For SURJ NYC Members
SURJ NYC Members Gathering
Saturday, October 3, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Pinebank Arch, Central Park
Instead of a normal chapter meeting in October, we’re having our FIRST SURJ NYC members in-person gathering. Come get to know other SURJ NYC members and help envision and build what we want from SURJ NYC membership.
Not a member yet? Sign up here! Not sure about becoming a member but curious to learn more? Come to this event! While it is about membership, it is open to everyone and a great place to get a better sense of what it means to be a SURJ NYC member.
Beyond Policing MOnthly Meeting
Wednesday, October 14, 7:00pm 8:30pm
The Beyond Policing Working Group is working with local BIPOC-led organizations to defund the NYPD and to begin imagining a world without policing. This month we’ll be checking in on the first year of the Mamdani administration as it relates to policing. We’ll talk about changes, challenges and opportunities as we continue to organize for a city where all New Yorkers are truly safe.
Immigration Justice Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, October 27, 6:15pm - 9:00pm
In Person
Join the Immigration Justice Working Group for our October Meeting. This will be a special meeting focused on discussing next steps for our work now that Dignity Not Detention is state law! If you can make it, please sign up and we will follow up with an RSVP with more details.
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?
About three hours of onboarding training for facilitation and administration (and after this, it is super easy!)
Twenty minutes of admin once/month
One hour of facilitation each month