Community Response Resources
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Action 1: Share with people working in restaurants + other businesses (for them or coworkers who are staying home for safety), neighborhoods you frequent; print outs helpful.
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What to do if… (work, home car)
Spanish + English — Work, Home / Car (Siembra NC)
Know Your Rights Small Cards (ICLR)
Spanish — Overview
For posting in workplaces + businesses + restaurants (know your rights, all welcome here except…)
4th Amendment Workplace Toolkits, Siembra NC
For posting anywhere, including homes, neighborhoods
No Pasaran! Art Flyer
English — Off this property
Hotline Info — Spanish + English half sheets for Siembra Hotline 336-543-0353
For neighbors
Short neighbor letter
Specific Script / Letter for neighbors (handwrite or edit to print, specific to Durham, can be adapted)
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Action 2: Support children + families attending Durham Public Schools (anywhere in district) with welcoming + information efforts, + neighbors + families with food distribution + other supports
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Local Schools - DPS**
Care + Protection Teams sign up for all Durham Public Schools
Volunteer for AM + PM drop-off / pickup shifts (sing, pass out information, find a volunteer captain when you arrive, park + stand off campus the whole time)
Care + Protection Teams are for every DPS Elementary, Middle, and High School; + hopes for similar in Orange County
**School drop off + pickup times bottom of page
School Songs + Chants Sheet — “Solid as a Rock / Fuerte como un Árbol”, “Rise Up / Oye mi gente”, “We Shall Not Be Moved / No Nos Moveran”
Food for People in Safety Lockdown (from work, school, medical care)
Triangle Mutual Aid Food Dropoff + Donation Opportunities (4 dropoff locations in Durham, perishables + nonperishables, diapers, formula, toiletries, soaps, small children’s toys)
Food deliveries in Hillsborough via PORCH
Donate funds to Durham Public Schools Strong, in partnership with Durham For All to coalesce efforts with schools, families, community groups for providing large-network deliveries of food to affected people, starting Saturday November 22
Volunteer for Food Purchase, Organizing, Delivery — DPSS (for children in DPS)
Volunteer for Food Purchase, Organizing, Delivery for Young Families — LEAP (for children in DPS)
Upcoming link for non-schools related food needs + contact and ask for Pilar at El Centro Hispano to request food — or email B at durhamnaction@gmail.com
Compare Foods + other Tiendas have offered free delivery for purchases
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Action 3: Knowledge on reporting any sightings to be verified or training to be able to participate in community response teams + local networks of de-escalation, documentation, and care
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Report
Call in information to hotline (336) 543-0353 — Siembra, NC (Español + English) and (704) 740-7737 Carolina Migrant Network Hotline (Español + English)
Identify Equipment, Vehicles — Visual Reource
Submit a rights violation (ACLU, NC). Students submit here (Education Justice Alliance)
Track Drone Activities for these operations across the US, DeFlock Maps
Trainings
De-Escalation + Documentation trainings — Community Response (Siembra NC)
Sign up to be a safety patrol shift lead (Siembra NC)
Sign up for a Safe to Work, Safe to School training (Siembra NC)
Overview of Resources
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All resources above shared on secure chats via organizations + individuals (residents + electeds) in de-escalation + community response threads in the wider Triangle — Siembra NC, Ready the Ground + more — November 18-20, 2025.
Contribute to those whose families have been detained (Immigrant Solidarity Fund)
Know Your Rights information from DemocracyNC + Siembra NC
Conoce Tus Derechos: Conoce tus derechos (Carolina Migrant Network)
Immigration Enforcement Guidance for Places of Worship (ACLU)
Get Legal Assistance: (screen before retaining services): American Immigration Lawyers Association; Pisgah Legal Services Recommended Provider List; National Legal Immigration Services Directory.
What to do if loved one detained — “If you know someone who was detained” or for people who witnessed a detention resources
Mental Health
Future mental health + emotional support resources via El Centro Hispano, El Futuro being updated —
Visit El Futuro Mental Health Clinic (future online appointments may become available during this time) + Support Groups + (919) 688 7101 to inquire for mental health support for affected people of all ages
Via Wake County Public Schools — Supporting Staff + Families Amidst Recent Orders + Seattle Family Works — How to Talk to Children
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**DPS Elementary Schools (unless listed below): 7:00 - 8:00 am // 2:00 - 2:45 pm
DPS Middle Schools (unless listed below): 7:45 - 8:45 am // 3:00 - 3:45 pm
DPS High Schools (unless listed below): 8:50 - 9:30 am // 4:00 - 4:45 pm
+ otherwise:
7:15 - 8:00 am // 2:00 - 2:45 pm — The Whitted School
7:45 - 8:45 am // 3:00 -3:45 pm — Durham School of the Arts + School for Creative Studies + Lakeview Learning Center
7:45 - 8:30 am // 3:10 - 4:00 pm — Central Park School for Children- Lower & Upper School
8:30 - 9:15 am // 3:45 - 4:30 pm — JD Clement Early College + Middle College High School at Durham Tech