Community Is the Response
The moment we’re living in asks something different of us.
The Singing Resistance movement in the Twin Cities is a very clear example of how voices rise not just as protest, but as civic practice, and have been doing so in Black and brown spaces for generations. Song moves as a technology for connection, coordination, and care: a way to share power, spread courage, and make resistance audible.
Care is being criminalized. Movement is being surveilled. Our neighbors, collaborators, and loved ones are navigating systems designed to exhaust and disappear them. Many of us are holding grief, fear, and rage - while still showing up for rehearsals, meetings, classrooms, kitchens, and community spaces.
Many in our community are living with heightened fear right now; fear rooted in policy, enforcement, violence, and systems that treat human movement and survival as something to punish. Immigrant artists, organizers, families, and neighbors are carrying enormous weight.
In times of fear and fracture, people have turned to collective voice and action, to shared rhythm and movement as a form of resistance and survival. Music has carried grief, defiance, memory, and hope; and reminded us of our power. It calls us to stay connected, to refuse isolation, and to keep choosing each other.
We're holding space for grief, for action, and for standing still in the storm.
We're listening for what's needed where you are.
And we're grateful to be in this work together.
In Solidarity,
Monica
Songs in the Key of Resistance
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Songs in the Key of Resistance ♡
Resources
National Resources
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC):
https://www.ilrc.org/National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC):
https://www.immigrantjustice.org/Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD):
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/Advocates for Immigrant Rights (legal representation):
https://www.airlegal.org/Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI):
https://www.blackadil.com/organizations-that-support
Response & Community
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC):
https://www.miracmn.com/resourcesThe Advocates for Human Rights: https://theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Home
The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota: https://www.ilcm.org/
Stand with Minnesota: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
Mutual Aid Funds - list compiled by the ground organizers in Minnesota: https://linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
Know Your Rights - Learn about your rights when stopped by the police, and how to stay safe: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/stopped-by-police
ICE Out of California (rapid response):
https://www.iceoutofca.org/Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC):
https://pircoregon.org/UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza): https://unidosus.org/
Immigrant Justice Network (IJN):
https://immigrantjusticenetwork.org/ILRC “Know Your Rights” & community resources:
https://www.ilrc.org/community-resourcesNational Lawyers Guild – Immigration Court Watch (SF Bay Area):
https://nlgsf.org/programs-committees/nlg-sfba-programs/immigration-justice-program/
