Take Action TodaY

Canvass with SURJ NYC!

 
 

Saturdays, 1:00pm - 4:30pm, Southern Brooklyn

As the NYC Mayoral Election approaches, SURJ NYC will focus on speaking to white working class voters the Zohran campaign is not reaching, specifically in Southern Brooklyn. No prior canvassing experience is required!

Join us this Saturday, September 6th at 11am in Tompkins Square Park to kick off our fall canvassing for Zohran. SURJ members will meet beforehand to get to know each other, discuss strategies, and then head out to canvass together.

More Opportunities to Show Up for Zohran:

Dignity Not Detention Phone Zap

Tuesday, September 16, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Tuesday, September 30, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Join the Dignity Not Detention campaign as we call on New York lawmakers to hold a special session to pass Dignity Not Detention. We will also make calls in support of individual release campaigns as we work to end New York’s complicity in ICE detention.

Weekly Vigil For Democracy

Tuesday, September 9, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center

Join us in standing up for our neighbors. The vigil will be held at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center, which has had a reputation for inhumane conditions: rancid food, lack of heating in winter, and oppressive heat in summer. Now, ICE is using the Metropolitan Detention Center to detain our immigrant neighbors — mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters.

Members of SURJ’s Immigration Justice working group will be attending this vigil organized by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and Indivisible Brooklyn.

 

Showing Up for Zohran Canvass Team Kickoff

Saturday, September 6, 11:00am - 3:00pm
Tompkins Square Park

Zohran Mamdani’s landslide victory in the Democratic primary took the political establishment by surprise. Now Cuomo, Adams, and their billionaire backers are scrambling to put up a fight. Zohran’s plan for a more affordable NYC has generated incredible energy across the city, but this election is not a done deal.

Join SURJ NYC for our Fall Canvassing Kickoff for Zohran Mamdani.

No prior experience needed. We're excited to meet you!

 

Indigenous Solidarity Book Club

Monday, September 8, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Join the Indigenous Solidarity Working Group as we discuss chapters from Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Together we'll learn about de-colonial practices from Indigenous people and weave those into our organizing. Show up as you are each month and let's spend some time and grow together. In our next meeting we will be discussing Chapter 3: “The Gift of Strawberries.”

Order the book from an Indigenous-owned bookstore here, or let us know if you need help getting a copy.

Additional Meetings:

Land Stewardship Event

Saturday, September 27, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Optional Potluck: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Inwood Hill Park

Join SURJ NYC's Indigenous Solidarity Working Group in Inwood Hill Park (Mohican, Wappinger, Schaghticoke, and Munsee Lenape land) to learn about and care for the land we New Yorkers call home. We'll start by learning about the local ecology of Inwood Hill Park from NYC Parks ecologist Georgina Cullman. Then we will have a park cleanup together as an offering of gratitude to this land.

Following the cleanup, we hope you'll stay for a celebratory potluck at noon! Bring your own lunch, and a snack to share.

 

Contact Mayor Adams and Commissioner Tisch for Allan Feliz

On July 3, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch made a cowardly decision to reverse the guilty verdict against Lt. Jonathan Rivera — a verdict issued by her own Deputy Commissioner of Trials. Over five and a half years ago, Lt. Jonathan Rivera killed Allan Feliz during a traffic stop. He has almost 40 misconduct allegations, but he is still on the force. The CCRB and NYPD's own discipline judge found Rivera guilty and recommended he be fired. Tell the Commissioner and Mayor to uphold the guilty verdict and #FireJonathanRivera.

Take Action Against ICE Detention Expansion

Data compiled by Detention Watch Network shows that since January, ICE has initiated detention contracts with at least 45 new facilities, and an additional 43 facilities that are now detaining people for ICE after not doing so for years. There are already more than 57,000 people locked up in ICE detention –– if Trump’s detention expansion plan is realized, tens of thousands more will be impacted.

Demand that Members of Congress take meaningful action to deny Trump the resources he needs to carry out his mass deportation agenda!

Help Protect Immigrant New Yorkers from Mass Deportation!

Urge your elected officials to pass the New York For All Act! NY4All (S.2235 Gounardes / A.3506 Reyes) helps immigrant New Yorkers lead freer lives and take care of family, preserves state and local resources for community safety, ensures that local resources cannot be diverted to carry out ICE’s cruelty, and protects immigrant families. With the end of the legislative session fast approaching, now is a crucial time to put pressure on our representatives! 

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.