This weekend, three Black people were murdered in Jacksonville, Florida by a white person influenced by racist ideology. Our hearts are broken and we are holding the impacted families and broader community in our hearts as they grieve.
Racist political …
From rising temperatures to rising authoritarianism, it can feel like any action we take right now is too late. As white people organizing white communities, we have the opportunity to invite our people in with an alternative message: “You’re right …
The second prong of SURJ’s three year strategy to block authoritarianism and build a base of white people to win is to grow our work in poor and working class white communities in the South.
The South is key to …
The first prong of SURJ’s three year strategy is to stop authoritarianism from taking over the federal government in 2024.
For the next three years, we will be working to mobilize millions of white voters to:
“SURJ has taught me the practice of hope as a joyful discipline. To resist the pacifying, demobilizing culture of doom scrolling, cynicism, resignation, and passive critique.”- Shea, a SURJ member on our mass call
What is the role and responsibility …
At a time of rising authoritarianism and increased attempts to undermine our democratic systems, Showing Up For Racial Justice announces our Midterm Election 2022 program, BLOCK, BUILD, GROW.
Our 2022 Midterm program is designed to to BLOCK white supremacist organizing, …
Watch Erin Heaney, SURJ National Director, and W. Kamau and Kate Schatz – authors of newly released DO THE WORK!: An Antiracist Activity Book – discuss taking action for racial justice on Instagram Live.
Kamau brings his professional experience as …
We are thrilled to announce that SURJ Executive Director Erin Heaney was awarded the prestigious Atlantic Fellowship for Racial Equality, joining an impressive community and alumni network of global leaders in anti-racism work. For the next 18 months, she’ll …
| “To fight for a fairer system, the working class would have needed collective action, which has always been in tension with the pull of American racism.”– Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us |
Those in power use racism to …
| “The narrative that white people should see the well-being of people of color as a threat to their own is one of the most powerful subterranean stories in America. Until we destroy the idea, opponents of progress can always unearth |
