Accompaniment Training
Want a concrete way to show up? Join First Friends of NJ/NY accompaniment training and learn how volunteers support immigrants at immigration court and ICE check-ins so no one has to face these systems alone.
WHEN: January 22nd @ 6:30 PM
WHERE: Via Zoom
Register here
General Information
Mission: 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.
- To achieve this mission, the immigration committee is suggesting we focus on the following three areas: (Policy and Legislation, Advocates in Action, and Family Resources/Mutual Aid)
- Latest Immigration Committee Newsletter (Click Here)
- Letter from Congressperson Norcross re: Delaney Hall (Click here)
- Urgent Alert from CCLSJ on ICE (English or Spanish)
- Signs of Solidarity Canvasing Toolkit
Subcommittees and Groups
- Rapid Response Resources (Recursos de Respuesta Rápida)
- Spanish Language Class
- Spanish Conversation Club
- Stitches for Solidarity (Jump to Embracelets)
- Mutual Aid for Immigrant Families
- Letter Writing
- Write Senators to Ask for Better Treatment of Visitors to Delaney Hall (Booker and Kim) Template by Stephen Graff
- Write your Rep to request they visit and raise awareness of Delaney Hall (Google Doc) Template by Diane Herbert
Information Gained From Previous Events
- October 15, 2025: Full Committee Meeting
- August 18, 2025: Rapid Response Training
- August 12, 2025: Visiting Local Offices
- August 9, 2025: Trip to Delaney Hall
- July 16, 2025: Mutual Aid Drive 2
- July 10, 2025: July Full Committee Meeting
- July 6, 2025: Helping Families at Delaney Hall
- July 1, 2025: Stand Up To ICE and Know Your Rights
- June 29, 2025: Bearing Witness at Delaney Hall
- June 22, 2025: World Refugee Day in Philadelphia
- June 11, 2025: White People Against ICE
- June 2, 2025: Fact Finding Mission to Delaney Hall
- May 17, 2025: Family and Community Event at Veterans Memorial Family School in Camden
Important Links
- Rutgers Law Camden and Newark: (Website)
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center: (Tool Kit)
- National Immigration Justice Center (Website)
- Camden County Bar Association (Website)
- Atlantic City Community Organization (FaceBook)
- American Immigration Council (email: council@immcouncil.org)
- Immigrants’ List: (email: info@immigrantslist.org)
- Immigration Justice Campaign: (email signup)
- AIC Fact Sheet: After Day One: (Website)
- Immigrant Defense Project (Know Your Rights)
- Make the Road New Jersey (Website)
- Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas (Website)
- Your Rights Around ICE: (YouTube Video)
- Disappeared in America (Website)
- Online Detainee Locator System (Website or Phone number 1-888-351-4024)
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