Description
Join us for this 4-hour in-person workshop titled “Our Roles in Community: Reflecting Together on the ICE Surge.”
When: April 26, 2026, 10 am – 2:30 pm (includes 30-minute lunch)
Where: Minneapolis, MN. The location will be shared with registrants closer to the workshop date.
Price: $0 – $150 (see suggested price tiers below). You can pay now via PayPal, or pay on the day of the event using Venmo, PayPal, cash, or check. Additionally, pay-what-you-can and free community-funded tickets are available (use the coupon code “YouAreLoved” at checkout for a free ticket).
Context: With the ICE surge in Minnesota, we’ve weathered an unprecedented display of state violence and oppression in the Twin Cities. Federal authorities may have announced a drawdown of the ICE surge, but ICE agents are still here, taking our neighbors and causing terror and unrest. Even with fewer agents in our midst, our communities are still dealing with the emotional and economic devastation of the ICE occupation. People have lost loved ones, livelihoods, and their sense of safety and stability. Here in the Twin Cities, we’re tired and shaken and grieving, and we know there is still so much work to be done. We all need ways to support one another, lean on one another, and renew our resolve to keep up the fight. This is why we developed this workshop!
Workshop Agenda
(1) Reflect on the roles we’ve been playing during the ICE surge in the Twin Cities.
(2) Process together about what we have learned and what we are thinking about in the wake of the ICE surge.
(3) Strengthen our resolve to do the longer, sustained work of creating a world where a crisis like the one we currently face can no longer happen.
(4) Reflect together on the 5 pillars for dismantling authoritarian regimes and clarify what roles we want to play in dismantling oppressive systems.
(5) Determine what steps we can take going forward to help prevent a loss of momentum and continue building a world that centers human dignity, well-being, and liberation.
Workshop Outcome: We hope you leave this session with more clarity about the role(s) you want to play in the community moving forward and a heightened sense of what you need in order to play that role or roles.
Food: Light fare (vegan and gluten-free) and water will be available. Please bring your own lunch, and if you feel inspired, feel free to bring food or a non-alcoholic drink to share.
COVID INFO: We will meet indoors. There is no expectation of wearing your mask indoors, but please have one on hand in case a fellow member requests it (we will also have some available).
Who: This workshop is offered by a collective of community organizers coming from different fields (popular education, environmental justice, literacy, psychology, and more) who came together to help each other reflect on how they wanted to engage in community work moving forward. Through their process, they have developed workshops to offer spaces for other community-minded people to come together to strengthen our collective ability to work for social change in sustainable, grounded ways.
The facilitators posing after leading the Our Roles Workshop in March 2025
About The Facilitators (from left to right):
Molly O’Connor: Molly is a queer facilitator, evaluator, artist, and community organizer who uses art to shape conversations with community partners to elicit their input while also infusing creativity and joy into the process.
Angela Allen: Angela is a queer BIPOC therapist, community organizer, educator and advocate. She is guided by the belief that none of us are free until all of us are, and that the only path towards true liberation is alongside community, along with the dismantling of capitalism and other oppressive systems that plague our world. She is most excited about political and popular education that empowers people to take action and helps them make connections between their lived experiences, policy, and the lives of their community members.
Carrie Pomeroy: Carrie is a queer writer, educator, restorative justice practitioner, community organizer, and mother who’s trying to grow into being a good elder. As a facilitator, she loves to offer writing and conversational prompts that give people space to reflect on their experiences, connect the personal to larger historical and social currents, and cultivate compassion for themselves and others—and hopefully move toward clarity and fresh perspectives along the way. She has published her writing in the anthology Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers, the St. Paul Almanac, and other publications.
Ilse Griffin: Ilse is a queer educator, writer, and community organizer. They are most excited about education that is tangible and skill-based (such as basic bike maintenance or conversational English), as well as politically and contextually grounded. They think that the best learning and activism happen always with and alongside others. They love helping to facilitate the connections that happen between different people, groups, and ideas.
Cydnee Sanders: Cydnee is a BIPOC educator, facilitator, and community organizer. She is passionate about culture and storytelling, whether that is through her extensive traveling, working with people across different cultures, or watching endless movies and television. She strives for community engagement and social justice through collaborative, human-centered dialogue that explores our identities and cultures.
Suggested Price Tiers:
- Consider Paying Full Price ($150) + a Community-Funded ticket ($50+) if… you can always afford your basic needs, you have a lot of expendable income (and/or access to professional development funds), and identify as upper- to ruling class (i.e., your annual income and/or access to wealth is 150K – 570K+).
- Consider Paying Full Price ($150) if… you can always afford your basic needs, you have expendable income (and/or access to professional development funds), and identify as middle class (i.e., your annual income and/or access to wealth is 75K – 150K).
- Consider the Pay-What-You-Can tier ($1 – $149) if… you cannot always afford your basic needs, you have little to some expendable income (and/or access to professional development funds), and identify as poor/working class (i.e., your annual income and/or access to wealth is 19K – 74K).
- Consider the FREE Community-Funded tier ($0) if… you cannot afford your basic needs, you have no expendable income (and/or access to professional development funds), and identify as poor (i.e., your annual income and/or access to wealth is less than 19K).
The above suggested price tiers are informed by Resource Generation’s Class Distinctions & Income Brackets.