Wednesday, June 18 or Thursday, June 26, 7:30 – 9:30pm EDT - Virtual

Summer to Grow, Turn up the Heat - Absorbing our People Training

by Showing Up for Racial Justice

note - these are stand alone, identical trainings and not a series! read more below to learn more!

This summer it's time turn up the heat!

Come join us for a training on absorption so we can get oriented toward growing our movement and building our skills to effectively welcome thousands of new people into SURJ!

Who is this training for?

Anyone who wants to learn about absorption and build your skills to effectively bring people into our movement in times of political activation, and anyone who is planning on hosting a mass meeting this summer!

What is absorption?

Absorption is both an orientation toward using moments of political activation to bring more people into a movement, and it's also the skills that go along with growing our movements effectively.

Why do we absorb?

We absorb because in order to achieve our goals, we need to use solidarity power (the ability to work and act together as a collective) to move large amounts of people to to build the world we want to see. In order to harness solidarity power, we must always be growing our movements and welcoming more people to move and take action with us.

This training will cover:

SURJ’s long-term strategy and goals, and why we organize white people

SURJ's plan to support members, circles and chapters to host mass meetings throughout the summer to welcome more people into our movement

The fundamentals of absorption: the whys, how tos, best practices, and how to create an absorption plan grounded in your context

Examples of absorption successes and fails

Next steps for getting involved, doing your own absorption, and hosting a mass meeting.

We are offering three absorption trainings on June 12th, 18th and 26th. These are STAND ALONE trainings and they are not a series. We will be offering the SAME training on each of these dates to offer people different scheduling options for attending, so you only need to sign up for ONE of these trainings!

To register: Summer to Grow, Turn up the Heat - Absorbing our People Training · Showing Up for Racial Justice