Get Involved – Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)

Showing Up for Racial Justice organizes white people to build the political will needed to end white supremacy. We do this through political education, direct action, self reflection, and community-building, and by following the example and leadership of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) partners.

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While we have numerous areas of ongoing work, we are mobilizing actions more rapidly as ICE activity continues in the Twin Cities. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for the latest updates on campaigns and actions.

We are actively working with our partners on a corporate accountability campaign, focused on getting Target to ban ICE from their stores and parking lots and to support immigrant employees and shoppers’ 4th amendment rights. Learn more about the campaign and demands, and support this effort by leveraging the toolkit below:

Target and Local Business 4th Amendment Workplace Toolkit

#iceouttarget

On Thursday, January 22nd faith leaders in Minnesota will be meeting with the Target CEO. National digital and solidarity actions on Monday, January 19th will create the pressure we need to win Target.

Our Demands:

Publicly call for an immediate end to the ICE “surge” into MN and for ICE to leave the state;
The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable. Demand a legitimate investigation with state involvement.
Affirm Target stores as 4th amendment workplaces, publicly posting signage denying entrance to immigration agents without signed judicial warrants and training staff on how to respond if immigration agents enter illegally;
Publicly call for Congress to stop funding ICE.

Sign on to the letter campaign >>

TARGET
Stand with workers
No collaborating
Demand ICE out of MN
Become a 4th Amendment business
Close MN locations January 23

Not in Minnesota? Take Action at Home
1. Log onto the Target website
2. Find table salt and add it to your cart
3. At checkout, edit "Order pickup person" to "ICE out of Minnesota, Target speak up!"
4. Place your order
5. Don't go pick it up. Target has a policy where any orders not picked up after three days will be automatically refunded.
6. Repeat. Encourage friends (anywhere in the country) to do the same!

In addition to putting pressure on Target, we are supporting ICE Out of Minnesota‘s days of action, drawing attention to corporate complicity in the violation of our constitutional and human rights.

Monday, January 19th: Target
Tuesday, January 20th: Home Depot
Wednesday, January 21st: Enterprise
Thursday, January 22nd: Hilton
Friday, January 23rd: Delta

Use the campaign toolkit to support these days of action >>

Then join us for ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom on Friday, January 23rd.

❌ No work.
❌ No school.
❌ No shopping.

We’re pausing business as usual to stand united with our families, loved ones, & community in a moment of solidarity, reflection, and action.

We have seen endless brutality and attacks against our community, including the tragic killing of Renee Nicole Good. Together, we demand ICE Out of Minnesota and true freedom for all our communities.

At 2 PM, gather in downtown Minneapolis for the state’s single largest march — peaceful, determined, and done pretending.

What Minnesotans are demanding:

ICE must leave Minnesota now.
The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable.
No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE should be investigated for human and Constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors.
We call upon Minnesota and National Companies to become 4th Amendment businesses, cease economic relations with ICE and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds.

For more information about SURJ-TC’s work, check out the embedded overview below, including ways to get involved:

Why join SURJ-TC?

Being a part of an anti-racist community is a powerful experience that can help us deepen our commitments to anti-racism, build relationships and connections that sustain us, and resource us for the long-haul work of ending white supremacy.

Becoming a member of SURJ-TC benefits you, our chapter, and our BIPOC-led partner organizations:

It means you will be accompanied by other white people in your anti-racist work.
It means that our chapter will expand its collective capacity to take action.
It means that SURJ-TC has a dedicated group of members ready to activate when our BIPOC partners need allies.

Membership provides clear, yet flexible pathways for each of us to contribute our time, energy, and talents to the work of dismantling white supremacy. We encourage you to choose which steps to take and how quickly based on what fits in your life right now.