Showing Up For Racial Justice Inc Action Inc

SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE (SURJ) IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WHITE PEOPLE INTO FIGHTS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. FOR TOO LONG, THE RIGHT HAS HOARDED WEALTH AND POWER BY USING STRATEGIC RACISM TO CONVINCE WHITE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON WITH BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATE ELITES THAN WITH THE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AT SURJ, WE BRING OUR FOLKS IN BY OFFERING A BETTER ALTERNATIVE: A JUST, VIBRANT FUTURE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES WORK TOGETHER TO WIN WHAT WE NEED. WE DO THIS WORK BY BUILDING PEOPLE POWER IN MULTI- RACIAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR NETWORK - THROUGH CAMPAIGNS, 200 CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND DEEP LOCAL ORGANIZING PROJECTS.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM - SURJ EDUCATED AND MOBILIZED PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH ITS NATIONAL NETWORK OF ACTIVISTS AND CHAPTERS. . SURJ HELD MONTHLY POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ACTION WEBINARS THAT MOVED OVER 50,000 PEOPLE INTO ACTION. IN OHIO, SURJ GREW A BASE OF WHITE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENGAGED OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN TAKING ACTION FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: SURJ CALLED PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE.. SURJ RAN A PHONE BANKING PROGRAM THAT ENGAGED OVER 1,500 VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE OVER 1 MILLION CALLS AND KNOCKED ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOORS IN RURAL AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE. IN NEW YORK, SURJ TRAINED AND MOBILIZED VOLUNTEERS TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO VOTE IN THE ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF RACE FOR CANDIDATES THAT SUPPORTED CHANGE.