In a recent episode of Next Economy Now, Ryan Honeyman gets together with Erin Heaney, executive director of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).
Erin shares about her family history of involvement in activism, from the struggles in Northern …
“There is significant pro-democracy organizing across Florida to build upon. Florida students led statewide protests against the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation in 2020. They have joined forces with parents, educators, and …
“White queers: the first Pride was a riot. We love the slogan on the T-shirt. We love the signs and the parties and the parades. I love being queer …
Listen to Showing Up for Racial Justice’s Executive Director, Erin Heaney, talk about her experience deepening her understanding of whiteness, anti-racism and practice as an organizer on the podcast, “White People Make Everything About Race.”
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The key was organizing, through which volunteers connected deeply, authentically, and vulnerably with voters who didn’t agree with them yet.
SURJ Executive Director Erin Heaney shares how we helped win the campaign to stop anti-abortion constitutional Amendment 2 in Kentucky.…
Avery Martens talks about the needs of Ohioians for harm-reduction focused policies about drug use.
Erin Heaney, Executive Director of SURJ, talks with Moms Rising’s Kirsten Rowe-Finkbeiner about SURJ’s Stop Cop City Toolkit and the role of white people in abolition
Read about how Louisville SURJ’s year-round organizing with working-class white people to end cash bail resulted in electing 7 new judges who are more aligned with their goals.
“Our goals are to grow a base of support, predominately in majority …
After several years of work around housing rights an advocacy group for affordable and safe housing in Shelbyville, Tennessee, is celebrating a victory.
Kentucky People’s Union Member, Elliot Frederick, talks about how the Kentucky Legislature’s anti-trans bills impacts him and his community.
