For SURJ NYC Members

Immigration Justice Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, January 14, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

The SURJ NYC Immigration Justice Working Group is hosting our regular working group meeting early this month so we can start off 2025 with a check-in about our ongoing work. We will welcome new members and then jump into updates about our work to end ICE detention in New York State with the Dignity Not Detention campaign.

If you are new to our work we'd also love to have you attend our Jan 28 in person retreat for a strategy session and more comprehensive introduction to organizing with us!

JANUARY Chapter Meeting: Let’s Move Some Money

Thursday, January 16, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

There are so many people and groups with great need, and all of us have some resources to share, but the need is always greater than our ability to give. How do we figure out who to give to, and how much? Join us to hear from others about how they move money, and develop your own plan for giving in line with your values.

Immigration Justice In-Person Retreat

Tuesday, January 28, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

The SURJ NYC Immigration Justice Working Group's January meeting is for new and returning working group members alike! This meeting will be hosted in-person as we will be spending time building community with one another. We will also go over our current work to challenge deportation and detention, mainly through our participation in the Dignity Not Detention campaign.

Folks who sign up will receive an email about a week in advance of the event with the in person location.

Housing and Immigration Justice Survey

The Housing Justice and Immigration Justice working groups have been thinking of ways to take action together around the cruel and damaging policies and rhetoric against the asylum seekers who have recently arrived in our city. Help us plan by letting us know what topics you might want to learn more about.

VOLUNTEER WITH THE SURJ CALLING-IN TEAM

The Calling-In team is seeking volunteers (ideally those who have participated in a Calling-In Workshop, though new members welcome too!) who are interested in strengthening the calling-in culture of SURJ and helping to expand and deepen calling-in skills within the NYC chapter. Varying levels of experience are welcome (including none at all). The team needs help with the following roles:

  • Facilitators
    Time commitment is 1-3 hours per month
    Help prepare and facilitate Calling-In Workshops and practice sessions. Role includes familiarizing oneself with workshop curriculum, shadowing workshops and practice sessions to gain and hone skills, helping to prepare and facilitate workshops and/or practice sessions with a partner, and debriefing afterwards. Facilitators meet on a monthly basis for sharing and solidarity. Facilitation experience helpful but not necessary and all new or potential facilitators are welcome to move at their own pace.  

  • Comms/Admin Work
    Time commitment is around 1-2 hours per month
    Support communications and logistics for Calling-In Workshops and practice sessions, and serve as the main liaison between participants and facilitators. This is a key role for welcoming and sustaining participation in SURJ activities. Activities include preparing workshop invitations and announcements, working with the SURJ NYC Communications Working Group to promote workshops, setting up registration forms, arranging Zoom or other meeting logistics, and supporting follow-up with workshop participants and teammates. This is a great role for anyone who loves these kinds of tasks or wants to be part of Calling-In but not in a facilitator capacity.

  • Cross-Working Group "Synergizers"
    Time commitment is around 1-3 hours per month
    Support the strengthening of relationships between the Calling-In team and other working groups and neighborhood committees. This role is key to strengthening relationships across the SURJ NYC chapter. Activities include sharing updates from other working groups’ meetings and developing opportunities for calling-on workshops or practice sessions with them (based on their campaign needs). Interested folks should participate in Calling-In monthly meetings and be active with at least one other working group.

Join the SURJ NYC Welcome team

We are looking for a volunteer to join the SURJ Welcome Team. It is an awesome, small team of people who support the Welcome Orientations for new SURJ members. You will gain skills in facilitation and onboarding, join a team of amazing humans, and also get to meet new people interested in SURJ! 

What does this work involve? 

  1. About three hours of onboarding training for facilitation and administration (and after this, it is super easy!)

  2. Twenty minutes of admin once/month

  3. One hour of facilitation each month