About Us

​We are the Southwest Florida Chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. SURJ’s role as part of a multi-racial movement is to undermine white support for white supremacy and to help build a racially just society.

Showing Up for Racial Justice believes in collective liberation -- and that none of us can be free until we end white supremacy.
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That work cannot be done in isolation from or disconnected from the powerful leadership of communities of color. It is one part of a multi-racial, cross-class movement centering people of color leadership.

Therefore, SURJ believes in resourcing organizing led by people of color, and maintaining strong accountability relationships with organizers and communities of color as central part of our theory of change.

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Calling People In

​​Our focus is on working with White people who are already in motion. While in many activist circles, there can be a culture of shame and blame, we want to bring as many White people into taking action for racial justice as possible.

Why We Organize

We live in a time of great hope and possibility, yet the potential for a just world for all of us is not possible when racism and oppression keep us divided. This can make us forget how closely connected we truly are. Racism is still present throughout all of our contemporary institutions and structures. Racism is devastating to People of Color and is closely intertwined with all systems of oppression. It robs all of us- White people and People of Color- of our humanity. We honor and learn from the long history of People of Color and White people who have been unrelenting in their struggles for racial justice, and ending all systems of oppression. We are showing up to take our responsibility as White people to act collectively and publicly to challenge the manipulation of racist fear by the ruling class and corporate elite. We know that to transform this country we must be part of building a powerful multi-racial majority to challenge racism in all its forms.

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How to get involved with SURJ SWFL

It's easy!​

• Show up to one of our other events, you can find them here on our calendar
• Connect with us on Facebook
• Invite us to speak at your event or group meeting - here's our Email
• Schedule a one on one meeting with an active SURJ SWFL member - here's our Email
• Sign up to receive our emails and newsletter!

For more information about Showing Up for Racial Justice, please visit: showingupforracialjustice.org