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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 14h

Join us to have conversations with Virginian voters between now and November 4th to send a clear message to MAGA and the Trump administration that they are not wanted in Virginia!

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Fight Back Fall - Phone Bank with SURJ! (Elect Zohran Mamdani in NYC, Block MAGA in VA! ) · Showing Up for Racial Justice

## Come phone bank for SURJ! We'll be calling to **elect progressive champion Zohran Mamdani** who is running to be Mayor of NYC and to **take back the Virginia Governorship from MAGA** by backing A...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 14h

Abortion access is limited in the South, which is why people go to Virginia to have safe access to reproductive care. This is just one of the reasons why we need to show up to block MAGA in the governor's race.

Abortion policy in Virginia isn’t settled: Why this year’s election is key

Democrats say that if they don’t win in November, voters won’t get a chance to weigh in on a reproductive rights constitutional amendment.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago is not laying down for ICE!
This is what community looks like!

“MAKE THEIR LIVES A LIVING HELL”

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 1d

Power in the streets --> pressure at the top --> pushing back against fascism.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois and Chicago filed a lawsuit Monday aiming to stop the Trump administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to the city, just as troops prepared to deploy and hours after a federal judge blocked troops from being sent to Portland, Oregon.

Live updates: Illinois and Chicago sue to stop Trump from deploying the National Guard

Illinois and Chicago officials filed a lawsuit Monday aiming to stop President Donald Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 7d

If you're in NYC, sign up to canvass with the SURJ team here:

Showing Up for Zohran: Canvass with SURJ NYC! · Showing Up for Racial Justice

Join SURJ NYC to speak with white working class voters the Zohran campaign is not reaching! The Mamdani campaign is running an incredible canvassing operation, but there are parts of the city it is n...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 7d

Join us to get Zohran to the finish line! We have phone banks happening every week from now until election day on November 4th.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 7d

If Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race in November, it will deal a massive blow to the billionaire class in the largest city in America. This will be a win for ALL of us.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 7d

Eric Adams has dropped out of the mayoral race in New York City. Now, Wall Street bros and real estate moguls are getting together to prop up billionaire-funded Andrew Cuomo.

Fight Back Fall - Phone Bank with SURJ! (Elect Zohran Mamdani in NYC, Block MAGA in VA! ) · Showing Up for Racial Justice

## Come phone bank for SURJ! We'll be calling to **elect progressive champion Zohran Mamdani** who is running to be Mayor of NYC and to **take back the Virginia Governorship from MAGA** by backing A...

www.mobilize.us

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 13d

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Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities · Showing Up for Racial Justice

Across the country, immigrant communities are under attack and authoritarian forces are gaining ground. But there’s a growing movement of people ready to take action with clarity, courage, and discipl...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 13d

Join SURJ and Solidarity Organizing Initiative for another round of trainings comping up on October 15 and 22. You'll learn through virtual training and coaching how to grow our base and help protect our communities.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 13d

SURJ members are not planning to sit this one out, we're getting organized. It's exactly what MAGA and the billionaires *don't* want.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 13d

We don't even know the details of the shooting that happened at an ICE facility in Dallas yet, but MAGA is already using this to rally support for the very same ICE that has been violently snatching people up off of the streets.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 13d

Here goes the tired old MAGA playbook again:

1. Use ICE to attack immigrants. Tear families apart. Force people to live in fear.

2. Rush to use a horrific situation to blame anyone who doesn't agree with what ICE is doing.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 13d

TONIGHT: Feeling enraged or confused and wondering what you can do about it all?

Register here! If you can’t make it, register anyway and we’ll send you a recording

MAGA can’t have our people: A Mass Call for white people with loved ones who voted for Trump · Showing Up for Racial Justice

So many of us are in close relationship with some of the 77 million people who voted for Donald Trump – as this last week has made very clear as our group chats and breakrooms erupt in debate. Aunts...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15d

shouting this at the screen every day in these cursed times

Jaerry Maguire still with text SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE!

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15d

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

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Errol Louis @errollouis.bsky.social · 15d

Tonight at 7: a conversation with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about how to go beyond a rent freeze to long term affordability. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/W7cc19q...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 15d

SURJ's very own @jbethiejean.bsky.social has a book coming out next year ⬇️ check it out!

Beth Howard @jbethiejean.bsky.social · 15d

Song For a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity From a Coal Miner’s Daughter will be released on April 21st 2026 from @haymarketbooks.org. In the midst of hateful divisive rhetoric, violent repression, and grifters writing elegies, let this one be a song. ❤️‍🔥 Pre-orders are open!

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 18d

Join SURJ next Wed. Sep 24 at 8 pm ET for a conversation with Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, where we’ll explore these dynamics– and then give you next steps for how to take action.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 18d

How do we as white people face the responsibility to organize our own alongside the grief, confusion, and need to maintain our own boundaries?

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 18d

So many of us are in close relationship with people who voted for Trump. What do we do with this tension?

MAGA can’t have our people: A Mass Call for white people with loved ones who voted for Trump · Showing Up for Racial Justice

So many of us are in close relationship with some of the 77 million people who voted for Donald Trump – as this last week has made very clear as our group chats and breakrooms erupt in debate. Aunts...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 21d

We combat the violence of their agenda with connection, our commitment to community, and not leaving anyone behind.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 21d

If you’ve been watching recent events unfold in horror, if you’ve been wringing your hands wishing there was something you could do, if you've been feeling confused about how we got here– join us.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 21d

White nationalism is escalating. White people who care about justice: we have work to do.

Join us tomorrow night at 8 ET for an urgent mass call to take stock of this moment with political experts– and then get into action.

White People's Work Combating White Nationalism in this Moment · Showing Up for Racial Justice

The first eight months of the Trump regime have been an ongoing reign of white supremacist-fueled attacks on immigrants, trans people, and the working class. And- recent events combined with MAGA’s re...

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