If you are new to our work, welcome! We’re the New York City chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). Whether you’re feeling angry or bleak or numb or fired up, we’re so glad to have you with us! The next four years are going to be hard, but the fights for racial justice in New York City need us now more than ever, and we’re ready to fight by your side.
Not sure what to do next? Come to our SURJ NYC Orientation on zoom on Thursday from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. You’ll learn about the work we are doing on issues ranging from policing to housing to immigration, the partners we work with, and how you can get involved.
Can’t make it on a weeknight? Sign up to get action security trained—we need all the marshals we can get helping keep us safe while we’re in the streets for all of the protests to come.
In the past year we have fought for a city budget that funds our communities not criminalization, participated in civil disobedience to stop the genocide in Gaza, worked alongside our partners in challenging the New York State parole and immigration detention systems, supported the families of people killed by the NYPD, and more. With Trump in office, attacks on our communities and rights are going to escalate and we need each of us to fight back and keep building the future we want.
We’re so glad to have you with us!
SURJ NYC