Rachel Maddow interviewed the Mayor of an Illinois city under siege by ICE. He talked about how much his community wished they had started training for ICE incursions earlier. “Get ready,” the Mayor of Evanston said, “Every activist says they wished they had started earlier. Get things in place now!”

Chippewa Valley Indivisible teamed with area partners to present the Monarca Upstander training on November 8 at 10am in Eau Claire. This Resistance Training is designed to help us protect our friends and neighbors from illegal and unlawful abductions with no due process. Over 130 community members were trained in the best practices to deter this sort of activity in the Chippewa Valley,. It was free and open to the public. Every seat was filled for this important training.