This morning we’re celebrating a landslide victory in Kentucky’s governor race. SURJ played a critical role in delivering a win for Democratic Governor Andy Beshear. And if we can win in Kentucky, we know we can win big in 2024. …
A few hours ago, the United States House of Representatives elected 2020 election denier Mike Johnson to be Speaker of the House. The power of so-called Freedom Caucus-aligned, MAGA Republicans is growing and, unchecked, will have dire consequences on democratic …
“The idea that we must wait until all of our feelings are neat and orderly before we act is a fantasy.”
– Morgan Bassichis, with adrienne maree brown Monday night
As we have so many times before, today we’re writing …
Have you been dying to bring a tote bag that says “Teach my white kid about racism” to the farmer’s market this year? Or maybe through being a SURJ member, you’ve fallen in love with Kentucky and need to slap …
Whether it’s Toni Morrison’s Beloved that opened your heart in high school English class or Michelle Alexander’s New Jim Crow that powered a generation of people to fight against mass incarceration, so many of us have been transformed by a …
Protecting abortion access is racial justice. People of color are disproportionately affected by abortion bans– and the right uses abortion as a heavily moralized single-issue wedge with white voters to build power for their racist, corporate-backed agendas.
After Roe was …
In 2009, I moved back to my hometown of 2,500 people in rural South Dakota to be a teacher. That same year, my little sister, who is Native, started kindergarten and was called racist names on the playground by her …
This month, we’re celebrating SURJ’s 14th birthday! In 2009, a few dozen white folks involved in social change work hopped on a conference phone line (remember those days?) to respond to Black movement leaders’ call for white people to organize …
