Resources To Guide Our Steps Toward Protecting People in NC

 

“We All Belong Here” by Micah Bazant, https://www.micahbazant.com/buy-art/we-all-belong-here

As you’re taking steps to protect our friends and neighbors across North Carolina, the following resources may be helpful in guiding you toward what’s working in other communities.

• Model Campus Safe Zone Resolution Language for K-12 Schools and Universities (NILC.org)
• More resources for educators and schools
• An Emergency Planning Guide for North Carolina’s Immigrant Community (Spanish and English) (ncjustice.org)
• Picked Up: A Guide for Immigrants Detained in NC (ncjustice.org)
• Know Your Rights resources, with a focus on immigrant communities

We’d love to hear from you with other suggested resources you’d like us to share, or an update on what you are working on, so please email us at protecteachothernc@protonmail.com.

How to share info about raids

Many thanks to DRUM – Desis Moving Up and Rising – for these vital tips on how to share reports on raids. Important to know what to do and what not to do.

What all of us can do to protect immigrants

Wondering how your city, town or county can start doing a better job to protect immigrants as the danger from raids are ramping up in Charlotte, Burlington and around the country?

Local Options for Protecting Immigrants is a new guide to city and county policies from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.  You can download it here.  ILRC has also published Searching for Sanctuary, which provides a great overview of current realities and policy options for greater protection.  Have specific question about how to do this in North Carolina? protecteachothernc@protonmail.com

Take the Pledge for a Shared Future

ILRC is working on model policies which you and others can bring to your own city or county government.  Here are some examples:
Urbana, IL
Takoma Park, MD
Seattle, WA

What makes a city a sanctuary city now?

Mijente has issued a timely new report, “Expanding Sanctuary: What makes a city a sanctuary now?” which can be freely downloaded on their website.  The report includes a history of sanctuary and a clear list of policy priorities.

In a country where over-policing results in 1 in 3 people being arrested at least once by the age of 23, during a time when evolving technology places fingerprint scanners in the palm of every law enforcement officers’ hand, and as we anticipate growth in federal agents active in our cities, sanctuary in practice, and as a movement, must evolve.

Resist North Carolina

Have you signed up yet to join the resistance building in North Carolina?  Launched by a coalition of groups, there are six areas for action: public education, reproductive rights, health care, clean air and water, voting and civil rights, and economic justice.  There’s also a calendar to check out.