Began with our mission statement: to build a community of advocates who support one another’s growing understanding of immigration issues while taking peaceful actions on behalf of immigrants at the local, state, and national levels, with the larger goal of maintaining our democracy.

Full Slideshow is found here

A copy of the observing ICE template found here

We then heard a representative from Imm Schools. Learn more about them by clicking here

We then did some rapid response training. Click here to learn more about DIRE and their work in New Jersey. Here is their Know Your Rights (Spanish or English)

Here is a link to the video we watched if you want to share it with others.

We also discuss the ILRC Red Cards. They can be found here

Then we heard about First Friends of New Jersey and how they work with Immigrants and the families of immigrants. More info about them can be found here

Finally, we went over the three big subgroups of the Immigration Committee. Information about them can be found on this handout.