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

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

Released Thursday, 24th July 2025
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White People and the Fight for Racial Justice with SURJ’s Erin Heaney (Rerelease)

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

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

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

Thursday, 24th July 2025
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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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