Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)

10/07/2026

Three years into the genocide in Palestine, tens of thousands of lives stolen, communities destroyed— funded by billions of American tax dollars. We can both grieve the lives lost on Oct. 7 and demand justice within the context of a long occupation of racist violence.

Palestine is a racial justice issue! Through decades of Islamophobic and anti-Arab propaganda, our government has laid the groundwork to convince Americans— especially white Americans— that we’re safer when we fund genocide instead of healthcare. War instead of public schools. Bombs instead of social services.

Because of powerful Palestinian-led organizing in our country, an unprecedented number of Americans now reject that lie and support and end to the killings and occupation.

We must take this as an opportunity to keep organizing, keep up the pressure, and keep fighting.

Today, we grieve the violence and destruction and our complicity in it. And we commit to working for a world where Palestine is free and all of us are free. 🕊️🍉

10/06/2026

Fannie Lou Hamer, born on this day in 1917, grew up in post-Reconstruction Mississippi in a time of extreme racial oppression and terror.

She grew up working in the cotton fields with her family and by the time she joined the Civil Rights Movement in 1962, she understood and lived how racial justice was tied to economic justice.

From joining the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), to registering her neighbors to vote in a time when Black people were threatened with violence for voting, to participating in the lunch counter sit-ins and being brutally beaten and permanently injured for life in jail, she was unshakable.

She was also a gifted orator and singer, moving people into action.

She helped organized the Freedom Summer Project in 1964 to challenge Mississippi’s Democratic Party, which was dominated by white segregationists.

At the 1964 Democratic National Convention, she argued that because Black people were not allowed to vote in Mississippi, the state’s Democratic delegates were not legally elected.

Her speech, which was broadcast widely despite President Lyndon Johnson’s attempt to redirect attention to a White House press conference, brought her to national prominence.

This also set in motion a series of events that led to the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act.

She continued to organize until her passing in 1977, and her legacy continues today in movements working toward liberation for everyone.

source: The National Museum of African American History and Culture

10/05/2026

American revolutionary and anti-racist ancestor Grace Lee Boggs returned to the stars on this day 11 years ago.

“The long history of her activism — from anti-war organizing after World War II, organizing alongside Black autoworkers in Detroit, starting a revolutionary Asian American study group to name a few — shows us how the path to liberation is a lifelong, continuous, and courageous process,” -Rachel Kuo

She frequently examined the role of Asian Americans in society, and wrote about how to work alongside unions and the Black Power movement to fight for the civil liberties of women and people of color.

In 1953, Boggs (still Grace Lee then) married fellow political activist James Boggs and they moved to Detroit, where they later founded the Detroit Asian Political Alliance. The group organized Vietnam War protests and focused on issues around Asian marginalization.

Her community activism stayed largely in Detroit, but her impact reached organizers wide and far and is still potent today. Boggs’s vision of an equal society has still not been realized, but grassroots activists today are still fighting to address issues like racism, climate change, and women’s and LGBTQ rights. Boggs’s belief that sustainable change is a long game is vital to the leaders today.

sources: Teen Vogue

10/03/2026

Oct 17th - lock it in! We'll be taking to the streets to protect our right to vote, and after that, we'll continue to organize in our communities.

10/01/2026

If a Black person's life improves, if a woman's life improves, if a Muslim person's life improves, that doesn't mean white people's lives get worse. In fact, it has been proven over and over again that white peoples' lives also get better. White people who want a better life for all of us: now's the time to get in the fight.

10/01/2026

Our futures are intertwined: what benefits Black and brown people also benefits white people, even if billionaires want us to believe otherwise. Ready to get in the ring and win the future we all deserve with us? Check out the comments for the link to join us.

10/01/2026

It's go time, y'all! 34 days until the election and we need to make sure we win BIG. This is the time to go ALL OUT!

10/01/2026

Like Dr. Kendi explains, people are tired of the status quo and are uniting when it comes to issues affecting their communities in ways we haven't seen in a long time, but that is also parallel to other crucial historical moments.

Join us with the link in the comments below to find a way to plug into the work from wherever you are^

09/29/2026

Missed the conversation with Ibram X. Kendi last night? It was a powerful conversation! Check out the recording and join us with the link in the comments:

How are authoritarians able to win over so many white people? And c...

09/29/2026

Racism is a strategy used by billionaires for their benefit, and we refuse to buy into it.

New to the work? Take your first action with us tomorrow, Sep 30 at 8PM ET with the link in the comments below: