You! Yes You!
Welcome to VA Community
Thank you for looking out for your community! Helping communities of
Waynesboro VA
Staunton VA
Harrisonburg VA
Stuarts Draft VA
Augusta County VA
Rockingham County VA
Not in the Shenandoah Valley but want to help? Maybe even start your own area group? Click Below!
Online Resources!
Our Community is under attack
We have people in our community who have been here for years and even decades who are scared to leave their homes and not be able to return.
Want to join the Grocery Store Shopper list?
ICE Education Meeting
We will try to have a Biweekly Meeting.
During these meets we go over
Learn your Rights when dealing with ICE
ICE Sightings of the week
Community Check in
Add more resources
Next Meet Sunday August 29th 6pm-8pmSpecific Topics
How we can actively watch ICE
More than Just Protests
Group monitoring ICE kidnap locations
Grocery Run Info Distribution
Must email [email protected] to get more info.
Keeping Record
More than ever its important that we keep record of what's going on in our community. See it? Record it!
We will be saving ICE impacted stories here soon.
(BLOG COMING SOON)
Donate if you can!
Any donations sent will be used for
Maintaining the website
Making more Zines
Snacks and Drinks at Meets
Gas for when meeting with others or immigrants in need
Any other resources needed
Other Ways to help!
Go to the online resources and print more Zines to share! For about $50 you can make 175 zines from staples!
Tell trusted people about this and share the word discreetly
Check in on your POC and Immigrant neighbors to see if they need help.
Cashapp/Venmo
(Cash would be preffered since it has less of a paper trail)
Chicanabruja
Please make sure to add in the note "Its for drinks" Or "Icecream" so I know to keep those funds separate. I will also have a little jar at meets for cash donations instead.
ICE Education Meet Notes
During Each Meet we have a slideshow made to keep everything in order and noted in case we have someone who could not come to the prior meets. Down below are links to the slideshows and what date the meets were.
Zine Library
What are Zines?
They are a form of DIY publishing, allowing creators to express themselves outside of traditional media channels.
Zines have a long history, with roots in the early 20th century and a resurgence in the 1970s and 80s, particularly within punk and alternative culture.
Virginia ICE Education
Comidas a Casa (Español)
Community Events
Know a local event happening and want to share? Send the link & Image for the event to share here!
send to signal @lunabruja.96
Tu! Si Tu!
¡Gracias por cuidar de tu comunidad!
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Nuestra comunidad está bajo ataque
Recursos en LÃnea
Comidas A Casa
Recursos para inmigrantes que necesitan ir al supermercado
Informacion del contacto: [email protected]
Numero de telefono de google: (540) 234-8264
Como sabemos, la migra es mas frecuente que nunca. Una de las preocupaciones comunes son las compras, las citas medicas y otros tramites cotidianos en publico.Un grupo de personas dispuestas a ayudar a nuestros vecinos inmigrantes.Tenemos oersonas disponibles ubicadas en Staunton, Waynesboro, Augusta County, Harrisonburg, Grottoes, Stuarts Draft, y Charlottesville.
Cual Es El Proceso?
1) Por favor, primero contacte a Luna para que le ayude a hacer la lista de la compra. Muchas de las personas dispuestas e entregar la compra no van a las tiendas etnicas que visitamos y prodrian no conocer todos los productos.
2) Luna ira a tu casa y se sentara contigo para hacer la lista y ver el costo de todos los comestibles. Intenta reservar al menos 30 minutos a una hora para organizarte.
3) Luego entregaras los fondos para el primer viaje de compras a Luna y diras un dia y hora que funcione para que el voluntatrio lleve las compras.
Dia de entrega
El dia de la entrega, el voluntario recibira la direccion de su domicilio. Recibira los alimentos y los llevara a su domicilio. Por favor, asugurese de estar en casa para recibirlos. Si sus compras son similares la proxima semana or quincenalmente, entregue el siguiente lote de fondos al voluntario para que pueda ir directamente a la tienda y entregarlos de nuevo para la sigiente entraga.Aunque no es obligatorio, si es posible, puede dar una propina al voluntario por la gasolina y el tiempo que gasto. Estamos coordinado voluntatios de reparto para que conduazcan en las mismas ciudades donde usted vive.
Vas a una despensa de alimentos?
