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SURJ Baltimore is a local chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice, a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work toward racial justice. Baltimore City / Baltimore County / Howard County!
District 46: our legislators have real power to help us win for what our communities need. Let’s turn our power into progress!
Join us THIS Weds, December 3 at 6pm at Zion Church. We’ll strategize, plan, and build community (and share some light food).
Reserve your seat today! bit.ly/d46townhall
White text on a dark blue background: Housing Justice priorities Strategy Session yellow text box that looks like a paint stroke says: Wed, November 12th 7 - 8 pm on Zoom Learn about our priorities for the 2026 legislative session, and what YOU can do to ensure we win safer, more affordable, and more stable housing for all Marylanders! Join Us! bit.ly/rumnov In the background, there are blue-tinted photos of houses and apartment buildings. the renters united maryland logo is in the top corner.
👻 Spooky: The 2026 Maryland Legislative Session is creeping up on us fast! It's time to strategize!
💥 Join us on Weds, November 12th at 7pm on Zoom for a Housing Justice Priorities Strategy Session💥
Join us and bring a friend! RSVP – bit.ly/rumnov
💔 Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported, tortured, and imprisoned. Now ICE wants to deport him again, only this time to a country where he’s never lived. This is not immigration enforcement. It’s cruel. It’s retaliation. Sign the #JusticeForKilmar petition: wearecasa.org/justice4kilmar
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⚠️ Maryland renters! ⚠️ Help shape our 2026 policy agenda by taking the Renters Survey!
We need at least 50 more renters to take this survey by this Friday (8/8). Add your voice!
Take a few minutes to tell us what you need to make renting in Maryland better: bit.ly/2025RenterSurvey
Friends, immigrants’ rights are under attack—we must fight back. Join SURJ Baltimore’s Community Care Meeting!
Learn how we can respond to ICE as bystanders to stand up for ALL of our neighbors’ civil rights and safety.
This Sat - Aug 2 from 2-3:30
Hybrid – More info + RSVP: tiny.cc/surjcommunity
And whether you can make the summit or not – please fill out our 2025 Renter Survey!
This is another great opportunity to let us know what's going on in your home, + tell us what would make it better!
Your answers will help shape our legislative agenda.
Take the survey: bit.ly/2025RenterSurvey
Join us for a meaningful day of building renter power at the 2025 Maryland Housing Justice Summit!
You’ll get to meet other advocates, help us shape our policy agenda, + learn skills to help build our movement even stronger. Lunch, snacks, + breaks will be provided!
RSVP: bit.ly/RUM2025
Friends, immigrants’ rights are under attack—we must fight back. Join SURJ Baltimore’s Community Care Meeting!
Learn how we can respond to ICE as bystanders to stand up for ALL of our neighbors’ civil rights and safety.
Sat Aug 2 2-3:30 pm
Hybrid – More info + RSVP: tiny.cc/surjcommunity
🧵 Maryland is leading the country when it comes to our youth for all the wrong reasons. Our state has the highest number of violations of federal standards for youth kept in adult jails. 7x HIGHER than the allowable number of violations.
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Join our partner CASA at SCOTUS THIS THURS (5/15) @ 10am – the Trump admin wants to erase a right that has protected generations of 🇺🇸: citizenship by birth. The Constitution is clear. If you’re born here, you're a citizen.
Be there with your signs + energy. RSVP: bit.ly/scotusbirthrightcitizenship
a photo of two people putting a banner on a wall. the banner is two people shaking hands. there is a sticker over the photo that says 'join us' - underneath, a yellow text box reads "monthly chapter meeting + legislative working group tuesday, may 6th at 7:30pm on zoom" underneath the text box there is a white surj baltimore logo.
🔔Join us TOMORROW (Tues May 6 @ 7:30 on Zoom) for our May chapter / legislative team meeting! 🔔
We'll be having a big convo about our structure, in-person gathering planing, + how to bring more folks into this work! We need you to make it happen! Sign up: secure.everyaction.com/I1FJsPW1-USV...
This May Day, SURJ Baltimore is meeting fellow chapter, SURJ3A, at Eutaw + Camden St at 4:30 on May 1st. After a brief rally, we'll march to McKeldin Plaza for a unified rally with other local orgs at 5:30pm.
Be with fellow workers and immigrant organizers this May Day!
