La Pena Cultural Center is co-organizing a week of programming aimed at informing immigrants of their rights and preparing allies to support their neighbors before Donald Trump, who has vowed to wage a mass deportation campaign, is inaugurated as president for a second time on Jan. 20.
If we can get facts out to people it can really help minimize the anxiety, because there are ways for them to protect themselves, La Pena co-founder Eric Leenson told Berkeleyside. He said advocates worked quickly to organize this Immigrant Rights Solidarity Week before the inauguration, when they believed community members would feel safer attending.
The first event (at 11 a.m. on Jan. 12) is a workshop on how to become an immigration rights ambassador, aimed at advocates and allies. The presentation will cover how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operates and gathers information, and what to do during encounters with ICE.
Attendees will also learn how to effectively share information with community members about their rights. It's geared to all community members, most of whom will probably not be immigrants themselves, but it's a way of creating a community defense force.
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