Interviewed June 3 on Moment of Truth with Ami Chen Mills • Recording available
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If you missed the live interview on this show last month, you can access it in the KSQD archives. Wallace has plenty to say about SURJ’s vision for tackling this tough political moment. SURJ’s strategy involves helping re-elect members of the Squad, the most progressive branch of Congress, and moving more white people to be part of the multi-racial struggle for collective liberation.
The interview also includes a guest from Force Multiplier in discussion about this November’s presidential vote. Thank you Ami and KSQD for bringing these important thinkers closer to home.
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Carla Wallace has been part of organizing for change in the South for over 40 years,
with a focus on her home state of Kentucky. She is a co-founder of Showing Up for
Racial Justice (SURJ) which moves white people, in particular, those who are poor,
working class, and rural, to be part of the multi-racial struggle for collective liberation.
Mentored by southern civil rights activists in the Black Liberation Movement and by
white racial justice fighter Anne Braden, Carla is also a co-founder of Louisville’s
Fairness Campaign, which has been nationally honored for the work winning LGBTQ
equity by centering racial justice and connecting community organizing and electoral
work. Carla has been engaged in international solidarity work for over 4 decades,
including leadership in the Anti Apartheid movement for a Free South African and the
ongoing work for a Free Palestine.
Ami will also be hosting Force Multiplier whose focus is winning Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress this year. Tune in to hear how both organizations are strategizing to win this November.
The recording is here.
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 