Sign up: bit.ly/may1surj3a!
Only a few days left of the 2025 Maryland legislative session! The Senate must pass HB767 – to require tenants are given at least 7 days notice of their eviction. Tenants facing eviction should AT LEAST know when it's happening.
Tell the Senate to pass HB767: actionnetwork.org/letters/pass-tpra
Dark blue background with yellow and white text. a photo of a phone with distressed lightning bolts coming out of it. Text reads: PHONE ZAPThurs, March 27 Tell the Senate JPR Committeeto pass a STRONG Tenant Possessions Recovery Act! No one should lose their home AND all of their belongings on the same day! Sign up for a time slot: bit.ly/PassTPRA
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee could be voting on the Tenant Possessions Recovery Act as soon as this afternoon! Sign up for a slot and tell them to pass the bill with NO weakening amendments! No one should lose their home AND all of their belongings on the same day.
bit.ly/PassTPRA
a photo of donald trump on a light pink and purple checkerboard background. Over his face there is a dark purple rectangle. Inside the rectangle it says - while donald trump attacks immigrants, democrats in Maryland can protect them. A star sticker is over a corner of the rectangle. inside the sticker it says ' tell md dems to act now.'
Maryland MUST protect our immigrant community! We're running out of time in the Maryland legislative session – tell your legislators to act now to protect immigrants! --> wearecasa.org/sign4immigrants
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White and yellow text on a dark blue background. Text reads: The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee is scheduled to vote on Good Cause Eviction TODAY – but they’re considering harmful amendments! Call and tell them to pass a STRONG Good Cause Eviction bill! bit.ly/call4goodcause
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee is scheduled to vote on Good Cause Eviction TODAY at 2PM! But they are considering bad amendments.
We need your voice NOW! Sign up to call JPR and tell them Maryland's tenants need a STRONG Good Cause Eviction bill!
bit.ly/call4goodcause
a woman making a phone call. a yellow speech bubble says 'no reason? no eviction!' - text below reads: corporate landlord lobbyists are trying to gut the good cause eviction bill – call the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee TODAY to say NO harmful amendments! links to: slottr.com/ProtectRenters
The Maryland General Assembly is closer than ever to finally passing local enabling legislation for Good Cause Eviction (HB709/SB651), but they're considering bad amendments that would undermine other renter protections. Call the Senate JPR cmte NOW to urge a STRONG bill! slottr.com/ProtectRenters
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photos of houses in Maryland tinted light blue, on a dark blue background that looks like a paint stroke. Text on the dark blue reads - Pass Good Cause Eviction - let's ensure local jurisdictions can pass laws to prevent people from being evicted without a good reason!
Nobody should be evicted without a good reason, but in Maryland large corporate landlords file more than 5,000 eviction cases each year without providing a reason. We can change that – tell our legislators to pass a STRONG Good Cause Eviction bill! #MDGA25
actionnetwork.org/letters/pass...
A white woman speaker in her 40s with short dark hair and dark eyes stands in front of posters with slogans such as "Bring Your People." She is addressing a crowd. Overlay text on the image reads, "2025 Anti-Racist Legislative Day" and provides the following information about the event: Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Hybrid event people can attend in person at the Zion Church of the City of Baltimore or online via Zoom. RSVP at the following link: bit.ly/AntiRacist2025
Join SURJ Baltimore’s Anti-Racist Legislative Day!
We’ll hear from our BIPOC-led partners about their priorities + how WE can help ensure the bills pass. Let’s make MD a more just state for all!
Sat Jan 25 2-4 pm
Hybrid w/on-site childcare
Info+RSVP: bit.ly/AntiRacist2025
Friends, we have ‘til April 7 to pass MD legislation advancing racial justice.
Join SURJ Baltimore’s Anti-Racist Legislative Day! Learn how to support our BIPOC-led partners' legislative priorities.
Sat Jan 25 2-4 pm
Hybrid w/on-site childcare
Info+RSVP: bit.ly/AntiRacist2025
Our state must defend against the incoming racist, fascist admin.
Join SURJ Baltimore’s Anti-Racist Legislative Day to hear from our BIPOC-led partners about their priorities + what WE can do to ensure the bills pass!
Sat Jan 25 2-4 pm
Hybrid w/ on-site childcare
Info+RSVP: bit.ly/AntiRacist2025
