Iowa Neighborhood ICE Response (Iowa NICER)

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Are you looking for opportunities to be plugged in to a local initiative that can respond rapidly to ICE activity, and support your neighbors? Answer some questions below to help us connect you with the best resources to contribute in a way that matches your availability and skill sets. We will also pair you with neighborhood based teams to stay in contact with other volunteers near you, and upcoming trainings.

Full Name (Your name will remain private to organizer admins)

Email

Phone Number (we will use this to send you an invite to join a Signal group)

How did you learn about Iowa NICER?

Neighborhood Affiliation (This is the Neighborhood ICE Response Team that you would like to be connected with.)

What volunteer role(s) would you be primarily interested and able to fill as part of your Neighborhood ICE Response Team? (We will use these to share resources and trainings specific to your chosen role(s), and you will receive communications related to the items you identify below.)

Neighborhood Captains takes responsibility for helping to assemble and organize volunteers in their community to fill various roles. They help identify where someone's skills and interests are best put to use and connect them with resources and training. They strive to make sure all of the necessary roles have coverage and facilitate communication within the full Neighborhood ICE Response Team. They are the primary contact for partner organizations reaching out to communicate needs or alert volunteers in a certain neighborhood.

Rapid Response Teams respond to ICE activity in their neighborhood. They are often the first at the scene to make a report to the ICE Hotline, or respond to an alert. They do not intervene, except to make targeted individuals aware of their rights, or to ask for warrants of agents striving to enter private property. They record with their phone, and document any information about the agents, use of force or language. Rapid responders are available to provide information to family, friends or coworkers of detained individuals on how to connect with legal defense teams, attorney networks, and bail funds. They can also educate impacted community members on how to find where detainees have been taken and what legal rights they have.

Community Advocates are active in reaching out to local, state and national decision makers. They may show up to lobbying events, help to organize protest events, or speak at public hearings. They stay aware of opportunities to engage locally, and help inform members of the Neighborhood ICE Response Team about opportunities to speak out or show up.

Transport Volunteers are available to help provide rides to at-risk or targeted individuals when needed (rides to the doctor, to meet with a lawyer, work/school etc.). They are also available to pick up detainees who are being released and bring them home.

Food & Mutual Aid Donors support specific individuals or families in need, whether making direct donations, or helping to raise funds or collect supplies. This could include helping raise funds to temporarily cover rent to avoid eviction while detained or if they are unable to return to work, bail funds, or groceries for individuals and families unable to leave their home.

Community Educators help to educate their neighbors or local businesses on how they can help and respond in case of ICE activity. This could include helping connect individuals in the neighborhood with information on how they can become volunteers, distributing whistle kits, or providing know your rights info and signage.

Street Medics volunteer to attend protests prepared with supplies to assist individuals who have been exposed to chemical agents or physically injured in the process of protesting or observing. They also help to educate and train others on what they can bring to protect themselves in the face of escalation by ICE or police.

Team Trainers lead virtual or in-person trainings for Neighborhood ICE Response Teams to understand & practice the various roles, learn tips on effectively working together, understand their rights etc. They help provide essential resources and information for volunteers or teams to get started. They also help to develop (or source existing) training materials or fact sheets that can be distributed more broadly.

Kit Collection Volunteers will source materials for kits that can be distributed to volunteers or community members. This could include 3D printing whistles, printing paper materials, sourcing Red Cards, etc. They also help host or participate in kit assembly gatherings.

What local organizations are you already affiliated with that are participating in ICE monitoring, advocacy, outreach, legal support, or community mobilization initiatives? (Check all that apply.)

ACLU

Al Exito

AMOS

Catholic Peace Ministry

Central IA DSA Prison Abolition Working Group

Des Moines Mutual Aid

EMBARC Iowa

HOLA Center Iowa

Iowa MMJ

Indivisible 515 Central Iowa

Interfaith Alliance of Iowa

Iowa CCI

Iowa CURE

Lutheran Services of Iowa

MFSA Iowa

Monsoon

Prairielands Freedom Fund

PSL

Supply Hive

Trinity Las Americas

WILPF Des Moines

Other:

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