A collection of resources for groups and individuals seeking to support targeted communities in North Carolina. Currently, most of the resources are aimed at immigrant communities, but we are explicitly and intentionally supportive of all targeted communities, including Black, Muslim, Jewish, and Trans/LGB communities and women & girls.

For more info: LKhamala@afsc.org.

Individuals in Congregational Sanctuary in North Carolina

• Please visit www.afsc.org/NCsanctuary  to learn more about the courageous sanctuary leaders who are at the forefront of this movement—and join us in rejecting unjust and inhumane policies and practices. Sign their petitions to help protect Juana, Jose, Samuel, Eliseo, Oscar and others from deportation. And join us in calling for humane policies that welcome and respect the dignity of all people.  For information about how to host a guest in Sanctuary, scroll down to the Congregational Sanctuary section.

General links

• AFSC #SanctuaryEverywhere website
• #SanctuaryEverywhere 2 minute video
• Expand Sanctuary video (Mijente & BYP 100)
• SanctuaryEverywhere flyer
• Protect Each Other NC website  // Protect Each Other NC (PEONC) Facebook site 
• AFSC's Communities Against Islamophobia website
• Raleigh based Movement to End Racism & Islamophobia (MERI) website
• Movement for Black Lives policy platform
• Excellent article about present-day Abolitionism 

Should you share info about checkpoints/raids on social media? Read this first!

• Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM) PDF Guide for reporting raids on social media 
• WearYourVoice online guide (based on DRUM guidelines) 
• Should I share a report of a raid graphic
• Verify before you share social media graphic for Guilford County, NC

Resources for K-12 schools

• Steps NC schools can take to support immigrant parents 

• Guilford County Schools: Board Resolution, Message & Resources for immigrant students & parents
• Durham Public Schools Resolution, Jan 2017 
• Durham Public Schools, Resolution, Feb. 2016 
• Wilminton Star News: Feb. 26, 2017 Article 

• National Education Association(NEA)  article & ideas: Make your school a safe zone
• NEA Sample Board of Education Resolution: Sample Board of Education school safe zone resolution

• Immigrant Legal Resource Center: Post-election resource for schools 

• More articles and additional information on immigration enforcement and schools 

Know your rights

• AFSC online Know Your Rights resources:  en Español     in English
• AFSC Know Your Rights PDF: Español      English
• AFSC Know Your Rights Door Hanger: en Español     in English
• National Immigration Law Center (NILC) Know Your Rights Summary Page
• United We Dream 1-page Know Your Rights flyers (5 languages)
• Immigrant Defense Project 2-page Know Your Rights flyers (10 languages) and tools

• ACLU Know Your Rights page
  The most comprehensive Know Your Rights information that we know about. Includes resources for police encounters, LGBTQ teens, visits by ICE, people with disabilities, pregnant and/or breastfeeding workers, protestors, Muslims, and much more.

• Article: ‘Hijab grab’ defense: As reports of hate crimes spike postelection, Muslim women turn to self-defense (Washington Post)

Emergency planning for immigrant families

Only work with reputable, experienced, licensed attorneys when filling out Power of Attorney forms.

• Women's Refugee Commission: Resources in English and Spanish about making emergency plans
• Immigrant Defense Project: Emergency Preparedness 
• Slate Article: If mom and dad are deported
• Appleseed Deportation Manual: Protecting Assets and Child Custody in the Face of Deportation (2017)

Raids & community response

• Mijente: Community Defense Zone Guide 
• Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) & Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): ICE Raids ToolKit
• IDP & CCR List of tools and efforts to uphold rights of immigrants
• People's Response Team in Chicago: Resources for rapid response, bystander intervention, alternatives to police and more

Police accountability

• ACLU: App for recording police activity
• People's Response Team: Cop Watch manual in English and en Espanol
• People's Response Team in Chicago:  Resources for rapid response, bystander intervention, alternatives to police and more
• Regeneración Childcare Collective: Talking to children about police brutality and racism
• AFSC Chicago's "Coins Cops and Communities" Toolkit

Sanctuary city resources

• Mijente: Sanctuary Cities 
• CLINIC: Sanctuary Cities Toolkit 
• What are cities doing? Model policies for cities and states
• Yes! Magazine article: How cities can protect people threatened by Trumpism 
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center report on local law enforcement assistance with deportations & recommendations for sanctuary   (Dec. 2016)

Congregational sanctuary

Discerning if your congregation's path includes offering physical sanctuary

• Presbyterian Church USA: Sanctuary: A Discernment Guide for Congregations
• UUSCJ & UURISE: Recorded Webinar on Faithful Discernment: Is Your Congregation Called to Offer Sanctuary?

