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ICE OUT NOW!
SURJ Twin Cities encourages us to follow and support UnidosMN and Defend 612 who are leading work on the ground in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Move money to support impacted communities and folks organizing on the ground. Support is needed in Minneapolis (Stand with Minnesota and Minneapolis Mutual Aid) and here in NYC (GoFundMe campaigns for Osvaldo, Gilberto, Glenda, Karina, and Manuel from Sunset Park).
Urge Congress to Stop ICE Funding by answering Detention Watch Network’s call to contact your elected officials and urge them to cut funding to ICE. Congress is currently proposing to increase resources to immigration detention even more than the $45 billion given to ICE last year.
Call your representatives and urge them not to approve any more funding for ICE in the next budget. You can use 5Calls to find talking points and easily look up what numbers to call.
Weekly Vigil For Democracy
Tuesdays, 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.
Dignity Not Detention Phone Zap
Join the Dignity Not Detention campaign’s weekly phone zap, taking place through the end of the New York legislative session. They will be making calls and sending emails in community as part of their campaign to end ICE detention contracts across New York state.
Dignity Not Detention Albany mobilization:
NO NY Money for ICE Cages
Tuesday, February 24, 7:00am - 6:00pm
Albany, NY
Join SURJ NYC's Immigration Justice Working Group as we travel to Albany for a mobilization with the Dignity Not Detention campaign. We will be rallying and meeting with state legislators to ask that they support this legislation to end the state's detention contracts with ICE, which currently enables ICE to use county jails to lock up immigrant New Yorkers. No experience necessary!
Indigenous Solidarity Book Club
Monday, March 9, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Join the Indigenous Solidarity Working Group as we discuss chapters from Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass." Order the book from an Indigenous-owned bookstore here, or let us know if you need help getting a copy.
Together we'll learn about de-colonial practices from Indigenous people and weave those learnings into our organizing. Show up as you are each month and let's spend some time and grow together. We'll discuss Chapter 8: “Witch Hazel.”
Future Dates:
Monday, April 13, 7:00pm - 8:00pm - Chapter 9: “A Mother’s Work”
Monday, May 11, 7:00pm - 8:00pm - Chapter 10: “The Consolation of Water Lilies”
Demand Apple and Google Stop App Censorship
Apple and Google recently agreed to government requests to remove ICE tracking apps off their app stores, including RedDot, ICEBlock, and Eyes Up which let people report sightings of ICE and/or preserve video evidence of ICE abuses. This app store censorship helps government surveillance efforts and puts real people in danger, all while setting a terrible precedent where the Trump Administration gets to decide what apps we can and can’t access.
Support the Tonawanda Seneca and Tuscarora Nations
Indigenous members of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation are fighting against the proposed STAMP mega-industrial site in western New York State. The proposed site would occupy 2.2 million square feet, guzzle energy, and store and burn diesel fuel directly upstream from the Nation.
Demand that the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation dispute Genesee County as the “lead agency” for environmental review, and listen to the environmental concerns of impacted Indigenous communities.
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.
In the South Hebron Hills, Palestinian women are leading with courage. The Rural Women's Association is a small group of women who offer social and emotional support for the children and families, often after attacks. Most recently, they put on a workshop for the children of Um Al Kheir and visited the villagers from Khallet a Dhaba in the hospital after their attack. Donate today and stand with women on the frontlines of justice.
Join the Break the Bonds New York State campaign in their call to tell New York to stop purchasing Israel Bonds for the Common Retirement Fund!
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.