Join SURJ Organizers to Strategize on Movement of Demands for Racial Justice in Schools Demands and More.

Find information on the demands here

For more info and zoom link email educationcore@surjkc.org

Join the Open Table and Freedom Church of the Poor to walk the “Stations of the Cross” downtown and confront the reality that systemic evils lead to death at home, and in Palestine.

From The Freedom Church of the Poor: The Freedom Church of the Poor Kansas City Collective is part of the network of the Freedom Church of the Poor through the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice.  We have recently established an in-person community here in Kansas City and we meet twice a month for dinner and worship (the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Bethel Neighborhood Center and 4th Sundays of the month with The Open Table KC).  We also work in collaboration with movements for justice in Kansas City and beyond, including the Poor People's Campaign.  We are looking to become a collective of individuals, organizations, and congregations within the city who are seeking to embody the call to do justice as an expression of our faith, especially toward building the movement to end poverty led by the poor.  If you are interested or to learn more, please sign up for our email list to stay up to date about upcoming gatherings.

The Safe and Welcoming Act ordinance was passed two years ago by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. It creates a municipal ID for all residents of KCK and WyCo. But where are the IDs? Join Safe and Welcoming Wyandotte for a community forum to learn more and discuss.

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Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting is an award-winning documentary that examines the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond.

JVP KC Welcome Meeting - 3/19 | 6-7:30PM via Zoom - We will be holding a special "Welcome" meeting to help new members or members who are out of the loop get up to speed on JVP KC and learn about what is upcoming in the near term/long term for us. Want to learn how to get more involved with JVP? This will be the meeting for you! Prior to this meeting, please register via the QR on the flyer below or bit.ly/JVPKCWELCOME.

JVP Kansas City is the KC metro area affiliate of Jewish Voice for Peace, the largest progressive Jewish anti-zionist organization in the world. If you’ve been seeking an inclusive Jewish community with true Jewish values of social justice at its core, if you’ve felt powerless as you hear the news stories covering this genocide and wondered if there’s anything you can do, if you’re overwhelmed by grief and rage and need to channel it into action: JOIN US. You don’t need to subscribe to a certain set of religious beliefs, come from a particular background, you don’t need to be a perfect activist - just show up to learn more about what we do and how you can help.

The Safe and Welcoming Act ordinance was passed two years ago by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. It creates a municipal ID for all residents of KCK and WyCo. But where are the IDs? Join Safe and Welcoming Wyandotte for a community forum to learn more and discuss.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

Open to all Black high school students (No painting skills required)

More information on the event here

More about the Black Student Solidarity Network here

CALL TO ACTION: Kansas Interfaith Assembly for Palestine

Attention Clergy, Faith Leaders, People of Faith, and All Allies Across the Community. Join us for an evening of connection, growth, and solidarity, as we collectively call on the moral leadership of our elected officials.

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Join SURJ Organizers to Strategize on Movement of Demands for Racial Justice in Schools Demands and More.

Find information on the demands here

For more info and zoom link email educationcore@surjkc.org

As white folks in our relationships with other white folks-- family, friends, co-workers, neighbors--there are moments we must confront. Sooner or later, we will face a conversation that reinforces white supremacy. A lot of the time, we understand the importance of contradicting these words and actions, but we don’t always know how to respond. There aren't many examples of how to challenge and hold others accountable. And what we often see modeled is rooted in argument and shaming, rather than a shared desire for growth. If we shut each other down, we'll never build the power we need.

To effectively grow a vast multi-identity movement to end white supremacy, we must engage and mobilize a significant number of white people to embrace and act upon an anti-racist agenda. And we must continue to love each other. This cannot happen unless we learn the difficult work of CALLING IN folks in a way that brings them to the table and engages. We want them to join our efforts to disrupt white supremacy in ourselves and the community at large.

At this 2-hour training workshop, we will dive deeper into learning what it looks like to “call in,” and we will take time to build an action plan with other folks in our movement. This training will include virtual break-out rooms for you to participate and share group discussion with other attendees, so please come prepared to participate.

Registration is Required

You will receive the Zoom link to the email you've provided about 15 minutes before the training begins.

We are looking forward to being in community with you!

It's election season! And SURJ KC is clear that our work will continue past November 3rd. Candidate races at the national and local level are taking lots of attention. What does the election mean for our community and anti-racism work? How can we examine ballot measure with an anti-racist lens (No on 3)? What is voter intimidation? Need another look at our SURK 2020 Election - Key Dates list for Kansas and Missouri?

SURJ KC knows that while anti-racism is on the ballot... it also isn't. Join our conversation as we discuss the positions and policies we are selecting, along with the institutions upholding white supremacy on and off the ballot.