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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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-...
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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August 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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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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.”
As Anne Braden wrote, “There is only one basis on which real fascism could come to the United States, and that basis is racism.”
August 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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.”
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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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.
August 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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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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.
August 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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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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
Register at surj.org/iceoutsurj
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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June 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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
Register at surj.org/iceoutsurj