- Defeating a Plan for a Jail in Los Angeles
In March of 2019, Yes on Measure R (ReformLA) in Los Angeles won in a landslide and has put into motion the largest reallocation of dollars out of criminalization and into community based alternatives in US history. The coalition was led by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and other people of color-led organizations that … - Winning the Hamilton Co. Sheriff Race in OhioIn the 2020 election cycle, Operation Change Cincy and SURJ Ohio helped elect progressive candidate Charmaine McGuffey as the new Hamilton County Sheriff beating Republican candidate Hoffbauer. Hoffbauer had been found guilty of using excessive force to kill an unarmed Black man. If he had won, he would have been the first person in this …
- 2020 Election DefendersIn the vortex of lies Trump kicked up about voting in the 2020 general election, we knew we needed a mass movement protecting democracy, ensuring all votes are counted, and insisting on accountability. In this election, over 400 SURJ members committed to build Election Defender teams in 38 states, including 133 teams in 11 swing …
- Swing GA Left- defeating Trump in GeorgiaThe people of this country – led by communities of color – voted out Donald Trump. And SURJ was proud to do our part to contribute towards that defeat. We engaged in the work in Georgia – a place the Democratic Party had written off and where Black women organizers have been leading the way …
- GAining Ground: winning the Georgia Senate Run-offIn the 2021 GA Senate Run-off, SURJ’s GAining Ground campaign joined a multi-racial coalition of movement organizations to do our part to defeat Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and elect Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. SURJ ran door-knocking and phone bank programs in majority-white counties with more than 1,400 SURJ members taking action …
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