For SURJ NYC Members
February Chapter Meeting: Immigration Justice
Thursday, February 6, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Trump's threats of mass deportation were at the forefront of his campaign and many of us might feel anxious now for loved ones and for our communities. We might also have questions about what will happen in his first months in office and how this inhumane plan can be stopped.
Join our chapter meeting led by the SURJ NYC Immigration Justice Working Group! This meeting will focus on learning about the current US deportation and detention system. The Immigration Justice team will share about our work, how you can get involved with us, and ways to plug into other resistance work and education that is happening in NYC and nationally.
Please note, chapter meetings are not recorded.
Beyond Policing MOnthly Meeting
Wednesday, February 19, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Join the Beyond Policing Working Group at our monthly meeting! We’ll discuss updates from Communities United for Police Reform, the Justice Committee, Daniel’s Law Coalition, and NYers for Reparations and what we can expect to be on the agenda for policing in NYC in 2025. All are welcome!
Immigration Justice Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, February 25, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Learn how SURJ NYC is working to resist Trump's deportation plans by attending our Immigration Justice working group's February meeting! We will discuss our ongoing work to end New York's complicity in ICE detention by passing the Dignity Not Detention Act. We will also discuss other local efforts to end immigration policing and support migrant dignity. Plus, as always, we will start off with some political education. All are welcome!
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?
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