SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT
NATIONAL ACTIONS
We’re working towards a world where all people can live with dignity and joy.
And we believe white people have an important role in getting us there. 2024 is a pivotal year– but if we show up well, we’ll end the year with more people power and more favorable conditions for our organizing. Our 2024 campaign is “Build, Block, Grow.” We’re going to build progressive power in Congress by defending members of the Squad in their primaries. We’re going to block authoritarians from taking over the federal government. And we’re going to bring in thousands of new members and grow our movements.
Can you join us?
LOCAL ACTIONS
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
Bring Your People! Greater KC Metro Mass Meeting
Sign Up Here: https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/742938/
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. In the midst of your grief, rage, and fear– come together with other people in your community who care. To our fellow white people: we play an important role right now to show up, fight white supremacy, and recommit to organizing our own people away from the far right.
Join SURJ Kansas City to get grounded together– and then get organized for the work ahead.
We are here because we are committed to being a part of efforts to build a better world, to show up for people under attack, and to do our part now and over the next four years.
We are here gathering together in community right now to reach for each other instead of giving into isolation or being immobilized by our fear. Our opposition is counting on us staying divided and frozen, so today we are taking a first step against that.
We are here because white people who care about justice have an important role to play right now and in the days ahead. We are here to practice coming together to be greater than the sum of our parts and facing those days ahead collectively.
We'll see you there!
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
Join SURJ KC and co-organizers to strategize on the movement of demands for racial justice in schools, and more.
You can read about our demands here.
For more info and to register, please email educationcore@surjkc.org.
Don't Agonize, Organize: White People's Role in 2024
In the face of the many crises of the world right now, it can feel like nothing we do is as big as what’s needed. But this year, we don’t have to do everything– we have to do our part.
At SURJ, we believe that when regular people come together, we can pull off big things. Join Kansas City SURJ for an in-person meeting in Kansas City make sense of how we got here, get clear on the role of white people in growing movements for racial and economic justice, and commit to action.
We’ll share food, laughs, and music, and leave feeling more connected and more hopeful.
This meeting is one of 30 mass meetings SURJ members are hosting across the country this year. Together we’re gathering 1,000 people across the country ahead of the November election to do everything we can to defend the Squad in Congress and defeat Trump, and to learn new skills so we’re ready to welcome 10,000 people after the election, no matter the results. We'll talk about how we can support the campaign to re-elect our sister Congresswoman Cori Bush in St. Louis!
Teach Truth Day of Action
For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. The teacher-led rallies received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement
Pack the KCMO Council Chamber to Support a Ceasefire and the Palestinian American Medical Association
Show up for the press conference and Special Action Honoring PAMA, which provides immediate medical relief to Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank.
All Out for Gaza!
This is a rally and march in solidarity with a Global March for Palestine. Canned good or other non-perishable food items are requested.
“Strength in Solidarity: Until Liberation, Against Displacement, Until Return!”
Rethinking Schools: Teach Palestine
Join Rethinking Schools for a webinar on the spring issue of Rethinking Schools, Teach Palestine. Panelists will offer stories, examples, and concrete strategies for teaching truthfully and critically about Palestine-Israel. At a time when the attack on social justice teaching has dramatically expanded as part of the crackdown on opposition to U.S. aid to Israel, it is essential that we support and learn from each other.
AIRR: Know Your Rights Training
In collaboration with our colleagues at Lykins Neighborhood Association, we invite you to a “Know Your Rights” session.✊
Join us and learn:
🔵How to identify and interact with migration agents,
🔵What is due process and your rights under the United States Constitution, and
🔵How to prepare to protect ourselves and our families.
Orientation: Teach Truth Day of Action
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-truth-day-of-action-2024/
This will be a participatory session hosted online through Zoom. Participants will have time to discuss ideas and questions with people planning events around the country. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants the week leading to the event.
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
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
SURJ Education Core Bi-Monthly Meeting
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
Freedom Church of the Poor: Good Friday Walk of the Cross
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.
Palestine 203: Palestinian Refugee Camps
From Al-Hadaf KC: Learn and discuss about Palestinian refugee camps, refugee rights, and historical context. With special guest from Badil Resource Centre for Residency and Refugee Rights.
KC Tenants: Vote NO on Stadium Tax Canvass
Vote No on Stadium Tax Canvass
KC Tenants is organizing to stop the passage of the 3/8th cents sales tax for the downtown Royals Stadium. We have less than 2 weeks to talk to our neighbors and remind them that it is not inevitable that we pay for a Billionaire's ballpark.
SAFE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY FORUM in Spanish
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.
Imagining the Indian: Screening and Discussion
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.
Jewish Voice for Peace Welcome Meeting
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.
SAFE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY FORUM in English
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.
KANSAS INTERFAITH ASSEMBLY FOR PALESTINE
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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