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The KQED Youth Media Challenge: Let’s Talk About Election 2020 is the perfect opportunity for science, mathematics, and engineering teachers to support students’ critical thinking and evidence-based media making around STEM issues. Want to get started, but don’t know how to fit this project in your curriculum that is already jam-packed with content? Here are some suggestions for using the Election 2020 challenge to enhance student understanding of the concepts you’re already teaching
Understanding the issues and supporting common-sense solutions is the only way to fight America’s gun violence epidemic. Everything you need to know from the latest legislation and Brady reports to key statistics and personal stories can be found here. Share it with your friends as well. There is a lot of misinformation out there that needs to be corrected – be an educated activist.
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.
What you need to know about the rights of immigrants and the threat of deportation.
Looking for immigration legal help, guidance on your rights, or preparing for the end of status? Here are some resources to get started.
Know Your Rights: Preparing For ICE Raids And Other Immigration Enforcement Actions explains the rights, legal options, and safety plans for immigrants.
AILA provides Know Your Rights handouts for several scenarios: ICE worksite raids (for employers), ICE home visits, and ICE public stops.
In response to the ongoing threat of ICE’s mass raid and deportation operations, IDP has compiled all of our Know Your Rights resources in one easily accessible place.
Everyone in the U.S. has certain rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status. You can’t always control whether you will come in contact with immigration or law enforcement. It is important to know and practice these scenarios so that you and your friends, family, and colleagues are prepared for any situation. Understanding what your fundamental rights are and how to use them will help you advocate for yourself and respond appropriately if you encounter the police or immigration enforcement.
WAISN’s ICE reporting hotline as well as a text-message alert system. Hotline number: 1-844-724-3737 (1-844-RAID-REP) text “JOIN” to 253-201-2833
The Houston Immigrants’ Rights Hotline provides callers with timely and accurate information about immigration laws. The hotline will also provide referrals to legal services providers and attorneys.
Call 1-833-HOU-IMMI (1-833-468-4664)
Notifica gives immigrants a help button that alerts key contacts if an encounter with law enforcement is about to take place. Alerts are designed to inform family members, legal advocates, and other contacts that the sender may have been detained by deportation agents.