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  • Say Their Names: Killed By ICE

    Rise And Resist organizes a weekly spoken vigil every Friday evening between 5:00 and 6:00 PM outside the subway station at 96th Street and Broadway here in New York City.

    Drawing on the BLM memorial tradition, the group publicly reads the names and stories of some of the people who were killed by ICE agents or died due to inhumane immigration enforcement during Trump’s second term in office.

    This vigil uses posters and written materials linked below.

    Photographic Posters

    The reading of the names are backed by photographs of the dead, drawn from Rise And Resist’s visually-powerful ICE Vigil posters (11×17 PDFs), which are also used in the group’s weekly silent vigil at Federal Plaza.

    Printable Documents for Spoken Vigil

    The documents below cover the same list of deaths as the posters, in several different formats.

    Scripts

    For those leading the reading, you can choose between these scripts depending on how much time you have.

    If the group repeats each of the names, or punctuates them with a bell, that adds about 10 minutes per reading.

    • For example, two complete readings of the full script, with call-and-response repetition and a chime between names, rotating between multiple readers, might take somewhere around 75 minutes.

    Handouts

    In a high-traffic location, volunteers may be able to distribute one or two flyers per minute; a handful of volunteers might distribute hundreds of fliers in an hour.

    Reference

    It can be useful to have a few printouts of the pronunciation guide for participants who’d like help with the names.

    Available for Use or Customization

    These documents were developed for use in our local vigil, but you’re also welcome to download and adapt them for use in your own work. The full collection is available in a Google Doc that you can copy and modify.

  • Checking for Street Closures

    When planning a protest in New York City, it’s a good idea to check your intended location for other events on the same date, so you don’t try to march a thousand people down an avenue only to discover that there’s a street fair happening along the way.

    Unfortunately, New York is so big that there’s no single comprehensive calendar of events, so you’ll need to check a few different sites — and even then, you can’t be sure you’ve found them all.

    The first place to check are these official city listings:

    You can also check for street fairs and cultural festivals on these public websites, each of which seems to have a different selection of events:

    As the date approaches, you might also want to check for last-minute traffic updates:

  • About Signal

    If you are getting involved in the world of New York City activists and organizers, you’ll need to get familiar with the Signal app, a secure text messaging app which is widely used in many segments of this community.

    Getting Started

    • To get started, download Signal from your smartphone’s app store.
    • When you first use the app you will create a new account. You can use any name for your account; many people protect their privacy by choosing a nickname or using just their first name.
    • Once it’s set up on your phone, you can also use it on a desktop or tablet.

    More Information

  • Immigration KYR Flyers

    You can print and share this PDF with information about the rights we all have when interacting with immigration agents.

    Click above for English and Spanish layouts as a double-sided half-sheet, or use this PDF for full-page versions in eight languages.

    The half-sheet versions of the flyers include additional links to two multi-lingual resources:

    • Get reliable legal information about immigration and protesting in New York City from Our City Our Rights.org. (16 languages)
    • Watch easy-to-understand videos about your rights when dealing with immigration agents at We Have Rights.us. (7 languages)

  • Whistle Distribution Flyers

    As part of local whistle-distribution efforts, community members hand out flyers explaining how drawing a crowd to observe and document immigration enforcement efforts can help to check their worst excesses.

    There are a variety of different designs for these flyers floating around, but I wanted one that included all of the relevant information for my neighborhood on one sheet, including the basics of whistle brigades and ICE watching, information about the New York City rapid-response hotline, links to Hands Off NYC for trainings and mobilizations, and to Our City Our Rights for legal information.

    I drew inspiration from a bunch of different sources to come up with a new version, which includes English and Spanish layouts as a flyer, a double-sided half-sheet, and a zine.

    Click for 8-page PDF.

    You’re welcome to print these for your own use, and to modify them as needed; for example, you could replace one or both of the links at the bottom with resources that are relevant to your community. (Use the free Aptos font if you want to match the existing style.)

    When printing, consider using colored paper, which makes the flyers look a bit more interesting. The below are printed on Astrobrights “Punchy Pastel” Mega Assortment ($20 for 625 sheets at Amazon, which is three cents per sheet), but any light / pale colors should work.

    I think that having a visually-interesting table helps to draw people in, which is why we use colored paper and prepare materials in a few different formats.

    I also try to give people a choice of multiple types and colors of whistles, in hopes that they feel it’s something they chose, rather than something they got stuck with.