This guide is designed as a resource for community organizers, event coordinators, and space holders to build environments where marginalized individuals, particularly queer, trans, and Black, Indigenous, people of color, can feel safe, respected, and empowered. We recognize the systemic harm often perpetuated against these communities and aim to offer tangible strategies for protecting individuals, managing conflict, and fostering intentional, accountable spaces. Whether you're organizing a protest, a communal event, or simply managing a shared space, this guide will equip you with tools for self-regulation, negotiation, and collective care.
Una de las personas de nuestro grupo fue detenida... y no estábamos preparados.
Cuando G fue detenido por ICE, todo lo que creíamos saber sobre la respuesta rápida se volvió realidad, y muy deprisa. En cuestión de horas, nos vimos corriendo a contrarreloj para conseguir asistencia legal, movilizar información, apoyar a su familia y rastrear su ubicación a través de varios estados.
Así es como se desarrolló todo.
Esto es lo que aprendimos.
Y esto es lo que hubiéramos deseado tener listo antes de que sucediera.
Compartimos nuestra experiencia para que otros no tengan que improvisar en medio de una crisis.
One of our people was taken…and we weren’t prepared.
When G was detained by ICE, everything we thought we knew about rapid response became real, fast. In a matter of hours, we were scrambling to find legal support, move information, support his family, and track his location across multiple states.
This is what that looked like.
This is what we learned.
And this is what we wish we had ready before it happened.
We’re sharing our experience so others don’t have to figure it out in crisis.
As people dedicated to the restaurant and hospitality industry, we understand that water is a valuable resource in our workplaces. In this edition, we invite you to value our health just as much. All workers can and should redefine our work by changing its material conditions and promoting self-care for both body and mind.
As people dedicated to the restaurant and hospitality industry, we understand that water is a valuable resource in our workplaces. In this edition, we invite you to value our health just as much. All workers can and should redefine our work by changing its material conditions and promoting self-care for both body and mind.
This Toolkit is a practical, community-informed resource designed to help restaurants and bars protect their workers in moments of heightened ICE activity. Built from strategies shared at CHAAD’s citywide town hall in the fall of 2025, the guide outlines clear steps for safety planning, internal communication, rapid-response coordination, and employee support. It equips hospitality workplaces with the tools, protocols, and neighborhood networks needed to keep staff safe, strengthen collective defense, and ensure our industry stands united in caring for the people who make it run.
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