We organize white communities to work for justice

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national organization that brings hundreds of thousands of white people into fights for racial and economic justice.

For too long, the Right has hoarded wealth and power by using strategic racism to convince white people that we have more in common with billionaires and corporate elites than with the people of color in our communities. At SURJ, we bring our folks in by offering a better alternative: a just, vibrant future where people of all races work together to win what we need. We do this work by building people power in multi-racial communities across our network — through campaigns, 200 chapters across the country, and deep local organizing projects.

Our Work

SURJ-EF moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability by: (1) base-building and deep organizing projects in strategic Appalachian and Southern states, (2) mobilizing our national base of over one million people to take action in local and national campaigns, and (3) our 150 volunteer-led SURJ chapters & affiliates in nearly all 50 states. Our strategy of moving white people into multiracial liberatory movements is possible due to deep partnerships with BIPOC-led movements at the local, state, and national levels.