RECAP: National Briefing - Minnesota and Beyond: Rapid Response to ICE in Occupied Cities

Briefing Co-Sponsors

• Movement Voter Fund funds local organizing and movement-building groups working to shift culture, expand democracy, and shape policy. MVF operates like a “mutual fund” for civic philanthropic giving: We raise money from donors, then channel it toward the most impactful organizations and power-building work around the country.
• Solidaire Network nurtures relationships between social movements and members to create regenerative systems rooted in love and justice.

Featured Speakers

• Doran Schrantz is a Senior Advisor to ISAIAH, a multiracial, interfaith organization that has been building grassroots power in Minnesota for over a decade.
• Emilia González Avalos is Executive Director of Unidos MN Education Fund, a grassroots organization that builds power for working families — and runs MONARCA, which has trained over 26,000 Minnesotans to observe, document, and respond to ICE presence.
• Laura Flynn is on the Board of Movement Voter Project, MVF’s 501(c)(4) sibling. A writer, organizer, and Minnesota native, she has been instrumental in mobilizing resources in support of organizing groups in her state and across the Midwest.
• Nikki Marín Baena is the Co-Director of Somos Siembra, an immigrant rights and economic justice organization in North Carolina that is helping to lead the national charge to stop corporations from enabling ICE.

Next Steps

Give Feedback

Take a moment to share your thoughts on the briefing!

Support Organizers’ Work on the Ground

1. Contribute now to Movement Voter Fund's Rapid Response Fund to support organizing in Minnesota as well as other critical hotspots around the country. Your support helps train legal observers, pressure ICE’s corporate collaborators, and mobilize people to stand up against authoritarian consolidation. Questions? Contact your MVF liaison or email advisor@movementvoterfund.org.
2. Contribute now to Solidaire Network's Movement Protection Fund. If you have questions, contact Solidaire at accounting@solidairenetwork.org. (For movement leaders and organizations interested in learning more about receiving support, please email mpf@solidairenetwork.org.)
3. Contribute directly to our grantee partners from the briefing:
4. 1. Unidos MN Education Fund (Minnesota)
   2. ISAIAH (Minnesota)
   3. Somos Siembra (North Carolina)

Get Involved

Visit the website of our national allied coalition, ICE Out For Good, for key actions you can take to support the fight against the authoritarian occupation of our cities.

Resources

• The Day of Truth & Freedom: Minnesota's statewide day of action on January 23.
• ICE Out For Good: One of our national allied coalitions, which has compiled a list of actions folks outside of MN can take to support fighting back against ICE.
• MONARCA: An immigrant-defense hotline (now fielding one call every minute) and rapid-response program that has now trained close to 28,000 Minnesotans to observe, document, and respond to ICE presence throughout the state.
• Fourth Amendment Workplace: A campaign by MVF partner Somos Siembra to organize workplaces to restore confidence in local businesses as places of refuge