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Why we need Black political power in the South to beat MAGA
61 years ago today, on August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed, one of the most significant civil rights achievements in our country’s history, protecting Black voters’ rights and a core part of protecting democracy for all of us. The gutting of the VRA this year was not
How to organize your people: a training for white people on how to have hard conversations
Have you ever had a conversation about racism or politics where you looked back and thought, “I wish I had kept my cool and dealt with that differently”? If you’ve ever been a part of our work at SURJ, you know that navigating these conversations, staying grounded, and treating your
Help us elect candidates that will stand up to ICE
This past week, ICE murdered two more people in broad daylight: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. Their communities are grieving, and across the country, people are demanding justice and accountability for all of the innocent people killed by ICE agents. For those of us
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As big donors line up against Zohran Mamdani, a new PAC aims to lure white voters to his side
SURJ spokesman Chris Kutalik said he couldn’t immediately share a fundraising goal, but affirmed the PAC aims to have phone bankers make 500,000 calls to “white working-class voters” before November to hype up Mamdani while also “moving our members to knock doors in support of this victory to come.” “Mamdani’s
A Risky Bet: Louisville’s Democratic Mayor Accommodates ICE
Carla Wallace, the co-coordinator of the support group Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice, said the organization had 200 trained volunteers who could alert others if they see signs of federal raids and could help provide services to people who are afraid they will be apprehended on the streets. The
Group looks for ‘tons of white guys’ to support social justice
By Naomi Ishisaka in the Seattle Times Much has been written in the past few months about the gender gap in this year’s election. Polling shows a majority of men support former President Donald Trump and a majority of women support Vice President Kamala Harris. . . In one election outreach session that included