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2025 Mayor’s Race
SURJ NYC has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor, and is supporting the DREAM for NYC campaign. Rank Zohran #1, and fill your ballot with other progressive candidates who are not Cuomo!
Join other SURJ NYC members to canvass for Zohran Mamdani:
Upper West Side: Sunday, May 25, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
East Village: Wednesday May 28, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
East Village: Saturday, May 31, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Join SURJ NYC to canvass for Zohran and the rest of the Working Families Party slate:
Fort Greene: Saturday, May 24, 11:15am-3:00pm
Can’t make one of these dates? Sign up to host a SURJ NYC meet-up at any Zohran canvass.
Volunteer with the DREAM (Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor) campaign:
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Dignity Not Detention Weekly Phone Zap
Tuesday, May 20, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Join us as we call on elected officials to support the New York Dignity Not Detention Act, a critical step in getting our state out of the business of immigrant detention and hindering deportations. Zaps are an effective way to make your voice heard right now, and have already moved several lawmakers to sign on!
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Parole Justice Advocacy Day!
Join the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice on May 20 for a parole justice advocacy day in Albany to free our loved ones and make all communities safer. They plan to gather in the New York State Capitol for meetings with key lawmakers and a hold a rally/press conference. Food and transportation provided!
Join SURJ NYC at the WFP Rank the Slate Rally
Saturday, May 24, 11:15am
Fort Greene Park (S. Portland Ave entrance)
Meet up with SURJ NYC members to attend the Working Families Party Rank The Slate rally and canvass! At this event we’ll meet WFP's slate — Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Zellnor Myrie, and Zohran Mamdani — and hear how they are fighting for working families.
After the kick-off rally, there will be a quick training and then we'll be dispatched to knock on doors across Brooklyn.
Dignity Not Detention Letter Writing Night
Thursday, May 29, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Join the NY Dignity, Not Detention coalition for their monthly Letter-Writing Night. You can join in-person or online. RSVP for more info!
Demand NYC Budget Justice!
The People’s Plan has already won 54% of the People’s Budget demands in the Mayor’s Executive Budget: $90 million baselined to public schools, $96 million restored to CUNY, and $222 million in funding and restorations for 3-K, Pre-K, childcare, and outreach. But these are restorations — not new investments — and many critical needs are still being ignored.
Send an email to your Council Member and the Mayor to remind them: we need to fund care and dignity—not criminalization.
Justice for Rümeysa Öztürk
Send money to Rümeysa Öztürk for her legal defense fund. Rümeysa was detained by ICE as retaliation for writing an op-ed in support of Palestinian people and calling for Tufts University, where she is a graduate student, to acknowledge the ongoing genocide. Although she was recently released, you can still support her defense.
Support the Parole Preparation Project
Since their founding in 2013, Parole Prep has trained over 900 volunteers to work alongside more than 400 people serving life sentences in New York State prisons. Over the course of their time with Parole Prep, volunteers will visit people in prison, talk with them by phone, communicate with family members and loved ones on the outside, and support people in navigating the parole process. With your support, PPP can better advocate for the release of more people serving decades in prison in New York State.
Say NO to Immigration Detention at GITMO
Our elected officials cannot afford to remain silent on Trump’s excessive cruelty. They must meaningfully oppose Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda by denying Trump the resources he needs to carry it out. Contact your elected officials via this petition from Detention Watch Network!
Demand DOCCS Reverse Its Illegal Suspension of the HALT Solitary Law
HALT was passed to prevent New York State prisons and jails from committing human rights violations against our incarcerated neighbors. In February, corrections officers manufactured a crisis in order to restore their ability to torture people with solitary confinement. Use the tool below to email and/or call your representatives about not only restoring HALT, but also passing other legislation to get and keep people out of prison and make conditions more humane.
Move Money For Palestine
Donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians
To support ongoing organizing in the US for Palestinian liberation and against Israeli occupation and apartheid, donate and consider making a monthly financial commitment to Palestine Legal, the Adalah Justice Project, Jewish Voice for Peace, and IfNotNow.
Financially Support SURJ NYC!
Power = organized people + organized money.
SURJ NYC needs your help to fight racism in New York. We raise money for growing our work with trainings and technology, providing things like food and childcare at meetings, and funding partner organizations fighting structural white supremacy in our communities. Please join us in this movement by donating today.