Connecting the Base Builders & Expa...

–By Carla Wallace Over the past year, the Base Building Work Group of Showing Up for Racial Justice has held trainings for over 23 community based groups, aimed at helping white leaders engage more white people in racial justice work. Over 50 people from around the country came together in two trainings to strengthen their ability to grow a broader base of white people engaged in racial justice work. During the trainings, hosted by the Highlander Research and Education Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, and by White Anti Racism Network in Baltimore, Maryland,...

Inspiring the “Move” in “Movement”: A R...

–By JLove Calderon The SURJ Action Team launched this last October with a month of action leading up the 2012 elections called NO ROOM 4 RACISM. Our hope was threefold: to inspire and engage more white folks to think, move, and act with a racial justice lens; to raise the level of white visibility in challenging racial inequities; and to expand public attention to systemic racism—particularly the racial impacts of public policies and policymakers’ actions. With little lead time but lots of heart, over 40 organizations and individuals responded from...

No Room 4 Racism Week #5: Get Out the Vo...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the the No Room 4 Racism campaign so far this month. The response continues to be fantastic!  Over 50 organizations and individuals have signed up to be part of the campaign.  If you haven’t signed up yet please do by clicking here. Check out our Facebook page showingupforracialjustice for all the pictures and messages people posted about what they think about stopping the school to prison pipeline and equity in education.   Follow us on twitter using the hashtag #noroomforracism  or at @showup4rj for the...

No Room for Racism Week #4: Voter Suppre...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the the No Room 4 Racism campaign so far this month. We had a great response.  Now over 50 organizations and individuals have signed up to be part of the campaign.  If you haven’t signed up yet please do by clicking here. Check out our Facebook page showingupforracialjustice for all the pictures and messages people posted about what they think about stopping the school to prison pipeline and equity in education.   Follow us on twitter using the hashtag #noroomforracism  or at @showup4rj for the messages that...

No Room for Racism Week #3: Injustice in...

We are now entering our third week of our month long campaign, No Room for Racism. The response continues to be amazing. More groups and individuals are taking action to make their voice heard. If you haven’t signed up please click here to take action and make racial justice a priority during this election season. Race, racism and racial justice aren’t being adequately covered during this election season. Join us! Take action for racial justice with this week’s toolkit focused on Injustice in the Criminal “Justice” System! To see pictures and messages...

No Room for Racism, Week #2: Immigration...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the launch of the No Room 4 Racism campaign last week! We had a great response. Thirty organizations or individuals have signed up to be part of the campaign. If you haven’t signed up yet please do by clicking here. Check out our Facebook page showingupforracialjustice for all the pictures and messages people posted about what they think about stopping the school to prison pipeline and equity in education. Check out our twitter pages #noroomforracism @showup4rj for the messages that people sent about the...

No Room for Racism Week #1: Education Ac...

As many of you know, in the past few months SURJ has formed an Action team to take all the great analysis that so many of us have been using in our local work and find ways to connect it across towns, cities, regions and the US. We’re launching our first campaign tomorrow and we would really love for you to be a part of it.  Basically, it’s a way for white people to speak up about how race is being used in this elections season to de-humanize and reinforce stereotypes of people of color and immigrants.  It’s an opportunity for white people to...

October Surprise: No Room for Racism

Throughout the month of October, 2012, organizations and individuals committed to engaging white people in racial justice will join together in a series of actions designed to elevate the visibility of white people publicly asking white candidates, key media outlets and others to support racial justice instead of positions that reinforce racial and social inequities. We believe in the potential to work together to build and strengthen the base of white people locally, regionally and nationally who can“show up” to support and partner with communities of color...