More than a thousand protests are planned across the US this Saturday and Sunday after ICE agents shot three people, one fatally, in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon, this week.
"This weekend, people all over are coming together not just to mourn the lives lost to ICE violence, but to confront a pattern of harm that has torn families apart and terrorized our communities,” said Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible, an organizer of “ICE Out for Good Weekend of Action”.
For the ICE Out for Good weekend of action, events are planned in every corner of every state, from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, to Machias in eastern Maine. Indivisible, one of the groups behind last year’s No Kings protests, is continuously updating its online tracker to note every vigil, rally and protest. Other coordinating groups include the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the 50501 movement.
“We demand justice for Renee, ICE out of our communities and action from our elected leaders,” said Greenberg. “Enough is enough.”
Definitely protest but also consider joining or getting involved with an organization. All kinds of options depending on your beliefs and level of desired involvement. Socialist Rifle Association, the Black Panthers, the 50501 movement. Reach out to Local mutual aid, social justice, or anarchists groups; they can often point you in the right direction. Protest kitchens are always looking for donations. If you’re beliefs align with communism or socialism, they’re always recruiting.
You don’t have to but there is strength in numbers.