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White People and NOT Giving Up: mass call
It’s rough out there. The onslaught of political bad news, senseless violence, misogyny, and racism is enough to make even the most seasoned organizers want to throw up their hands. These are the exact times– when we’re tired and feeling hopeless– that we can get curious and be intentional about
Sign the pledge to take action on May Day 2026!
This year, SURJ is joining hundreds of our labor, immigrant rights and community partners like Chicago Teacher’s Union, Indivisible and more on May 1st, 2026 – a Workers Over Billionaires national day of action with 600 actions currently planned across the country. As Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible said, May
Beth Howard’s new book, ‘Song for a Hard-Hit People’
Many of you might remember in the summer of 2020 during the racial justice uprisings, SURJ staff member Beth Howard wrote a piece entitled, “Rednecks for Black Lives.” The short blog post was a love letter to her people– white Appalachian workers, rednecks, hillbillies– calling on them to return to
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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