BIPOC Community Healing Resources
The Legal Rights Center
Restorative Processing Toolkit– This is a resource for communities using restorative practices to process the trials for the former officers involved in the murder of George Floyd.
More information for The Legal Rights Center can be found on their website.
Minnesota Healing Justice Network
The Minnesota Healing Justice Network is an intergenerational community of healers and cultural workers that center black and brown wellness through mutual aid, holistic care, and solidarity work. You can find more about their work on their website.
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM Community)
BEAM is a national training, movement building, and grant making institution that is dedicated to the healing, wellness and liberation of Black and marginalized communities.
Learn more about BEAM and the resources they offer on their website.
Kente Circle
Kente Circle is a Minneapolis-based clinically diverse staff with professional training in marriage and family therapy, psychology, and social work.
Mental Health America
Cultural Wellness Center
The Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) in Minneapolis is a community-based organization that promotes health, healing, and wellness within diverse communities, especially among people of African descent. They provide a variety of programs including community health and wellness initiatives, leadership development, cultural education, and entrepreneurship support.
Immigrant Resources
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) is a nonprofit organization that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. ILCM provides services based on our capacity. ILCM has a generally high demand for services. Unfortunately, we may not always be able to assist someone. If we cannot assist you, we will refer you to another trusted organization or immigration attorney.
Additional Resources:
- Know Your Rights
- The following resources have been compiled to help assist immigrants, refugees, advocates, and organizers in knowing your rights, preparing for the future, and meeting basic needs.
- Know Your Rights – Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Massachusetts Statewide Family Engagement Center (MASFEC)
Talking to Students and Families About Increased Immigration Enforcement
Provides some guidelines for talking to young people at various developmental levels about immigration enforcement actions.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Working with and educating immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to help build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.
Additional Resources:
- National Immigration Legal Services Directory
- Find a Legal Service Provider near you!
- Click here to search.
- Know Your Rights-Red Cards/Tarjetas Rojas
- available in 9 languages
- Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
- Immigration Preparedness Toolkit
- This free toolkit offers in-depth, yet easily accessible information that outlines the basics about a variety of topics including: your rights during ICE confrontations, the different types of immigration options available, ideas for building your consultation roadmap, and tips on covering your bases while waiting for relief.
- Immigration Preparedness Toolkit | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
- Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan
- Every family should have a Family Preparedness Plan in case of an emergency. It is equally critical for immigrant families to think ahead and set more concrete plans for immigration emergencies that can arise.
- Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
We Have Rights
An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The website homepage has videos to help families prepare for encounters with ICE. Resouces on this website are available in seven languages.
Additional Resources:
- Create an Emergency Plan
Center for Law and Social Policy
CLASP is a national, nonpartisan, anti-poverty nonprofit advancing policy solutions to improve the lives of people with low incomes. We develop practical yet visionary strategies for reducing poverty, promoting economic opportunity, and addressing institutional and racial barriers faced by people of color. With over 50 years’ experience at the federal, state, and local levels, we’re advancing a bold vision for the future rooted in economic security and racial equity.
Additional Resources:
- A Guide for Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs
- Early childhood programs play an important role in the lives of young children and their families. But in our current political climate, families across the country are questioning whether it’s safe to attend or enroll.
In January 2025, the Trump Administration rescinded the Biden Administration’s guidelines for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection enforcement actions in certain “protected areas.” Immigration enforcement actions had previously been restricted at or near these locations, which include early childhood programs such as licensed child care, preschool, pre-kindergarten, and Head Start programs.
In response, we have updated “A Guide to Creating ‘Safe Space’ Policies for Early Childhood Programs,” which gives practitioners, advocates, and policymakers information and resources to design and implement “safe space” policies that safeguard early childhood programs against immigration enforcement, as well as protect families’ safety and privacy. The guide also includes sample policy text that early childhood providers can adapt for their programs.
- A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs | CLASP
- Early childhood programs play an important role in the lives of young children and their families. But in our current political climate, families across the country are questioning whether it’s safe to attend or enroll.
Our top priority is ensuring that our programs and facilities remain safe, welcoming, and supportive for our team members, participants, and guests. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every young person can learn and grow, regardless of their background and immigration status, and we will continue to monitor policy changes to provide timely updates that may impact our community.
LGBTQIA2S+ Support & Education
GLSEN
GLSEN is a national network of educators, students, and local GLSEN Chapters working to make the right of safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education spaces a reality. Pages to highlight include a pronoun guide and safe space toolkit.
Call to Mind
Every day, queer teens and young adults are challenged by the politicization of gender identity and sexual orientation and the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. And the mental health consequences are alarming. A staggering 45 percent of LGBTQ+ youth 13 through 24 reports have seriously considered suicide, and 14 percent have tried to hurt themselves, according to a 2022 report from The Trevor Project. Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for Queer Youth Resilience & Mental Health, a one-hour special broadcast.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. They provide information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/5 all year round. Pages to highlight include sexual orientation and mental health resources.
School Shooting Resources
American Psychological Association
National Traumatic Stress Network
Talking to Children about the Shooting
This is a resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network that helps guide adults in supporting young people.
The Transcend App
The Transcend app was developed by the National Mass Violence and Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC) for survivors, their families, and anyone who would like to support those affected by mass violence. We know the horrific impact that these events can have on survivors, families, and communities. The app provides resources and information about common reactions to mass violence and strategies for recovery. We hope that this app is helpful as you and your community work to move forward and rise above mass violence.
Sesame Workshop
Whether young people are directly or indirectly exposed to violent events, there are ways to help them feel safer and more secure. This link above provides video and activity resources to support young people.
Suicide Prevention Organizations & Resources
American Association of Suicidology
Crisis Textline
Text: HOME to 741741
Chat and whats app instructions available on their website.
Wellness in the Woods
Peer-to-Peer Support Line: 1-844-739-6369 – Hours are daily from 5:00 PM to 9:00 AM. Peers support each other by understanding struggles, sharing life experiences, building natural relationships, and being empathetic. More information is available on their website.
The Trevor Lifeline's
National 24-hour, toll-free hotline: 1-866-488-7386 For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth. Providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention to LGBTQ youth. Crisis services are available here.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline & Youth: Suicide & Crisis Line
Includes services for: Black Mental Health, LGBTQ+ individuals, Neurodivergence, Native Americans & Alaska Natives
Call or Text 988
Online chat or help via their web portal is available on their website.