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Showing Up for Racial Justice-LaGuardia Community College

SURJ at LaGuardia is an ally/affinity group for staff and faculty who do not identify as people of color but who want to address and confront racism on campus and beyond. The group serves as a platform for anti-racism and as a space for elevating the discussion of white privilege and systemic racism. It works to promote reflection, awareness, learning, and strategies for personal and collective action around these issues. We are a chapter of the national SURJ organization, which is a network of groups and individuals that work to organize and move white people to action as part of a multi-racial coalition for justice.