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SURJ Buffalo

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The Buffalo NY chapter of Showing Up For Racial Justice, a multicultural group organizing white folks in WNY to oppose and dismantle white supremacy. Join us! We got work to do!

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rainalips.bsky.social @rainalips.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Thanks to @boltsmag.org for publishing my seventh reported story on jail conditions in @eriecounty.bsky.social. @ourcityaction.bsky.social @surjbuffalo.bsky.social @buffalonews.com @news4buffalo.bsky.social boltsmag.org/erie-county-...
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There’s a New Sheriff in Town. But Buffalo Area Jails Remain as Dangerous as Ever. - Bolts
Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in Erie County jails.
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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 11/08/2025
We know it’s not Black and brown communities who are to blame. It’s the racist authoritarians running this country to keep it divided for their billionaire buddies. As Anne Braden wrote, “There is only one basis on which real fascism could come to the United States, and that basis is racism.”
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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 11/08/2025
To white people who care about democracy, we have to be talking about strategic racism when we’re talking about fighting Trump. It’s our role to turn back to white communities and have real conversations around race and what we actually need to have dignified lives.
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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 11/08/2025
Trump announced he is deploying the National Guard to DC this morning– let’s talk about the ways this administration is relying on racism to advance authoritarianism.
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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 10/06/2025
White people: let’s turn our outrage into action. Join us for a mass online call TOMORROW at 4pm PT / 7pm ET to talk about how we can show up right now– and for calls-to-action from organizers leading fights against ICE and authoritarianism. Register at surj.org/iceoutsurj
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A National Call to Action: White People Against ICE! Our Role in Showing Up in Solidarity · Showing Up for Racial Justice
The whole country has watched ICE agents conducting violent raids across the country, sweeping up immigrants from their workplaces and homes. This weekend in LA, in response to a mass sweep by ICE of ...
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