"We're All in this Together Motion" Jena, Louisiana — 2007

"We're All in this Together Motion" Jena, Louisiana — 2007

This photograph documents activists organizing at the Jena Six protest, capturing both the sign's message and the visible organizing infrastructure—megaphone, coordinated participants, and deliberate positioning for public communication.

The statement "We're all in this together" continues the movement's emphasis on collective solidarity and shared stakes. Displayed prominently with the Statue of Liberty, the sign maintains the earlier ironic critique: invoking American symbolic ideals of universal freedom while asserting that those promises remain unfulfilled for marginalized communities.

The photograph's focus on the megaphone and organized speakers emphasizes how the movement functioned through coordinated public address and communication strategy. Activists deliberately shaped messaging, controlled narrative, and maintained visibility through strategic use of public space and communication technologies. This image documents the labor of protest organization—the deliberate work of mobilizing, amplifying voices, and sustaining collective action across the demonstration.

The close framing captures the intensity and seriousness of participant engagement, revealing how the movement combined large-scale mobilization with intimate moments of coordination and leadership. This multi-scalar perspective—visible in both crowd photographs and this closer view—demonstrates how the Jena Six movement operated simultaneously at different levels of organization, from mass demonstration to careful coordination of messaging and public engagement.