Louisville SURJ - (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
https://www.facebook.com/pg/SURJLouisville
Contact: louisvillesurj@gmail.com
Louisville SURJ is a local effort to organize white people for racial justice. All are welcome! Follow us on Twitter: @LouisvilleSURJ While it is an independent entity, Louisville SURJ draws inspiration from the national SURJ effort formed in response to the rising tide of racism in the so-called colorblind era after the 2008 presidential elections. More information on the national SURJ network below. Contact us at LouisvilleSURJ@gmail.com Our discussion group page is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/720029938038711/ MISSION: SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. We work to connect people across the country while supporting and collaborating with local and national racial justice organizing efforts. SURJ provides a space to build relationships, skills, and political analysis to act for change. VISION: We envision a society wherewe struggle together with love, for justice, human dignity, and a sustainable world. WHY: We live in a time of great hope and possibility, yet the potential for a just world for all of us is not possible when racism and oppression keep us divided. This can make us forget how closely connected we truly are. Racism is still present throughout all of our contemporary institutions and structures. Racism is devastating to people of color and is closely intertwined with all systems of oppression. It robs all of us- white people and people of color- of our humanity. We honor and learn from the long history of people of color and white people who have been unrelenting in their struggles for racial justice, and ending all systems of oppression. We are showing up to take our responsibility as white people to act collectively and publicly to challenge the manipulation of racist fear by the ruling class and corporate elite. We know that to transform this country we must be part of building a powerful multiracial majority to challenge racism in all its forms. ALL ARE WELCOME! The following people and groups have provided core leadership for this effort: Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere – Los Angeles (AWARE-LA) Ann Russo, Chicago, IL Appalachian Community Fund, TN Applied Research Center, NY, IL, CA Barry Grossheim, Crescent Springs, KY Bill Waal, Tools for Change, Seattle, WA Bridgette Burge, YWCA of the Greater Triangle, Raleigh, NC Carla Wallace, Carl Braden Memorial Center, Fairness Campaign*, Louisville, KY Catalyst Project, San Francisco, CA Claudia Horwitz, Stone Circles at the Stone House, Mebane, NC dRworks, NC Eleanor Savage, Minneapolis, MN Gaye Evans, Appalachian Community Fund, Knoxville, TN Highlander Research and Education Center, New Market, TN Ingrid Chapman, Catalyst Project, San Francisco, CA Jardana Peacock, Highlander Research and Education Center, TN and Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research* Jeb Middlebrook, Solidarity Institute, AWARE-LA, Jus Rhyme, Inc., Los Angeles, CA Kay Whitlock, Missoula, MT Lenore Norrgard, Circle of the Living Earth-AIWP, Portland, OR Leonard Zeskind, Kansas City, MO Mab Segrest, New London, CT Margo Adair, Tools for Change, Seattle, WA Pam McMichael, Highlander Research and Education Center, TN Sharon Martinas, Challenging White Supremacy, San Francisco, CA Stone Circles, NC Suzanne Pharr, Knoxville, TN Tema Okun, dRworks, Durham, NC Terry Keleher, Applied Research Center, Chicago, IL Tools for Change, Seattle, WA YWCA of the Greater Triangle, Raleigh, NC * identification purposes only
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