Small Steps Still Matter: Supporting Our Communities Within Our Capacity

So many of us are watching what’s happening in Minnesota and feeling that familiar mix of heartbreak, rage, fear, and helplessness. The kind where your nervous system is on fire.

When injustice is this loud, it can feel like the only “real” way to care is to be physically present—at protests, on the front lines, doing something big and visible. And when that’s not possible, shame and paralysis can creep in. Many of us feel that we’re not doing enough.

There are meaningful ways to support our communities that don’t require being on the ground. My hope is to offer resources and ideas on how to show up, especially for those of us who are supporting from afar. If you’re feeling overwhelmed but still want to help, this is for you.

How Can I Help? by Daniella Bosman

Supporting our communities does not require perfection or constant actions—it requires intention, connection, and sustainability. Whether you share information, donate, document safely, speak up, show up to protests, or simply check in on someone you love, your efforts matter. Some days it may be action; other days it might be rest or reaching out for help. All of it counts. You do not have to do everything to be doing enough.

If you can’t access links from graphic:

• Know Your Rights: If You Encounter ICE - Information and see what an official warrant looks like

• HIAS’s Advocacy Toolkit - Contact representatives, reach out to members of Congress, sign petitions

Groups:

• Stand With Minnesota

• Immigration Advocates Network

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Immigrant Defense Project

• National Immigration Law Center

Petitions:

• The National Education Association Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, which is based on protecting spaces to gather for churches, hospitals, and school from ICE. You can sign here.

• The ACLU’s Stop ICE’s Attack on our Communities. Sign here.

• Change.org’s petitions.