Slavery is an evil that has loomed over our nation since its founding. Its racist legacy — carried through Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, mass incarceration, and police brutality — continues to threaten the lives of Black people, and other …
On our recent webinar Rethinking Thanksgiving: Solidarity with Indigenous Resistance, we heard about bold Indigenous resistance to ongoing settler colonialism and climate change, which we know is fueled by the current extractive economic system. AND we heard the call …
Those who benefit from the status quo saturate our culture with this lie: if Black people and people of color win, white people lose. We know this false logic only benefits the wealthy few. We know that there is plenty …
SURJ is a coalition member of Communities Not Prisons which is an Alabama-led coalition of progressive activists, students, formerly incarcerated people, rural residents, and Democrats and Republicans who are fighting the proposed construction of three new private prisons in Alabama. …
This week, as we have witnessed the horrific violence deployed by the US Border Patrol against Haitian migrants at the border, the urgent need to dismantle our broken immigration and criminal legal system is clear.
We know detention centers and …
Looking for an easy way to plug into the work for justice and to gain community organizing skills? Our action zaps are back this fall to support the work of our partners to win racial and economic justice! Join us …
