Materials
Host Materials
- Host Guide
- Letter to deliver to your member of Congress
- Host Agenda and Sample Script
- Press release template
- Look up where your members of Congress' local district offices are.
Host and Participant Materials
- Chant and Song Sheet
- Children's testimonies (to read at your event) and others resources
- Locations of detention camps
- See how your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators voted on the recent bill to give even more funding to ICE and CBP. ("Ayes/Yea" means they voted yes on Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell’s plan to give more money to ICE and CBP; "Noes/Nay" means they voted no.)
- "Playdate Protest" Action Guide for kid-centered actions, from Hand in Hand
Signs and Posters
- #CloseTheCamps black and white
- #CloseTheCamps color
- AFSC printable posters
- Families Belong Together posters
Safety Guides
- De-escalation Tips
- Four-minute video with tips on how to handle potential disruptions to your event
- "Know Your Rights: Demonstrations and Protests," ACLU
Social Media
Background
- We Must Not Forget Our Country's Shameful History; Humans Do Not Belong In Camps
- Seven actions you can take right now to help close immigrant detention centers.
- Backgrounder on family separation and kids in camps
Next steps
- Text CAMPS to 668366 to continue taking action to #CloseTheCamps
- Get involved with United We Dream's Close the Camps actions at www.closethecamps.us
Training videos: