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June 12, 2026

FBI Raids an MVF Partner in Ohio — What Now?

Yesterday, the FBI raided our partners in Ohio, seizing laptops and even showing up at staffers’ homes. We’ve set up a democracy defense fund to support their work to fight back.

Photo: Make the Road New Jersey on May Day rallying outside city hall in Jersey City, NJ.

June 11, 2026

Victory! Make the Road NJ Helps Secure Legal Funding for ICE Detainees

After months of organizing, MVF partner Make the Road New Jersey won a huge victory for immigrants detained by ICE, including detainees at New Jersey’s now-infamous Delaney Hall.

Photo: Black Voters Matter, voting rights rally in Montgomery, Alabama, 5/17/2026. (Credit: photojones.co)

May 19, 2026

You've been asking for our plan to protect the 2026 elections. Here it is, and it's big.

In 2026, we anticipate unprecedented attacks on our democracy. MVF and our partners are poised and ready to fight back. Our five-phase plan starts right now, and we need everyone to join us.

One Way DAF Holders Can Stick It to Trump

May 8, 2026

One Way DAF Holders Can Stick It to Trump

Three of the largest DAF providers have frozen grants to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Here's how we fight back.

Photo: MONARCA trains 700 constitutional observers to be election-protection observers.

April 21, 2026

From Minnesota to the Midterms: Protecting Our Communities and Democracy

Organizers are turning rapid-response networks to protect communities from ICE into networks to protect our democracy.

Photo: ICE Out for Good Coalition

January 29, 2026

Support ICE Resistance: Announcing MVF’s Rapid Response Fund

MVF has launched a Rapid Response Fund to support resistance and organizing work in federally occupied cities

Photo: Community Organizing Alliance - “ICE Out” rally in Lewiston, Maine, 1/24/2026. (Photo Credit: Erin Towns)

January 28, 2026

Maine: MVF Partners Ramp Up Resistance to ICE

As ICE ramps up authoritarian occupation of Maine cities, MVF local partners are stepping up their organizing to protect communities. Tony Mack, MVF Maine Advisor, gives the update.