White People and the Fight for Racial Justice with SURJ’s Erin Heaney (Rerelease)

Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips

In this re-release of our 100th episode, Erin Heaney, executive director of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), discusses the role of white allyship in the fight for justice and a multiracial democracy.

REFERENCES:

If you’d like to volunteer with SURJ, you can join their remote SURJ Action Hours: Summer to Grow, Turn Up the Heat campaign that takes place every other Wednesday through the summer or you can find an in-person meeting near you. On August 5 and 12, SURJ is also hosting a 2-part remote training session on how to show up for immigrant communities.

Erin Heaney, Executive Director, SURJ - @heaney_erin

SURJ - @showup4rj and surj.org

"Progressives want to grow the ‘White Stripe’ of a multiracial coalition" Politico

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