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SURJ-TC’s March newsletter offers several opportunities to protest, gather in community, learn and organize. Each event strengthens our capacity to show up, face what is before us, and live into the world we wish to be a part of. Join us as we do this work–each of us is needed.
No Kings Marches and Rally
Saturday March 28th
12 p.m.: Kickoff Marches Start
***SURJ will gather starting at 11:30 near our table in the St. Paul College parking lot.***
- Saint Paul College Kickoff March | 235 Marshall Ave, St Paul, MN 55102
- Harriet Island Kickoff March |110 Harriet Island Rd, St Paul, MN 55107
- Western Sculpture Park Kickoff March | 387 Marion St, St Paul, MN 55103
2 p.m.: Main Stage Rally @ the State Capitol | 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard., St Paul, MN 55155
Come out on March 28 and unite with Lt. Gov. Flanagan, AG Ellison, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, & more inspiring activists & speakers as we protest together https://www.nokingstwincities.org/
Bring creative signs expressing your support for our immigrant neighbors, DEI, Black lives, Land Back, reparations, and other messages about racial justice. Certainly “no kings” is a start — and there are many other fundamental ways in which we have to remake this country! Join us as we say loudly and clearly that we also have to end white supremacy!
Target Campaign Meeting
Wednesday, April 1, 7-8 pm
Corporations are a wealthy and powerful pillar aiding and allowing the Trump administration to erode the rights of Americans. We have been putting pressure on Target to stand instead with the people, and be an example for other corporations to do the same.
Our next Target Campaign meeting will be a “co-working meeting.” We will take the next steps in pressuring Target to do more to protect our democracy and speak out against the unlawful and unjust actions taken by ICE during their surge in Minnesota. There will be opportunities to plug into our work building relationships with local vendors who sell their products at Target, or to spend time writing and brainstorming communications about the campaign.
The first 30 minutes will be a 101 session for anyone who is new to the campaign or wanting a refresher on what the campaign is all about. This meeting will be held on Zoom.Register here.
SURJ-TC Community Meeting
Saturday, April 11, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Friends Meeting House: 1725 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105 US
The first three months of 2026 have felt like years! Join us to gather in community, process the ICE invasion together, and find our way forward in these critical times! There are so many ways to plug in right now, and we need all of us to support one another and move ahead TOGETHER.
REGISTER HERE: https://actionnetwork.org/events/surj-tc-spring-community-meeting
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Nonviolent Direct Action (NVDA) Training & Campaign Organizing Retreat
Saturday, April 25, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
3715 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Racial justice, civil rights and our democracy are on the line! In order to meet this critical moment, we will need to hone our strategy and skills in creative and powerful ways to beat back authoritarianism so that we can move forward our goals that will help create the world we deserve.
Join us for this day-long training and campaign organizing retreat on Sat, 4/25 in south Minneapolis!
This training day is specifically for our SURJ-TC and Unidos community members, many of whom are working together on the Target Campaign (but you don’t have to be working on the Target campaign to attend!).
This NVDA Training and Campaign Organizing retreat will help us:
- build our skills in:
- nonviolent direct action (NVDA) principles, planning and roles
- campaign organizing and strategy
- build our relationships with each other
- build our capacity to fight the authoritarian takeover, defend democracy and advance immigrant rights and racial justice!
Join us so together we can build our capacity to meet the moment in 2026!
REGISTER HERE: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nvda-training-campaign-organizing-retreat