Organizing & Community Education

Sur Legal Collaborative works to educate and organize immigrant and BIPOC workers within Georgia's high-hazard, low-wage industries. By resourcing immigrant workers with the knowledge and tools needed to advocate for themselves, we strive to transform labor conditions within these exploitative industries through worker-driven and worker-led solutions.

Know-Your-Rights (KYR) Education: KYR trainings are provided directly to workers, either in-person or virtually, in formats that are safe, accessible, and responsive to the needs they've identified. Topics covered include: Workplace Safety and Health; Workers' Rights Regardless of Immigration Status (FLSA, EEOC, OSHA, NLRB); Immigration Enforcement & ICE Interactions – Knowing Your Rights.

Worker Advisory Committee ("WAC") Initiative: Launched under the Susan Harwood Capacity Building Pilot Grant program, the WAC serves as a steering committee, composed of workers within Georgia's high-hazard, low-wage industries that bring their vast lived experiences (both with labor and immigration justice) into this space to provide our team with insight, advice, and updates on the issues that are the most pressing within their communities. Through relational, high-touch interactions with all WAC members, insights provided through focus-group style meetings inform Sur Legal's priority areas for educational materials and trainings.

WAC-member trainings: WAC members receive know-your-rights trainings on: OSHA/ workplace health & safety, whistleblower rights, heat justice, KYR during immigration enforcement interactions, emergency and family preparedness, and more.

The program operates in a hybrid format, combining in-person convenings and webinars to reach workers across Georgia. Previous Worker Advisory Committee participants have been based in Macon and Tennessee, with the current base in Gainesville, Georgia. Participation often spans multiple years per constituent.