BWOB March Meeting & Community Defense Training

This month, we will attend as a group a virtual training session during our meeting time. In order to accommodate the start time for the training, we will start earlier.

5:30PM - Wine & Whine time / Celebrate International Women's Month

*This training will cover the basics of how to get started organizing a community defense group and patrols to protect our neighbors that are being targeted by this fascist regime. There are many roles behind the scenes and a lot of footwork involved, especially for those of us not currently connected within our community. Having strong community connections and support is essential for all of us to endure and prevail against authoritarianism! Every community is different, but this training will give you basic guidelines to follow and safety tips. We will cover the early steps, how to structure a rapid response team in the event of an ICE encounter, and some other ways to help outside of patrols. This training will be useful even if you have already started organizing!

This training is presented by We Keep Us Safe: El Pueblo Unido Contra ICE. We Keep Us Safe is a grassroots initiative to help the metro Denver area organize proactively and effectively to protect our community members from being inhumanely kidnapped by ICE. Our website is a hub of resources and best practices targeted towards the Denver area, but many of the resources are statewide. We are educating and activating community members through canvassing, training, and outreach. Our goal is to support interested volunteers across the Metro Denver area in building community and solidarity–and to support volunteers in effectively self-organizing in the face of state violence.