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Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities
Report that explores the details of the Twin Cities' evolving Rapid Response system for the benefit of others around the country who may soon be facing similar pressures. By CrimethInc.
Lessons Learned from Parents During ICE/CBP Occupation
Guide includes info on school patrols, rapid response near schools, supporting community needs, how allies can prepare, and talking with kids about ICE/CBP. By anonymous parents in Chicago.
How to Start a School Patrols Guide
An overview for folks who want to start a school patrol network in their communities with link to additional detailed resources and templates. By Defend Rogers Park.
How to Start a Rapid Response Network
Toolkit to support building a Rapid Response Group including laying out roles and responsibilities, communications, recruitment, and training. By Defend Rogers Park.
Resilience and Community Care
Practical toolkit from the UndocuHealth program offering community care and resilience practices for immigrant justice organizers, with wellness tools, mindful exercises, and support resources to sustain health and collective healing. By United We Dream.
Manual sobre seguridad
Manual práctico para defensores de derechos humanos en riesgo que ayuda a evaluar amenazas, identificar vulnerabilidades y crear planes de seguridad personal y organizacional, con estrategias, ejercicios y consejos para distintos contextos. Por Front Line Defenders.
Guía Básica de Acción Directa No Violenta
Explica cómo la acción directa no violenta puede detener injusticias sociales o políticas, defender derechos, aumentar la voz comunitaria y promover valores como la solidaridad e inclusión, ofreciendo métodos pacíficos para el cambio social. Por The Ruckus Society.
Make ICE Accountable Toolkit
Comprehensive guide to a broad range of actions and tactics for holding ICE accountable: from ICE watch to vigils, strikes, labor organizing, legal and legislative actions, and more. By Siembra NC.
NonCooperation Library
Training materials on how to use strategic non-cooperation to undermine the regime's "pillars of support." By Freedom Trainers.
The Authoritarian Playbook
Report outlines seven fundamental tactics used by aspiring authoritarians, describes examples from in and outside the United States. By Protect Democracy.
We Will Defend and Resist: Toolkit For Organizers and Advocates on Workplace and Audits
Resources and guidance for labor and community organizers, advocates, and law practitioners on how to prepare for, resist, and respond to a workplace immigration raid or audit. By AFL-CIO.
“We the People”: Whose Rights Does the Constitution Protect?
Free lesson plan designed to help students consider not just what the Constitution says, but what it leaves out. By Zinn Education Project.
Turning Towards Each Other: A Conflict Workbook
Workbook with exercises to build collective self-awareness and conflict resilience within community-building and social movement groups. By the Movement Strategy Center.
Countering Nationalist Oligarchy
2019 article argues that the real threat to liberal democracy isn’t authoritarianism—it’s nationalist oligarchy. By the journal Democracy.
Did You Know? Deploying the National Guard
FAQs about the role and function of the National Guard when deployed in American communities; to help people know their rights, act appropriately, and stay safe. By the NAACP.
What is Fascism?
2- page handout with reputable sources that examine fascism within a historical and global context. By the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association.
The Bigger We report
Insights from 65+ grassroots leaders and 25 funders in 28 states, outlining six key practices that strengthen connection, belonging, and collective agency. By Freedom Together Foundation.
Racial Justice in the Face of State Repression
A guide to how and why the state uses violence and coercion to suppress social movements and how to resist it in ways that are aligned with our racial justice values. By Catalyst Project.
Community Defense Zone Starter Guide
A guide to Community Defense Zone campaigns. Geared towards creating community-based sanctuary, countering criminalization, and changing policies at local and state levels. By Power Shift Network.
What is pod mapping, and how to do it
Learn how to build pods to practice and cultivate liberation and establish a more connected way of living that resists isolation. By SOIL Transformative Justice Project.