What Folks in our Community are Doing
(collected actions (and a story) for inspiration)

  • Supporting mutual aid organizations

  • Bringing a historical perspective to the work to ward off despair when things take longer than we want them to

  • Doing training to be a street medic

  • Having an evening with friends and like-minded people creating art, posters, signs, screen printing on bags and tees that state opposition to ICE

  • Creating community care support teams for rapid responders

  • Hosting silent prayer/vigil, meditation sessions

  • Working to create community activities unrelated to the work where people can connect in joyful ways.

  • Researching funding streams for ICE and local establishments that are supporting them

  • Packing and delivering food for folks who can't safely leave their homes

  • ICE watch and reporting

  • Sending postcards to voters

  • Street corner protests

  • Overpass protests

The Story of the Hummingbird

One day a terrible fire broke out in a forest. A huge woodlands was suddenly engulfed by a raging wildfire. Frightened, all the animals fled their homes and ran out of the forest. As they came to the edge of a stream they stopped to watch the fire. They were feeling very discouraged and powerless. They were all bemoaning the destruction of their homes. Every one of them thought there was nothing they could do about the fire, except for one little hummingbird.

This particular hummingbird decided it would do something. It swooped into the stream and picked up a few drops of water and went into the forest and put them on the fire. Then it went back to the stream and did it again, and it kept going back, again and again and again. All the other animals watched in disbelief; making comments like, "Don't bother, the fire is too big, you are too little, your wings will burn, your beak is too tiny, it’s only a drop, you can't put out this fire."

As the animals stood around disparaging the little bird’s efforts, the bird noticed how hopeless and forlorn they looked. One of the animals challenged the hummingbird in a mocking voice, "What do you think you are doing?" And the hummingbird, without missing a beat, looked back and said, "I am doing what I can."