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What can those of us outside Minnesota do to support those resisting ICE tyranny? (UPDATED)

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The response by citizens in Minnesota to the ICE killing of protester Renee Good has been extraordinary (see, e.g., this account or this). The “ICE goon squad” will likely be coming to other cities the way it has besieged Minneapolis, unless it proves too costly.

So are there legitimate places to contribute funds for legal representation, food and supplies etc. for the civil society resistance in Minnesota? Please post links and say something about them (including how you know they’re legit). (Only comments responsive to the exact question posed will be approved.)

JANUARY 23 UPDATE: Moving to front from January 21–please see the comments, below, for information about where to donate and another good suggestion (i.e., keep the spotlight on Minnesota as long as ICE is terrorizing people there). Meanwhile, clergy descend on Minneapolis to monitor ICE. God bless them!

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4 responses to “What can those of us outside Minnesota do to support those resisting ICE tyranny? (UPDATED)”

  1. A friend of Minnesota

    This website collects a lot of places to donate, drawn from activists on the ground. I got this website from a former Minneapolis activist who vouched for many of the organizations listed. She also expressed trust about what the website organizer says: “Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes (not everyone is in our networks, and we don’t want to pick and choose who is worthy of help.)”
    https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

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  2. Another friend of Minnesota

    Just want to second the recommendation of the Stand With Minnesota site. This was sent to me by a friend in the Twin Cities active in defense of her community.

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  3. Teaching in MN

    I am in MN. This may sound like a small thing, but I think we would all appreciate it if people just kept the conversation going loudly and publicly. For every video you see there are hundreds of other rights violations occurring daily. People are organized but the stress on the entire metro area is not sustainable. I am currently teaching in a locked building and many of my students are terrified. I worry that the speed of our digital news cycles and the short attention span of most Americans will move on to the next thing when the worst might still be coming.

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  4. Angry teacher

    I live and teach in St. Paul. I think the last comment gets it right. Keep the attention on this, and (especially if you live in other states) keep reaching out to your representatives in Congress to push for a stop to the use of federal agents to terrorize our cities.

    The news doesn’t always cover the scope of the disruption to our daily lives, or the inspiring ways people are resisting. I was waiting at the bus stop a few blocks from my house to go to the Mpls protest yesterday, and I saw someone pulled out of their house in handcuffs. Others and I blew whistles and recorded as Constitutional Observers. My daughter’s friends are too scared to come to our neighborhood. My students are distracted by worry. This is happening all over. And there are so many people here who are terrified to go out — good people whose only crime is not looking like the cartoony white people on those awful Nazi-inspired DHS posters.

    I take heart in the huge numbers of people I was out there with in 30 below wind chill yesterday protesting the federal government’s use of lies and misinformation to paper over routine abuses of our constitutional and legal rights. I hope others will not forget and will speak up.

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