Por favor indique a que despensa de alimentos asiste para que Luna pueda ir a hablar son el administrador y ver cual es su proceso durante estos tiempos con la migra.Necisitamos saber la ubicacion y el horario de la despensa de alimentos. No se necisita su nombre para las preguntas hasta que decidamos cambiar la informacion para que pueda seguir recibendo sus alimentos.
Meals At Home
Resources for immigrants who need to go to the supermarket
Contact information:
[email protected]
Google phone number: (540) 234-8264
As we know, ICE is more common than ever. One of the common concerns is shopping, medical appointments, and other everyday tasks in public.
A group of people willing to help our immigrant neighbors.
We have available personnel located in Staunton, Waynesboro, Augusta County, Harrisonburg, Grottoes, Stuarts Draft, and Charlottesville.
What is the process?
1) Please first contact Luna for help making your shopping list. Many of the people willing to deliver groceries don't go to the ethnic stores we visit and might not be familiar with all the products.
2) Luna will come to your home and sit down with you to make the list and discuss the cost of all the groceries. Try to set aside at least 30 minutes to an hour to get organized.
3) Then, you will give Luna the funds for the first shopping trip and specify a date and time that works for the volunteer to deliver the groceries.
Delivery day
On the day of the delivery, the volunteer will receive your home address. They will receive the groceries and deliver them to your home. Please make sure you are home to receive them. If your purchases are similar the following week or every two weeks, give the next batch of funds to the volunteer so they can go directly to the store and deliver them again for the next delivery.
Although it is not mandatory, if possible, you can tip the volunteer for the gas and time spent. We are coordinating delivery volunteers to drive in the same cities where you live.
Are you going to a food pantry?
Please indicate which food pantry you attend so Luna can speak with the manager and find out what their process is during this time with immigration.
We need to know the location and hours of the food pantry. Your name is not required for questions until we decide to change your information so you can continue receiving your food.
About Us & How to Volunteer!
First of all I want everyone to know. This is NOT an organization or non profit. This was started to help educate people on their rights and over time, community members wanted to help each other and help our immigrant neighbors.
During the current political climate, I have seen locally we did not have much of a grassroot organization helping out immigrant neighbors. The white community being very separate from the people of color and more so with immigrants.I believe education is the foundation to power. We wanted to help educate others on what is currently going on with immigrants in our country and specifically in our neighborhood. I had wanted to help bridge the gap between communities and find ways to share gathered resources.But after a few weeks of this, people wanted to do more. We now are starting to do grocery runs for immigrants. This includes residents and US citizens who don't feel safe going outside.
Want to Volunteer/ Help in your own way?
So we primarily communicate through Signal Chat. It would be preferable if you can add the app but if you are not able to, I also use proton mail.
My Signal is lunabruja.96
Email is [email protected]To join the group chat we need to either meet one on one or you can come join one of our biweekly meetings.
Not in The areas posted city/county wise? Here's tips on how to start your own!
So something you will see is that all the towns are 30-45 minutes away from a smaller town I live in. My vehicle is old so its all I trust 😅😅😅 But if you don't have that restriction, a lot can be done! Below are some tips on things Ive used or done to help start this!
Carrd.co ----- Cheap & Simple Site to keep all info, resources, flyers and such together. This one I use is $9 per year for 3 websites
Signal App ---- This is the app being used most to communicate and suppose to be more secure than other chat apps.
Mewe ----- This is an app similar to Facebook but is decentralized like Bluesky. It would be a good way multiple groups could communicate. FB is hard with how many racists, fascists and bigots are on there.
Proton ----- Proton Mail & Proton Drive are a secure, privacy-focused email service and Drive based in Switzerland that uses end-to-end encryption and zero-access encryption to protect user communications.
Cash ----- With how much the government wants away from it, cash leaves less of a paper trail. Also for those who haven't seen, Cashapp and Venmo have it where if you get more than a certain amount a year, you get taxed. So cash is better.
Zines ----- Zines are small, independently published magazines that can essentially have a front cover, 6 pages and a back cover or it be a 7th page. I have personally seen how quick, efficient they are and how easy they are to pass around. Also good on the wallet at about 25 cents each if you go to places like staples to print or can be much cheaper if you print at home.
If you make a zine I can add it to the Zine Library.