They can't come for any of us without coming through all of us."
VOLUNTEER-LED, OPEN TO ALL
LSURJ is a volunteer-led effort to organize white people for racial justice. There is a role for everyone at LSURJ and we invite you to join us!
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.
VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
Coordinating Team
Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice is led by a Coordinating Team made up of a minimum of 3 people. Members are asked to commit to one- or two-year terms. Here is a document that gives an overview of the Coordinating Team. There is a short application to complete.
GET INVOLVED IN A COMMITTEE
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. Interested? Contact: David.
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. Interested? Contact: Lindsay.
LSURJ Police Accountability
Works for transparency and an end to police violence as part of The People's Consent Decree coalition. Interested? Contact: Nancy.
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. Interested? Contact Carla.
LSURJ Courtwatch
Courtwatch monitors Arraignment Court, and grows accountability with judges. Courtwatch participates in the Bench Warrant Amnesty Days. Interested? Contact Becky.
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
LSURJ is a volunteer-led effort to organize white people for racial justice. There is a role for everyone at LSURJ and we invite you to join us!
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.
VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
Coordinating Team
Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice is led by a Coordinating Team made up of a minimum of 3 people. Members are asked to commit to one- or two-year terms. Here is a document that gives an overview of the Coordinating Team. There is a short application to complete.
GET INVOLVED IN A COMMITTEE
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. Interested? Contact: David.
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. Interested? Contact: Lindsay.
LSURJ Police Accountability
Works for transparency and an end to police violence as part of The People's Consent Decree coalition. Interested? Contact: Nancy.
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. Interested? Contact Carla.
LSURJ Courtwatch
Courtwatch monitors Arraignment Court, and grows accountability with judges. Courtwatch participates in the Bench Warrant Amnesty Days. Interested? Contact Becky.
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