We at SURJ: Showing up for Racial Justice (formerly Us for all of US: No room for Racism) are excited and hopeful about the current mobilizing occurring in the Occupy Wall Street movement and the connections being made by local organizing groups in cities and towns across the country and the world. We have been inspired by the analysis of class that has been brought forth into the public imagination, and as well the necessary conversations that are occurring about the need for an explicit racial justice lens to be incorporated into each occupy site with respect to the different flavors and conditions across the country and around the world. Many people in the SURJ network have been engaging with 99%-ers in their local areas and we want to encourage and support this through the efforts of OccupyRacism and other efforts as well. Below are some examples and resources of how that is this conversation is playing out.
