What If We Just Stopped Calling the Cops?
May 25, 2021
By Emma Ockerman at VoxIllustration by Grace Shin/VICE News George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin one year ago today, an
By Emma Ockerman at VoxIllustration by Grace Shin/VICE News George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin one year ago today, an
Photo by Sierra King, Survival Media Agency In “The White Republic and The Struggle for Racial Justice,” published on Organizing Upgrade, Bob Wing contended that the U.S.
By Anna North at VoxPhoto Drew Angerer/Getty Images In the midst of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis Police Department officer who murdered George Floyd, SURJ’s
Op-Ed in the LA Times by Cathy Tempelsman, a SURJ volunteerPhoto by Brynn Anderson, Associated Press “This is ridiculous,” I say to my husband. It’s
SURJ staff members Erin Heaney, Evelyn Lynn, and Sarah Stockholm contributed to Organizing Upgrade’s series of “Hot Takes” in the 2020 election season: After Obama’s
By Marcy Rein, Organizing UpgradeVocalize Protest Persist Resist by Amanda Sanchez for Power to the Polls at amplifier.org Right before the 2020 election, SURJ National Director spoke
From CNN SURJ’s Communications Director, Grace Aheron, spoke with CNN about how to engage with white people in conversations about race: As a White person,
by Sophie Vodvarka with the National Catholic ReporterPhoto by Anice Chenault SURJ Leadership Team Member Anice Chenault spoke with the National Catholic Reporter about her Catholic
SURJ National Director Erin Heaney spoke with CBS about SURJ’s work in the midst of the ongoing protests against police brutality: Across the country, people
By Clare Lampen with The CutPhoto: Stephen Maturen, Getty Images As Black leaders across the world led millions into the streets in protest of the