Building the ‘White Stripe’: The Young Patriots, Jesse Jackson, and SURJ
by Beth Howard, Carla Wallace, Eddie Wong, and Hy Thurman Article published: February 5, 2024 ‘Steps on a journey of struggle’: Organizers share their experiences
by Beth Howard, Carla Wallace, Eddie Wong, and Hy Thurman Article published: February 5, 2024 ‘Steps on a journey of struggle’: Organizers share their experiences
We’re on NBC News as part of their National Day of Racial Healing special! The segment profiles Kentucky People’s Union (KPU), a working class-led project
Tennesseans of differing races, colors and creeds gathered for the annual celebration of International Human Rights Day this week. During the event, leaders were acknowledged
“I work in schools, and the idea that students’ access to information about their bodies and their sexuality being limited … I don’t think it has a place in schools,” said Rachel Adams, a rally participant and member of Boston’s branch of Showing Up for Racial Justice—a group that organizes white people to fight for racial and economic justice, according to its website. “I don’t think censorship is ever something you wanna encourage.”
Rebecca Vilkomerson, a longtime community organizer and former executive director of the nonprofit group Jewish Voice for Peace, joined political reporter Bobby Cuza on “Inside City Hall” Tuesday night to talk more about the Israel-Hamas war.
“When community organizers started knocking on doors in Boyd County, Kentucky, they were ready to listen to what people had to say about the biggest issues in their lives. What surprised the canvassers was how ready residents were to talk.”
“I was upset to learn that last week, a gathering of The Appalachian Waymakers Collective, a democratically controlled, multiracial, multicultural locally based grantmaker supporting artists and art makers throughout Appalachia, was attacked by a group of white men and women who told them they were not welcome in Harlan County and wanted them to remove their items, items they deemed “non-Christian”, from a chapel where the land stewards had given them permission to be. “
“I was set paying a particular amount of rent, and then management changed and the rent went up because we had to sign a new lease,” said Sophia Tillett, a Shelbyville renter. “I have lived in small towns most of my life, and it’s so baffling to me that in small towns like this, we’re paying the rent of cities. It just, it baffles me.”
“We need to build our collective power and synthesize our stories, dreams, and skills. To do this, the Kentucky Movement Assembly (KMA) was born.”
Hear SURJ’s Alex Flood talk about the campaign to re-elect Governor Beshear with statewide partners!