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A collection of resources to strengthen our community and build the skills we need for strategic noncooperation and effective nonviolent resistance.
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Atlas of Surveillance
Database of surveillance technologies used by law enforcement across the US. Drones, body cameras, automated license plate readers, facial recognition, and more. By Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Immigrant Safety Plan
A resource to help parents plan for the care of their children (with or without status) in the event they are unable to, particularly if detained or deported. By Legal Counsel for Youth and Children.
Security Culture For Activists
A guide to security culture and how to practice it. Covers risk assessment, how to foster group culture that promotes safety, and best practices for data security. By The Ruckus Society.
Resilience Pod Toolkit
A guide to starting or strengthening a neighborhood resilience pod. Step-by-step guide, tips for hosting events, recommended activities, templates and more. By The Juneau Street Resilience Pod.
Story Based Strategy 101
More than "good messaging". Story-based strategy is a step-by-step guide to analyzing your opposition and writing your own narrative for creating change. By The Center For Story Based Strategy.
ReadyNow! App
A free and secure mobile app designed to help immigrants prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of crisis. By Human Rights First.
ICE Free Zone Toolkit For your Neighborhood
Tools for organizing with your neighbors: a guide to canvassing and talking to neighbors, non-cooperation pledge templates, Know Your Rights flyers, and posters and graphics. By Great For All CID.
Toolkit: No Housing for ICE
Strategies and resources for advocates seeking to persuade Hotel franchise owners to refuse lodging to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and contractors. By Unknown.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How We Dealt With Border Patrol
Learnings and how-to's on crucial elements of rapid response, including running ICE Watch and similar trainings, and planning patrol shifts and zones. By Siembra NC.
Map The Power
Resources, tips, and framework to conduct power research. Includes case studies and a guide to building a team with the skills to investigate corporate bodies and organize to challenge their power. By Public Accountability Initiative.
Making Space for Uncomfortable Emotions
This guide aims to foster deeper and more compassionate connections for individuals and groups. By Transition Network.
What can I do to fight authoritarianism?
Guide to getting started broken down by easier, medium, and harder actions you can take to resist authoritarianism and pressure "pillars of support" to defect. By Choose Democracy.