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May 8 Action Blast!
Push for migrant rights, commemorate the Nakba, workshop series on unpacking white masculinity, and more
May 1 Action Blast!
May Day! May Day! Regularize Everyone! Palestinian Labour Solidarity March!
April 24 Action Blast!
Join the Freedom for All Seder! Black Creek Community Farm’s Harvest Share! Join Your Neighbours and Zap for Palestine!
March 27 Action Blast!
This Saturday: All Out for Land Day! April 6 & 11: Fossil Fools Day Events! More Actions and Resources!
March 13 Action Blast!
Apply Now for Legal Support! RSVP Now for Migrant Spring! Keep Up the Pressure for a Ceasefire! More Actions and Resources!
2023 At A Glance!
A Recap of SURJ and 2023!
… Until Everyone Is Free
SURJ Toronto uses this tagline on our website and messaging to succinctly encapsulate a core value. But it’s by no means an original thought.
SURJ Jews for Palestine: End the deadly violence and occupation now
As Jewish members of Showing up for Racial Justice Toronto, we feel it is imperative to speak up about the ongoing violence and loss of life in Palestine and Israel. We dream of a day when every person is seen as valuable and worth protecting.
Alternatives to 911
Alternatives to 911 Community Skill-Building Workshop Series aims to equip community members with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in crisis intervention, without relying on the police.
We Love, Support, and Rely on Lefty Journalism!
(aka wtf is going on with the dystopian Meta news ban, and how you can stay connected with rad independent Canadian analysis)
#CancelCanadaDay
Ten things you can do instead of celebrating Canada Day.
Support #StatusForAll! MWAC Poster
Support #StatusForAll! Get your limited-edition print by artist Michael DeForge TODAY! 100% of proceeds will go to Migrant Workers Alliance for Change. Donations are sliding scale.
Land Acknowledgement at SURJ Toronto
SURJ Toronto organizes in and around Toronto, Ontario, so-called Canada, on territories that have been lived on, shared by, and cared for by Indigenous Nations – including the Anishinaabe, the Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee – since time immemorial.
Campaigns We Support
Learn more about #StatusForAll and #DecolonialSolidarity
Collective Liberation
SURJ Toronto believes in collective liberation – that none of us can be free until we end white supremacy. We must ground our organizing in a framework of mutual interest.
Accountability Statement
As an organization that seeks to organize white people for racial justice, and centres the leadership of Black, Indigenous and racialized community organizers, SURJ Toronto recognizes that accountability is essential to our role in realizing collective liberation.
Accessibility
Our Theory of Change
2022 Year-End Wrap-Up
Some highlights of 2022, with thanks to all of our supporters!
Whose Freedom does the Convoy Stand For?
SURJ Toronto condemns the white supremacists who are leveraging anger about the state’s pandemic response to spread hateful, fascist, racist, and antisemitic rhetoric and to further division and violence in communities.