Toolkits, guides and information on offering congregational Sanctuary

• NC Council of Churches Sanctuary E-Course (updated Jan. 2018)
• AFSC July 13 Sanctuary Call Recording and transcript
• Sanctuary Not Deportation: Sanctuary toolkit (Sanctuarynotdeportation.org)
• Sanctuary Tactics and Strategy (Word doc, Sanctuarynotdeportation.org)
• Unitarian Universalist Tools for Sanctuary& Solidarity and Sanctuary Toolkit
• UUSCJ & UURISE: Webinar on The Path Toward Sanctuary: A Practical Path
• En Español: Manual de Movimiento Santuario

Legal considerations

• Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law: New Sanctuary Legal Toolkit
• ACLU: Sanctuary Congregations FAQs
• Insurance Board article: Sanctuary Church for Immigrants
•  2011 ICE Morton Memo about ICE actions in "sensitive locations" (schools, churches, hospitals). See the memo here.

Reflections on the role of allies in the Sanctuary movement by Jeanette Vizguerra, formerly in Sanctuary

• Codeswitch Podcast on immigrant leadership in Sanctuary (Jeanette starts at minute 11, but the whole thing is good). 
• Jeanette's Codeswitch original interview in Spanish 

Articles

• PBS Video Report (Jan 2018): More churches are opening their doors...
• Article: Houses of Worship Consider Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants (Chicago Tribune)  
• Article: Keep these families together: Denver Quakers provide Sanctuary (AFSC)
• Article: After 9 months in sanctuary, Arturo Hernandez Garcia is going home (AFSC)

Articles about Juana Tobar Ortega's Sanctuary case in North Carolina (May 31, 2017)

• CNN: Undocumented grandmother finds sanctuary in North Carolina church 
  ThinkProgress: Immigrant grandmother becomes first in North Carolina to take sanctuary
  WUNC: Guatemalan grandmother seeks sanctuary at Greenboro church
  Fox 8: Greensboro church opens its door to grandmother facing deportation
  CBS 2: Greensboro church provides sanctuary for grandmother facing deportation
  NBC 12: Grandmother facing deportation takes sanctuary in Greensboro Church

Supporting Inviduals in Sanctuary in NC

• Please visit www.afsc.org/NCsanctuary  to learn more about the courageous sanctuary leaders who are at the forefront of this movement—and join us in rejecting unjust and inhumane policies and practices. Sign their petitions to help protect Juana, Jose, Samuel, Eliseo, Oscar and others from deportation. And join us in calling for humane policies that welcome and respect the dignity of all people. 

College campus resources

• ALTO Trump: Sanctuary campus toolkit 
• Cosecha: #SanctuaryCampus Action Toolkit 
• American Federation of Teachers: DACA Guide for Educators and School Support Staff 
• National Immigration Law Center Model Campus Safe Zone Resolution for colleges and universities 
• American Council on Immigration: Immigration post-election Q & A on DACA students, "sanctuary campuses," and institutional or community assistance 

Bystander intervention

Note: Many communities do not feel safer with the police presence; get consent before calling 911 except in case of serious physical harm.

• AFSC: Bystander Intervention webinar recording
• AFSC: What to do if you witness violence or harrassment. Do's and Don'ts for Bystander Intervention
• Barnard Center for  Research on Women video: Don't be a Bystander: 6 Tips for Responding to Racist Attacks
• Hollaback! Bystander intervention resources and training
• People's Response Team: Bystander Intervention training manual
• A practical web tutorial on bystander intervention
• Graphic by Maerill: A bystanders guide to standing up against Islamophobia and other harrassment
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center: Bystander intervention resources to prevent sexual violence
• Article from Thought Catalog: The Four D's of Bystander Intervention

Art & graphics

•  Download and share AFSC's beautiful new posters for resisting racism and bigotry 
• #SanctuaryEverywhere  yard signs 
• "We Commit to Resist" poster
• "Resist Surveillance Build Sanctuary" poster
• Black Lives Matter art page

Additional Resources

• Colorado Sanctuary Everywhere Resources including Family Preparedness Plan, Rapid Response outreach materials, flyers, and Questions for Immigration Lawyers