SURJ mobilizes white people for justice across the country. Through campaigns, education, and action opportunities, we move our people to reject racism and complicity– and to join movements for change.
Learn more about our current work and join us in action below.
Come take action with SURJ! We’ll be finishing out our electoral work for this year protecting or flipping key Senate seats all while sending as many progressive champions to congress as we can. We’ll be working in key states and districts to take back BOTH the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
Come as you are! No experience needed! Full training & lots of support included!
The SURJ chapter network is made up of chapters and affiliates across the country who work in their local communities. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ chapters move white people to take action as part of a multi-racial majority for racial and economic justice. Work on the ground for each of SURJ’s chapters varies from place to place, but each one is committed to SURJ’s core values and mission.
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