A round up of action steps and resources from local groups for the general public. There are so many things you can do – online and in person.
DONATE to any of these groups. They are all working 24/7 now and some of them have had layoffs or funding cuts from DOGE.
FUNDRAISE – THROW A HOUSE PARTY or SET UP AN ONLINE FUNDRAISER.
From HIAS Pennsylvania:
- ICE Raids: What You Need to Know webinar recording.
- Know Your Rights When Enacting With Law Enforcement webinar recording.
- General volunteer info: translators needed, many other roles.
New Sanctuary Movement:
A new grassroots campaign geared towards gaining public support for the Driver’s Licenses for All bill. The campaign’s goals are to build relationships in Philly neighborhoods, disseminate Know Your Rights education, let people know about local resources and support systems, and to expand business support for the Driver’s License campaign.
To join the canvassing team, please contact Maria Chavez at [email protected], or Tania Bonilla at [email protected].
Haverford-Area Community Action Network:
Call to Action: Call or Email Governor Shapiro
Please contact Governor Shapiro on the web (scroll down to make a comment) or at 717-787-2500 and urge him to stand with our immigrant neighbors by:
- Being prepared to challenge any federal governmental action to use information contained in state public benefit records for immigration enforcement purposes or for any other purpose not authorized by law.
- Ending data sharing, communication and collaboration between state prisons and probation and ICE
- Prohibiting state police from contacting ICE
- Never leasing a state facility to ICE
- Removing ICE access to state databases JNET, CLEAN, and PennDOT and prohibiting selling this information to third-party entities that sell to ICE
- Within all Pennsylvania public benefit programs, collecting and sharing only the information that is absolutely necessary under the law to be collected and shared
Juntos:
General Volunteer Form, Donate, or Sign up For Support/Visiting/Commissary Support for the Moshannon Valley Detention Center network
Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition:
- Help with GOTV this Saturday or next week (Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday). Build community power!
- There will be a script to use in calling newly naturalized citizens (from the last few election cycles): people who we’ve registered to vote at USCIS. Volunteers will be phone banking remotely and together on Zoom. We will be calling newly naturalized citizens to make sure they have a plan to vote in the primary. Sign Up Here
The Arab American Institute:
Collecting incident reports. AAI has received reports that Arab Americans and advocates for Palestinian human rights have experienced difficulty reentering the United States, regardless of citizenship, residency, or visa status. If you have been singled out or experienced harassment, discrimination, or burdensome searches and intrusive questioning (including about your social media accounts or personal electronic devices) at our borders, please fill out the form below. Responses will help us document these incidents, provide follow up when necessary, advocate for the rights of our community, and ensure Arab Americans receive equal protection under the law.
**Please note all responses will be anonymized and will not be shared without your permission.**
Woori Center (Montco):
Civic engagement volunteers needed.
Sign the Petition to Prevent Bucks County Sheriffs’ Office from Colluding with ICE: Stop 287g in Bucks County: Urge Sheriff Harran to Say NO
