SURJ Buffalo

organizing white folks around racial justice. email us at: [email protected]

[SURJ Buffalo @SURJBuffalo]

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[SURJ Buffalo @SURJBuffalo]

We’re watching primary election results and preparing to get to work. #FireHoward and on to the next one. #ErieCountySheriffsRace #ErieCounty

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Here are just a small fraction of the signs our members and partners showed up with Saturday for a rally through the Elmwood area. The people of WNY want to end the longstanding silence about white supremacy in this country!

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📣 📣 📣 Don’t forget to register for our special general meeting “Combating White Supremacy Locally” tomorrow at 6pm. New and old members are both welcome. See you there! https://t.co/BJNhrWBea8

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@BLRRBuffalo ❤️❤️❤️

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White accomplices,
Show up for racial justice with @SURJBuffalo next Tues for a virtual general meeting on how to identify, combat and disrupt white supremacy groups locally.
Register in advance now: https://t.co/hIKWTSOi8X

[SURJ Buffalo @SURJBuffalo]

Press needs to stop covering Proud Boys, Watchmen, etc. as though they are just another type of group or club and not racist, hateful organizations that intend to recruit and inact violence and insurrection.

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@makibecker @SandraTanBN @WGRZ @amorrisonWIVB4 @news4buffalo @WKBW @wnymedia @NewsRadio930

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We’ll be joining @ShowUp4RJ (SURJ’s National Organization) for “White Backlash: why it happens and how we fight back” tomorrow. Register here: https://t.co/DlTqPPhgF9

[SURJ Buffalo @SURJBuffalo]

For those of us who are white, these are important terms to be familiar with. (Borrowed from @WearYourVoice , thank you).

[SURJ Buffalo @SURJBuffalo]

...election and support for white nationalist Donald J. Trump. Especially after the coup on the US Capitol from white nationalists, his choices are a disgrace to our community. I demand Jacobs end his silence on white nationalism with an official statement or resign.”

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WNY has had enough of Chris Jacobs! We demand @RepJacobs end his complicit silence on white nationalism, including groups who stormed the US Capitol, and his support of @POTUS or resign immediately.

[SURJ Buffalo @SURJBuffalo]

Call his office in DC at (202) 225–5265 and share a message like this: "Hello, my name is _____ and I live in Western New York. I am calling about Representative Chris Jacobs' recent choices to side with profascist efforts to overturn the results of the presidential (con’t below)

[SURJ DC @SURJ_DC]

Additional context + resources in our thread from yesterday: https://t.co/lnEE9Dk9Jx

[SURJ DC @SURJ_DC]

- Donate to the SURJ DC Mobilization Fund for cross-coalition supplies + needs
PayPal: [email protected] (preferred)
Venmo: @surjdc NOTE “Mobilization Fund”
- Stay tuned for additional asks/updates on https://t.co/BRxCZQhcT9, Twitter, IG, + Facebook.

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- Participate in your local Mutual Aid program
- Demand that hotels hosting fascists cancel reservations, + demand that biz be fined for accommodating fascists who flout COVID ordinances
- Donate to the M4BL Moneypot https://t.co/vuuC0mKiLp to support Black organizers in DC

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Acts of terror like what we’re seeing now will not end today or next wk when a new president is sworn into office. We call on our white friends + family to join us in condemning white supremacy + fascism + committing to everyday acts to dismantle them in our lives + institutions.

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This week, SURJ DC remains focused on protecting DC residents + workers, organizing in local coalition, + uplifting the voices of Black + POC organizers in our community like @DMVBlackLives, those in the #DefendDC coalition, + more.

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We remember + say the names of the many Black people murdered by police forces in DC for doing much less - or nothing at all - including #AlonzoSmith #MarqueeseAlston #MiriamCarey #DeonKay #TerrenceSterling #KaronHylton https://t.co/KQJj6l4AEI @StopCopTerrorDC #DefundMPD

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... vs. how they treat predominately white terrorists who invade DC, threaten lives, + overtake the actual seat of the U.S. legislative branch (see: police showing restraint, taking selfies w/ fascists inside the Capitol, allowing fascists to enter the Senate chamber).