What does Juneteenth mean if you're white?
Bob Case Bob Case

What does Juneteenth mean if you're white?

For many Black Americans, the story of Juneteenth is a demonstration of the endurance and self-direction of their centuries-long struggle towards freedom. What does it mean if you're white?

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Read. Watch. Listen.
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Read. Watch. Listen.

Honor Black history and celebrate Black futures with these media recommendations from SURJ San Diego’s newsletter team.

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Tired + Inspired
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Tired + Inspired

The opportunity for real, transformative change ​is crackling like an electric charge—even​ in t​his difficult moment​​. So we ​Keep​.​​ ​Showing​. ​​Up.

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Why Mutual Aid?
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Why Mutual Aid?

Why the concept of “solidarity not charity” is critical to collective liberation—and how we can work to redistribute resources that have been unfairly accumulated through generations of systemic racism.

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Flunk the Filibuster
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Flunk the Filibuster

This post (originally published in our newsletter May 5th, 2021) explores why progressive lawmakers refer to this over-used procedural loophole as the “Jim Crow filibuster.”

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Land of the First People
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Land of the First People

November is Native American Heritage Month and we are excited to share a new way to learn about the Native American heritage of San Diego! This digital tour entitled “Land of the First People” is a project by the Kumeyaay Nation and California State Parks.

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