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From Minneapolis: This Friday, ICE Out for Good actions
I’m writing to you from on the ground in Minneapolis. I have just spent the past week here with a few other SURJ organizers supporting local efforts on the ground and our chapter’s powerful work. I am in awe of the organizing happening here– it is rigorous, it is community-driven,
Solidarity Mobilizations: a two-part training
The situation in Minneapolis is escalating– Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, another person was shot by ICE yesterday, and there are ongoing attacks by the 3,000 ICE agents on the ground. Meanwhile, the far right propaganda machine is working overtime to valorize ICE and demonize anyone who
Show up for Minneapolis this weekend and Monday
We are grieving and horrified by the murder of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed this week by ICE. Today, we are sending solidarity and care to each of you in this very intense week, and writing with action steps you can take to show up in solidarity. Renee was
SURJ in the News
As big donors line up against Zohran Mamdani, a new PAC aims to lure white voters to his side
SURJ spokesman Chris Kutalik said he couldn’t immediately share a fundraising goal, but affirmed the PAC aims to have phone bankers make 500,000 calls to “white working-class voters” before November to hype up Mamdani while also “moving our members to knock doors in support of this victory to come.” “Mamdani’s
A Risky Bet: Louisville’s Democratic Mayor Accommodates ICE
Carla Wallace, the co-coordinator of the support group Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice, said the organization had 200 trained volunteers who could alert others if they see signs of federal raids and could help provide services to people who are afraid they will be apprehended on the streets. The
Group looks for ‘tons of white guys’ to support social justice
By Naomi Ishisaka in the Seattle Times Much has been written in the past few months about the gender gap in this year’s election. Polling shows a majority of men support former President Donald Trump and a majority of women support Vice President Kamala Harris. . . In one election outreach session that included