2020 SURJ National ‘Collect Our Cousins’ Electoral Action Program Commitment Form
President Trump - and his allies - cannot win at the ballot without selling a lie to white people.  SURJ Chapters are uniquely positioned to stop him in his tracks by making a commitment to disrupting those lies and winning back our people.  Can we count your chapter in?

In 2016, we saw thousands  of people pour into our chapters in response to Trumps’ election. People were clear that white voters handed Trump his election - and that we need to do the much-needed work of organizing in majority white communities. In 2020, SURJ will be supporting chapters that opt in across the country to move their people into action and ensure white voters don’t re-elect Trump. We know our people are hungry for meaningful ways to take action that talk about race with our people - and build something that can last beyond just one election cycle.

People of color-led electoral groups are already holding it down and doing the work. In both 2016 and 2018, thousands of these groups ran savvy and effective campaigns to support the crucial work of turning people of color out to vote. Yet the far right in this country has relied on organizing white voters since the beginning of our country’s history. Leaders of color have been asking and demanding that white people ‘collect our cousins’ - and to do the work of meaningfully organizing white conflicted and disaffected voters for racial justice and liberation- for decades. As a SURJ chapter leader, you have the opportunity to make a pivotal difference in this work.

If you’re ready to grow your SURJ chapter - not just in terms of membership - but also in terms of leadership and ultimately power - if you’re ready to move beyond self-reflection and into action - this is the right program for you and your team.

SURJ's top electoral goal is to defeat Trump by providing the margin of difference among white voters in key battleground states. We will do this through:

Building on the ground campaigns in Georgia in partnership with our partner New Georgia Project and Pennsylvania with in partnership with our partner Casa In Action. These  campaings will integrate sophisticated analytics, relational organizing including face-to-face conversations at the door in majority white communities and across social networks to reach and persuade conflicted whites and to mobilize anti-racist white voters
Mobilize thousands of anti-racist white voters in non-swing states to reach tens of thousands of white voters in GA and PA and other swing states through  texts, digital outreach and - when possible- travling to these states and knocking on doors - to get real about why it’s in their interest to defeat Trump and making sure folks who we persuade make it to vote on election day.

This form is for chapters who are committed to engaging your chapter members in the national electoral strategy.  Please fill out the form to the best of your knowledge.  If you haven't had a conversation with your chapter about this yet, please do so by April 1st.  Contact z@surjaction.org with any questions.

Information on Casa In Action: https://www.casainaction.org/pennsylvania
Information on New Georgia Project:  https://newgeorgiaproject.org/
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Yes, we’re All In for the SURJ 2020’s Collect Your Cousins Electoral Organizing Project!  We’re down to share our organizational contact list to ensure they are integrated into the national political program and commit to one or more of the following action commitments:
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Organize your chapter and networks to raise funds for SURJ and partner organizations: Yes, we will organize our chapter and network to raise money to ‘collect our cousins’ and connect with and persuade conflicted, disaffected and low propensity white voters to support racial justice and defeat Trump.
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Organize your chapter to knock doors in PA: Yes, we will organize 10 individuals to commit to travel to PA and spend at least one day talking to white voters to defeat Trump. (We will work to set a specific goal that could be more or less than 10 people)
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Organize your people to knock doors in GA:  Yes, we will organize 10 individuals to commit to travel to PA and spend at least one day talking to white voters to defeat Trump.  (We will work to set a specific goal that could be more or less than 10 people)
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Organize Key Voters through the Interwebs: Yes, my chapter will recruit our list and members to sign the Collect Our Cousins pledge to join SURJ’s national crew phone banking and texting voters in PA & GA
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For GA and PA Based SURJ Chapters and Affiliates: Yes, I will organize our people to engage voters in our social networks, at the doors and/or through phonebanks.
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I will also organize people in my chapter and network to attend the Finding Freedom: White Women Challenging White Supremacy in ATL on March 27th and March 28TH.
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I will also organize people in my chapter and network to attend the Finding Freedom: White Women Challenging White Supremacy in Lancaster, PA on April 17th and April 18th.  
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We’ve got some questions about compliance, legal, 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 questions. I’d like someone from the SURJ team to follow up with me to help answer these questions. If you already know your legal questions, please share them here now.
We have 1 or more people who would like to play a volunteer role with SURJ National to support other chapters doing this work.
Are you doing electoral work locally?  What work are you doing?
Why is this work so important to you?  How will this help you grow your chapter or affiliate?
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