Sending greetings from my hometown, Buffalo, where we are in the final throes of a big fight. As many of you know, my family has lived and organized here for generations.
Our Sheriff Office is the largest in New York …
We all have our own stories of transformation- stories of how we got activated to fight for racial justice and the communities that helped us along the way. Today, we’re sharing some of the story of Dahlia Ferlito, co-founder of …
By Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic | photo by KC Kratt
Erie County Sheriff and Trump superfan Timothy B. Howard should be as notorious as Joe Arpaio, the famously racist Republican sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, whom Howard sees as …
In this webinar, we break down how antisemitism upholds white supremacy historically and today, and how, in light of that connection, we can all show up more powerfully in combating antisemitism and fighting for the rights and dignity of Palestinians. …
by Ken Baker, Wave 3 News
There’s a renewed push to end cash bonds in the Metro, with one local group saying it negatively impacts some in Louisville.
Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice spent the day knocking on doors …
Op-Ed in the Courier Journal by Greg Tichenor and Jillian Pearsall, Louisville SURJ members
LMPD Chief Shields’ call for an internal JCPS police force to “tackle” the city’s youth violence problem is misinformed. While the violence that took place in …
A fight at the intersections of climate justice, privatization, racial justice and abolition is exploding in Atlanta, Georgia. And SURJ is organizing on-the ground to ensure that white residents act in solidarity with Black and Brown people leading the struggle …
In the midst of the Jewish High Holy days- the most sacred holidays on the Jewish calendar- we are deepening our commitment to combating antisemitism in ourselves and in our movements.
As Jews and non-Jews at SURJ, we know that …
This week, as we have witnessed the horrific violence deployed by the US Border Patrol against Haitian migrants at the border, the urgent need to dismantle our broken immigration and criminal legal system is clear.
We know detention centers and …
Sheriffs are elected officials who hold immense power over their county, enforcing racist immigration and drug policies, as well as control local jails. On this webinar, you’ll hear from SURJ, Working Families Party, Political Research Associates, and other movement leaders …
