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 calling voters about primary races working to elect progressive champions in key states and districts to ultimately take back BOTH the House and Senate this November.
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.
This year, SURJ is joining hundreds of our labor, immigrant rights and community partners like Chicago Teacher’s Union, Indivisible and more on May 1st, 2026 – a Workers Over Billionaires national day of action with 600 actions currently planned across the country. As Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible said, May
Many of you might remember in the summer of 2020 during the racial justice uprisings, SURJ staff member Beth Howard wrote a piece entitled, “Rednecks for Black Lives.” The short blog post was a love letter to her people– white Appalachian workers, rednecks, hillbillies– calling on them to return to
This year’s midterm elections are a reckoning for fascism– the tide of public support is on our side, and we have a real shot at taking power out of the hands of people who are willing to let millions die so that a select few can get richer. They’re also
