Welcome to the Western Mass Chapter of SURJ
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SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE (SURJ)
IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS ORGANIZING WHITE PEOPLE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE The Western Mass chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice is part of a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ aims to move white people to work towards racial justice in an accountable way, as part of a multi-racial movement. For more information about SURJ, please visit the national website. In the early years WMSURJ focused on education and conversation around the impacts of systemic racism and the importance of breaking white silence. Since 2017 we have been encouraging white-identified people to engage with the practice of learning about and paying reparations to BIPOC people and communities. 
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The battle is and always has been a battle for the hearts and minds of White people in this country. The fight against racism is our issue. It’s not something that we’re called on to help People of Color with. We need to become involved with it as if our lives depended on it because really, in truth, they do.
— Anne Braden