We are thrilled to announce that SURJ Executive Director Erin Heaney was awarded the prestigious Atlantic Fellowship for Racial Equality, joining an impressive community and alumni network of global leaders in anti-racism work. For the next 18 months, she’ll …
Beth Howard, Op-Ed for the Boston Globe
My beloved Eastern Kentucky has been ravaged by floods that have killed at least 37 people, destroyed homes and businesses, and left entire communities in ruins. In the midst of chaos and mudslides, …
Looking for an easy way to plug into the work for justice and to gain community organizing skills? Our monthly action hours support the work of our partners to win racial and economic justice. Join us in monthly, one-hour gatherings …
“The answer is cross-racial solidarity. Nothing important has ever been accomplished by one person. I can recycle all I want – I can’t stop climate change by myself. When race is so often used to divide us, it takes us …
| “To fight for a fairer system, the working class would have needed collective action, which has always been in tension with the pull of American racism.”– Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us |
Those in power use racism to …
At a time of rising authoritarianism and increased attempts to undermine our democratic systems, Showing Up For Racial Justice announces our Midterm Election 2022 program, BLOCK, BUILD, GROW.
Our 2022 Midterm program is designed to to BLOCK white supremacist organizing, …
| “The narrative that white people should see the well-being of people of color as a threat to their own is one of the most powerful subterranean stories in America. Until we destroy the idea, opponents of progress can always unearth |
The external conditions we are facing as people working for justice are immensely challenging right now. And, as much as we strive to live out our values in our own communities, the conditions we are facing in our movements are …
Long before I was out, I was known. I was in 7th grade the first time a group of boys yelled “Wehman’s a Man!” up the stairwell at me. Over the next five years the yelling escalated to shoving, to …
Today, we at Showing Up for Racial Justice are outraged and grieving in light of the Supreme Court ruling that overturns the right to an abortion in every state. Though it was expected, this is a heavy and difficult day …
