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Dignity not Detention Weekly Phone Zap
Every Friday, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
It’s that time of year: time to pass the New York Dignity Not Detention Act. Let’s get it through this session and end ICE detention in New York! These weekly zaps help pressure state elected officials to sign on as cosponsors to the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S.306/A.4354), which would prohibit New York governmental entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants. The campaign will be doing these zaps every Friday, so if you can’t make this one, don’t worry, there will be more to come!
Book Talk with Members of Abolish ICE NY NJ
Tuesday, May 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Silky Shah, executive director of Detention Watch Network and author of Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition, will be in conversation with members of Abolish ICE NY NJ to explore the history of organizing against detention in the region, the intersections with abolitionist efforts against prisons and jails, and what comes next for the immigrant justice movement in NYC and beyond. Members of the SURJ NYC Immigration Justice Working Group will be in attendance and would love to see you there!
Budget Justice Action Hour
Monday, May 13, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Want to be part of imagining and advocating for a city that provides care, safety, and justice for all? Come join fellow SURJ NYC members to learn about and take action around the FY25 New York City budget. We meet every Monday at noon!
Future Sessions:
info Session: Knock Doors for Bowman
Saturday, May 11, 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Monday, May 13, 8:15pm - 9:00pm
Join SURJ National to learn more about Jamaal Bowman’s race in New York. This info session will last 45 minutes and cover some details about this race, how it fits into SURJ's larger strategy, and how you can plug in!
Support SURJ NYC’S Justice Committee Sponsorship
The Justice Committee (JC) is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a big party and fundraiser on May 16th – and you are invited! Justice Committee is a vital grassroots organization that supports families whose loved ones have been killed by the police and survivors of police violence and uplifts their leadership in the movement to end police violence and systemic racism in New York City. To support JC's fundraising goal of $200,000, we’ve committed to a $2,500 Platinum Sponsorship.
Family Read-In For a People’s Budget
Sunday, May 19, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Brooklyn Central Library Plaza
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Before 2023’s city budget cuts forced weekend library closures, libraries in every borough hosted Sunday story time every weekend. If the people can’t go to the library for story time, story time will go to the people! Join a Family Read-In for a People’s Budget for story time, art, music, and budget advocacy for all ages! Event is outdoors and family-friendly.
RAPP Canvassing & Anti-Mass Incarceration Social
Tuesday, May 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Whitehall Ferry Terminal
4 Whitehall Street
Join the Anti-Mass Incarceration Working Group for an hour of canvassing on behalf of Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) at the Whitehall Ferry Terminal followed by a social hang.
We’ll be asking Staten Islanders to sign postcards to State Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton in support of parole reform. Afterwards, we’ll head somewhere nearby for a chance to socialize in-person after a long winter spent on Zoom.
Contact Officials For Tonawanda Seneca Nation
Help the Tonawanda Seneca Nation stop an industrial wastewater and sewage pipeline from being constructed in their homelands in the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge! The US Fish and Wildlife Service just rescinded the permit, which is a big win. Urge the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to pull their permit, too.
Advocate for Care, Not Cuts
Let the mayor, the city council speaker, the finance chair, and your city council member know that NYC deserves a budget that provides actual resources for people, not endless money for cops.
Alternatively, submit written testimony for the Council General Welfare Hearing on the Budget by close of business of Wednesday, May 8, using this People’s Budget letter-writing tool.
Take Action with SURJ NYC for Palestinian Solidarity
Get added to a group on Signal to organize and take action.
Move Money For Palestine
Donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians
To support ongoing organizing in the US for Palestinian liberation and against Israeli occupation and apartheid, donate and consider making a monthly financial commitment to Palestine Legal, the Adalah Justice Project, Jewish Voice for Peace, and IfNotNow.
Donate to New YORKERS Detained By ICE
The Dignity Not Detention campaign is continuing to fundraise for our community members impacted by ICE detention. Funds are going to detained folks and their family members, as well as recently released folks, to support basic needs including commissary and rent. Join the SURJ NYC Immigration Justice Working Group in donating the campaign’s fundraiser.