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Inventory of Trusted Resources

Updated: Feb 7

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Mental Health Support

Warm Lines that Don't Call the Police from @Inclusive Therapists

  • Call Blackline: 1-800-604-5841

    • Centers BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens

  • Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860 (US)

    • Run by & for Trans people. English & espanol

  • Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: 1-888-407-4515

    • Trained peer supporters

  • Thrive Lifeline: 1-313-662-8209

    • 24/7 Trans-led and operated

  • LGBT National Help Center: 1-888-843-4564

  • Strong Hearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483

    • 24/7 Centers Native Americans experience intimate partner or sexual violence

Other Hotlines

  • 211 - all for Information & Community Resources

  • 988 - Call for Suicide Intervention and Crisis Support


Resources for Immigrants

  • National Partnership for New Americans

  • Centro Dane County Community Resource Page

  • Voces de la Frontera Facebook Page

  • Legal organizations that assist immigrants:

  • ACLU Know Your Rights

    • Unless ICE has a judicial warrant, you have the right to refuse a search

    • Whether you are a United States citizen or not, you have the following rights:

      • You have the right to remain silent.

        • If you wish to exercise that right, say so out loud.

        • ICE can use anything you say against you, so exercise your right to remain silent. Do not speak about your immigration status or why you are in the U.S. with anyone other than your attorney.

      • Do not sign anything! If you sign a document without first speaking with an attorney, you may be waiving an opportunity to remain in the U.S.

      • You have the right to refuse consent for searches of yourself, your vehicle, or your home by police or other law enforcement agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

        • Say, "I do not consent to searches."

      • You have the right to speak to an attorney before you answer any questions from law enforcement. 

        • Say, “I wish to remain silent until I speak to an attorney.”

      • If you are arrested by the police, you have the right to a government-appointed lawyer, and should ask for one immediately.

      • If you are detained by ICE, you have the right to hire a lawyer, but the government does not have to provide one for you. Ask for a list of free or low-cost alternatives.

      • If arrested by police, you have the right to a private phone call within a reasonable time of your arrest, and police may not listen to the call if it is made to a lawyer.

      • If you are detained by ICE, you have the right to call a lawyer or your family, and you have the right to be visited by a lawyer in detention. You have the right to have your attorney with you at any hearing before an immigration judge.

      • If you are not a U.S. citizen, you have the right to communicate with your home country’s consulate or to have an agent notify your consulate of your arrest.

      • Remember your immigration number (“A Number”) and share it with your family. This will help your family find you.

      • You have the right to a copy of all your immigration papers. Keep copies of all of your immigration documents with someone you trust.

      • Do not provide any false documents or information, as they may be used against you in a deportation proceeding.


Wellness Advice

Wise Words from Jennifer Walter

"As a sociologist, I need to tell you: Your overwhelm is the goal."

  1. Set boundaries: Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.

  2. Use aggregators & experts: Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.

  3. Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.

  4. Practice going slow: Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. The urgent clouds the important. Initial reporting often misses context

  5. Build community: Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats individual overload. Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance.


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How We Move Forward - Together.

Updated: Nov 15, 2024



  1. We rest. Lean into the profound words of Tricia Hersey and recognize Rest is Resistance. We also heed the call of Adrienne Maree Brown to look to nature for examples of resilience in her movement best seller "Emergent Strategy" As she writes, "In nature collaboration is much more common than competition. When geese fly in a V formation, they don’t have one leader, but rather, take turns to lead at the front as it is a tiring experience."

  2. We heal. Prentice Hemphill's book "What it Takes to Heal" was written for this moment. As she shares "I believe we can decide to transform every system in which we are embedded - our families, our communities, our places of work, our schools, our organizations, our institutions - if we seek out and are given the support to heal and act."

  3. We listen. Rather than pretend to know what a person or a community needs right now, pause and take time to listen. Center the voices of those who are and will continue to be disproportionately impacted by the violent rhetoric and dangerous policies and systems that we already inherit and that will no doubt increase and worsen.

  4. We gather. Sign up to join the Post-Election Healing Circle on 11/13 hosted by The Revolutionary Love Project. And create your own safe spaces and healing circles to gather in pain, in grief, in reflection, in hope, in vision, and in solidarity.

  5. We receive. We reflect on what we need and we ask for help. If we don't speak out, we can't be heard. For so many of you who always take are of everyone else first, it's your turn to receive the love, the comfort, the joy you need and deserve. Especially when it comes to your mental health, reach out for support by calling the National Mental Health Hotline - 988.

  6. We become the change we want to see. Check out this post from She Should Run - "6 Ways You Can Make a Positive Change in Your Community". Go ahead and round up at Goodwill, donate blood and platelets with the Red Cross, volunteer with a local nonprofit - remind yourself that positive change is still possible and we can each do our part to bring light into this darkness.

  7. We triple down on our values & vision. In the fall of 2016, Kristin Garvey handwrote the first #KindnessIsEverything sign following that shocking and heart wrenching time. Kristin Joiner then created the design that coalesced a unify message and vision for our communities. This official design was then gifted to the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health - now Embolden WI - and ALL proceeds from the sales of the #KindnessIsEverything products go to support health equity, civic health, radical imagine, and community power building!

  8. We prepare. Tap into resources and opportunities from groups like Health Begins and sign up for their 11/9 webinar "What's Next for Health Equity?" We must all have our eyes wide open to the very real and threatening proposals in Project 2025.



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We also invite you to join us on Tuesday, December 3rd at Noon CST to learn about Embolden WI and our imperative to bolster communities, to elevate their voices, eagerly engage in advocacy, and build a resilience and persistence to create permanent community-led change.



 
 
 

2024 Election Engagement Opportunities

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So many of you want to learn what you can do to help get out the vote this fall. Here's a list of opportunities that are not affiliated with any candidates directly. Embolden WI as a 501c3, cannot be involved with any specific candidate or political campaign, but we can share this list of opportunities to help get out the vote this year in a non-partisan way.


 
 
 
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