By Emma Ockerman at Vox
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George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin one year ago today, an event that spurned the largest mass uprising the globe has even seen and bringing …
One year ago, George Floyd was murdered and Black people led millions of us out into the streets to demand an end to racist violence and murders by police.
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In “The White Republic and The Struggle for Racial Justice,” published on Organizing Upgrade, Bob Wing contended that the U.S. state is racist to the core, and this has specific implications for our …
Webinar description: Join SURJ and friends to learn more about what’s going on in Israel and Palestine right now, how we got here, and how Palestinian liberation is a racial justice issue that ties into our broader vision for collective …
As you know, each year hundreds of thousands of immigrants, many seeking protection from persecution, torture, or impoverishment are detained in jails and prisons across the country that are notorious for deplorable, inhumane conditions, rife with extreme negligence, abuse, and …
Like you, we are watching the escalating use of lethal force and violence by the Israeli military against Palestinians with immense concern.
As white people in the US, many of our beliefs about Palestine have been shaped by racist and …
Webinar description:
“We are all swimming in the waters of white supremacy culture. And we are not all affected in the same way… The good news is that while white supremacy culture informs us, it does not define us… It …
What does it look like to move millions of public funds away from incarceration and instead invest in the communities most harmed by prisons? And how do we get there? Black organizers in the South are leading these efforts and …
Webinar description: For many of us, defunding the police is a new idea. Most white people in our lives have beliefs about policing that are shaped by our racist culture, not reality or history. How do we help more people …
