Election Wins Fuel Long Push to End Cash Bail
February 27, 2023
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
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TN Renters Organize for Better Living Conditions
February 28, 2023
After several years of work around housing rights an advocacy group for affordable and safe housing in Shelbyville, Tennessee, is celebrating a victory. Read the
I felt like I was drowning: Local groups host LGBTQ+ rally
March 12, 2023
Kentucky People’s Union Member, Elliot Frederick, talks about how the Kentucky Legislature’s anti-trans bills impacts him and his community. Read the full article
Fight for trans rights in Kentucky and across the South
March 16, 2023
As we’re seeing racist, transphobic agendas spread across the country, organizing white people away from the lies of the Right and into solidarity is one of the most important things we white folks can be doing to stop these authoritarian policies and candidates that will have dire consequences for trans people, people of color, working people– really, for all of us. While they drum up moral panic about the threats of drag shows and trans kids, they distract from the real problem: a small group of power-hungry elites who don’t care about any of us.
White people must raise their voices to also demand change in Louisville policing: Opinion
March 13, 2023
The exhaustive report from the United States Department of Justice names a pattern of abuse from Louisville Metro Police Department, who disproportionately target and terrorize Black communities
Muddy clothes? ‘Cop City’ activists question police evidence
March 23, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) — When police stormed an Atlanta-area music festival two days after a rainstorm, they were looking for suspects wearing muddy clothing. Authorities moved
Several protesters arrested after blocking entrance to governor’s office in Florida Capitol
May 4, 2023
SURJ Deputy Director, Julia Daniel, joined SURJ Florida Rachel Bass and immigrant youth activists with the Dream Defenders in blockading Governor Ron DeSantis’s office to
I Was Arrested for Blockading Florida Gov Ron DeSantis’s Office
May 3, 2023
“White people are the single largest base of support for the far right’s heinous agenda. Right now, they’re coming for trans people, queer people like
Activists Arrested for Occupying Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Office While Staff Literally Eat Cake
May 3, 2023
SURJ Deputy Director, Julia Daniel, joined SURJ Florida’s Rachel Bass, and immigrant youth activists with the Dream Defenders in blockading Governor Ron DeSantis’s office to
Keep your scorn. Kentucky needs your solidarity.
August 11, 2022
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
