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By Felicia Gustin When SURJ Bay Area launched in 2015, it operated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. This structure helped build a solid foundation for education, organizing, and fundraising. But as political conditions shifted and the stakes for racial justice work intensified, SURJ made a bold move: we are now a 501(c)4 organization taking over the work of our previous 501(c)3. What does this actually mean? And how will it change the way SURJ shows up in movements for justice? I sat down with Natalie from SURJ Bay Area’s Finance Crew to unpack the shift and its deeper purpose.  By Felicia Gustin “This May Day is more than just a march. It is the refusal to comply with a violent regime and its billionaire backers. It’s choosing our families and our neighbors over their fortunes. Our futures over fascism.“ -- Bay Resistance, a Bay Area network of community groups, faith organizations, unions, and neighbors standing together to defend our communities  May Day is just days away and across the country, thousands of organizations and millions of people are coming together with a common purpose: using non-cooperation to stand together against the billionaires waging war on working people. We’re calling for a day of No Work. No School. No Shopping.
By Felicia Gustin Millions of people and hundreds of unions and organizations across the U.S. are gearing up for a massive May 1st day of non-cooperation—No Work! No School! No Shopping! In our previous blog, we explored what non-cooperation means and laid out the goals of May Day, International Workers' Day 2026. As we look to the future, it’s worth revisiting the roots of this day and how it still inspires movements across the globe. Sparked by the state killing of U.S. labor leaders in the fight for the 8-hour workday, May Day continues to be celebrated nearly 150 years later, even without recognition as an official holiday in the U.S.  By Felicia Gustin After last month’s No Kings protests, many are asking, “So what?” But for those who see such outpourings as pointless or at best, merely symbolic, there are some important factors to consider. First and foremost: we need to grow our movement for racial and economic justice—we need more people! So a mobilization like No Kings is an entryway for people coming out for the first time, for people who are yet to be engaged. It’s a first step, and it’s our responsibility, as organizers, to move them to the next step.  |
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