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Podcast: Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips
Episode: White People and the Fight for Racial Justice with SURJ’s Erin Heaney
Description: It’s our 100th episode!Â
Erin Heaney, executive director of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), joins us to discuss the role of white allyship in the fight for justice and a multiracial democracy.Â
Erin shares her path to organizing, her hopes for SURJ, and details on the White Stripe Project—a new initiative between the Sandler Phillips Center, the Working Families Party and SURJ focused on increasing the number of white voters committed to progressive causes.
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REFERENCES:
Erin Heaney, Executive Director, SURJ - @heaney_erin
SURJ - @show...