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.
In our one-hour gatherings we make calls, sign petitions, send emails, and take online action to close jails, defund police, invest in communities, protect Indigenous rights to land and water, and more. You’ll receive training and support throughout the session as well as a community of fellow SURJ members to take action with!
Drawing on our 15 years of successfully mobilizing and organizing white people for justice, we’re running a program for anyone looking to show up in this moment with power and in community: Protect and Resist: actions and training for white people in the first 100 days. This program will build off of our successful “Gear Up” post-election campaign where over 2,000 people took action with us, but will be open to anyone.
In over 600 locations across the country, members of unions, immigrant rights groups, and movement organizations are mobilizing to end racist scapegoating, stop the billionaire agenda, and fight for working people. Find a rally near you below– or check here to see if there is a SURJ meetup to attend together in your town.
Solidarity, not scapegoats: strategies for organizing the white working class focused on strategies for organizing against division and towards solidarity as we prepare to celebrate May Day—the quintessential solidarity holiday!—in a national day of action with unions and other social movements across the country. We heard from Jackson Potter of
Teachers and bus drivers pledging to resist ICE raids. Doctors continuing healthcare for trans kids. Religious leaders protecting vulnerable people in their communities. Across the country, regular people are stepping up and refusing to enact the racist, violent, billionaire-driven Trump agenda. As you know, through SURJ’s Gear Up training program,
As we round out the first month in the Trump presidency, we’re writing today with a way to turn your despair into action. Last week, we launched our new series, “Protect & Resist: a first 100 days learning and action program” with a call with Dr. Robin DG Kelley where
