breakfast program, 1970. Photo by Hiram Mirastany
Earth First!, logo and button design, ca. 1990s
Navajo-Hopi Relocation Act protest (woman with sign, Roberta Blackgoat, woman with flag, Mae Tso), 1986. Photograph by Kenji Kawano
Water protector overlooks Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock, ND, 2016. Water is Life backpatch image by Nicolas Lampert. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan
Designer unknown, Stop Black Lung Murder, graphic, ca. 1960s
Strikers and supporters gather in the fields outside of Paso Ranch, 1973. Photograph by Criz Sanchez, Courtesy Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Young Lords Party, Struggle, screenprint, 1971
Members of United Farm Workers picket Safeway Stores, 1971. Photograph by David Cupp / The Denver Post / Getty
Draping flas of peace on the Seneca Army Depot fence, 1983. Photograph by Mima Cataldo
Boycott Lettuce, The Black Panther, v.8 n.27, 1972.
Draping flas of peace on the Seneca Army Depot fence, 1983. Photograph by Mima Cataldo