Rally at the State Capitol to Demand the End of Police Violence
Wednesday, July 1 • 11:30 am
Some 600 people of color have been killed by police in California in the last 5 years. Join Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/All of Us or None for a mobilization to Sacramento where people impacted by police violence — family members, formerly incarcerated, community members — will encircle the Capitol building and hold up the names of those killed by police. We will also call on state legislators to defund the $31B police and prison industrial complex, hold police who kill accountable, and prevent police unions from donating to district attorneys and judges, among other demands. Learn more and sign up.
Location: California Capitol Building, 10th and L Streets, Sacramento

Monday, June 22 and Friday, June 26 • 12:00 – 1:00 pm
SURJ Action Hour
Want to do something about police brutality but not sure what to do? Join us at lunchtime on Monday and/or Friday to take immediate action and build community. We’ll meet over Zoom to provide concrete steps you can take — calling elected officials, signing petitions, etc. — to demand an end to police violence against Black people and other communities of color. Sessions fill quickly, so register here to reserve your spot!

​Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays all month • 12:00 – 1:00 pm
SURJ Action Hour
Feeling rage and deep sadness about police brutality but not sure what to do? Join us at lunchtime any Monday or Friday in June to take immediate action and build community. We’ll meet over Zoom to provide concrete steps you can take — calling elected officials, signing petitions, etc. — to demand an end to police violence against Black people and other communities of color. Sessions fill quickly, so register here to reserve your spot!

Week of Action in Defense of Black Life and to End White SilenceThe Movement For Black Lives and organizers from across the country invite you to take part in a National Week of Action in Defense of Black Life. From street protests to social media, from car caravans to making phone calls and signing petitions - there are many ways you can be engaged. Across the nation, SURJ is using this week to focus on Ending White Silence. In this moment, white silence is being used to justify the unjustifiable, and we need as many people in action as possible. This is about George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and the centuries of violence against Black people and communities of color by the police. See below in the Take Action section to find out the things you can do this week in addition to the Calendar listings.