Join Us at Our Monthly Meetings
We have so much work to do reaching people in majority white communities about why racial justice will help free us, too. We focus on political education, leadership development, action and base-building.
All are welcome to learn more about getting involved in - and helping plan - LSURJ's part in campaigns for action on issues like community defense, mass incarceration, stopping the building of a new jail, policing, the city budget, school board issues, and more. Come meet people in this interactive space for change-making.
Learn more and stay engaged at our monthly meetings, held on the second Wednesday of each month. We alternate locations and length of meetings depending on our topic. For information about this month's topic and location, and to RSVP, visit our Facebook and Instagram pages for event links.
Request ASL interpretation by emailing [email protected].
All are welcome to learn more about getting involved in - and helping plan - LSURJ's part in campaigns for action on issues like community defense, mass incarceration, stopping the building of a new jail, policing, the city budget, school board issues, and more. Come meet people in this interactive space for change-making.
Learn more and stay engaged at our monthly meetings, held on the second Wednesday of each month. We alternate locations and length of meetings depending on our topic. For information about this month's topic and location, and to RSVP, visit our Facebook and Instagram pages for event links.
Request ASL interpretation by emailing [email protected].
Stay Connected
- Follow LSURJ on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to engage and learn about events
- Join the LSURJ Facebook Discussion Group to share resources and to get to know other people working for racial justice in Louisville
- Questions? Email us at [email protected]
Stay Involved, Join a Team
All are welcome at LSURJ events and activities, and there is a lane for everyone. Please be aware that our work and events are tailored to call white people into this movement work. Some activities are in-person and others are virtual.
If you would like to volunteer or have questions about the teams below, email [email protected] with Volunteer in the subject line. Time commitment is flexible. This is long-haul work, and we want it to be sustainable for everyone.
LSURJ Communications
If you have social media skills and want to volunteer to get the word out, this is the team for you. Focus: Amplifying the work of LSURJ, informing on justice efforts/actions, educating and engaging the base, and connection to resources of national SURJ.
LSURJ JCPS Team
The Showing up for Students team works for equity in schools, challenges security measures that feed the school-to-prison pipeline, defends vulnerable students, and defends public education.
LSURJ Police Accountability
Works for transparency and an end to police violence as part of The People's Consent Decree coalition.
LSURJ Care Not Cages
This team focuses on de-carceration (get people out, keep people out), abolition, cash bail reform, building a base for alternatives to jail, stopping a new jail. Care Not Cages (CNS) participates in the Bench Warrant Amnesty Days and in the LMDC stakeholders on jail deaths and conditions. CNC is in a strategic partnership coalition (Care Not Cages Coalition) with BLACK, VOCAL-KY, Forward Justice, ACLU of KY and DOVE Delegates.
LSURJ Courtwatch
Courtwatch monitors Arraignment Court, and grows accountability with judges. Courtwatch participates in the Bench Warrant Amnesty Days.
LSURJ Community Defense
We recruit and train people to show up for communities under attack. This is a rapid response network. Contact the network .
LSURJ work for a Ceasefire in Palestine
LSURJ is part of the Louisville Ceasefire Coalition. Click to sign up for Ceasefire Mailings
If you would like to volunteer or have questions about the teams below, email [email protected] with Volunteer in the subject line. Time commitment is flexible. This is long-haul work, and we want it to be sustainable for everyone.
LSURJ Communications
If you have social media skills and want to volunteer to get the word out, this is the team for you. Focus: Amplifying the work of LSURJ, informing on justice efforts/actions, educating and engaging the base, and connection to resources of national SURJ.
LSURJ JCPS Team
The Showing up for Students team works for equity in schools, challenges security measures that feed the school-to-prison pipeline, defends vulnerable students, and defends public education.
LSURJ Police Accountability
Works for transparency and an end to police violence as part of The People's Consent Decree coalition.
LSURJ Care Not Cages
This team focuses on de-carceration (get people out, keep people out), abolition, cash bail reform, building a base for alternatives to jail, stopping a new jail. Care Not Cages (CNS) participates in the Bench Warrant Amnesty Days and in the LMDC stakeholders on jail deaths and conditions. CNC is in a strategic partnership coalition (Care Not Cages Coalition) with BLACK, VOCAL-KY, Forward Justice, ACLU of KY and DOVE Delegates.
LSURJ Courtwatch
Courtwatch monitors Arraignment Court, and grows accountability with judges. Courtwatch participates in the Bench Warrant Amnesty Days.
LSURJ Community Defense
We recruit and train people to show up for communities under attack. This is a rapid response network. Contact the network .
LSURJ work for a Ceasefire in Palestine
LSURJ is part of the Louisville Ceasefire Coalition. Click to sign up for Ceasefire Mailings
Request a Speaker/Facilitator from LSURJ
Please complete and submit this form to request a member of LSURJ to assist you/your organization as a speaker, facilitator, or event sponsor. All LSURJ members are volunteers, so please provide as much time as possible before your event. Thank you!
The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward." – Ijeoma Oluo
