Trump’s billionaire agenda is escalating. The big ugly bill will make ICE better funded than most of the globe’s military forces, while millions of people lose healthcare or will see care costs greatly increase. The Supreme Court’s decisions this summer empowered Trump’s ruthless deportation agenda and endangered the lives of trans kids.
And rightly, Americans’ outrage is escalating. Over the last seven months, millions of people have taken action against Trump and in defense of immigrants, trans people, and working class people across this country– many for the first time ever.
Our movement’s ability to retain these folks and move them into long-term work will be critical to undermine the billionaire agenda and build the world we all desperately need.
To do our part to absorb and bring in as many white people as possible, we’re calling this season “Summer to Grow: Turn up the Heat.” We’ve already kicked off the first part of this work: weekly action hours and a training series on not cooperating with ICE (which will happen again– stay tuned). Starting this week, we’re launching the “grow” part of this campaign with a goal of hosting 100 SURJ mass meetings across the country this summer to move people into our long-term strategy to win back governing power and stop authoritarianism
Don’t see one near you? Can you host one in your community?
We know there are millions of white people looking to show up and affect real change right now.SURJ’s mass meetings program has already successfully brought in thousands of newly activated people into our community– and after the election and in the first 100 days, hundreds of you have hosted meetings in your homes, churches, libraries, and more.
If you can host a book club or birthday party, you can host a mass meeting! And you aren’t doing it alone– all hosts receive a step-by-step manual, a template agenda, training, and coaching.