💐 May Volunteer Appreciation Event 💐 Our volunteers work hard to aid our projects and we want to thank them for dedicating their time and energy to our cause 🧡 Many thanks to Flowers For Dreams for a wonderful floral arrangement class & gorgeous venue!

Our mutual aid fund helps families impacted by ICE raids stay in their homes. Contribute here:

📣 MUTUAMENTE APOYAMOS A NUESTROS JOVENES 📣 Con su apoyo, OCAD a podido: Conectedo a jovenes afectades por redadas y detenciones de ICE con servicios de salud mental. Apoyado a un joven a mantener a su hermano menor después que ICE haya detenido a su familia donorbox.org/OCADmutualaid

📣 Mutual Aid Fund Update: Stories beyond the dollars 📣 Funds have been used to connect youth affected by ICE raids and detentions to mental health services, and helped a teen provide for his younger brother after ICE/CBP detained their caregiver. donorbox.org/OCADmutualaid

📣 Since October 2025 our mutual aid fund has received 💫612 donations💫 and distributed ✨161 payments✨ to families impacted by ICE and CBP activity! You can help us reach our monthly goal of raising and distributing $20,000 by becoming a recurring donor at donorbox.org/ocadmutualaid

💚 Mutual Aid Fund Update 💚 Thanks to community members like you, we have distributed over $174,944 to families impacted by ICE and CBP activity since Nov 2025. Our goal is to raise and distribute $20,000 EVERY MONTH! Donate here: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

Across Chicagoland, families are entering the holidays without parents, income, or safety. Your donation goes straight to our neighbors — families harmed by detention, deportation, or fear. Give today at donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

The DOJ has charged more than 100 people with breaking a law that prohibits “assaulting, resisting, or impeding” federal officials. But many of these crimes may have been nothing more than opposing Trump’s immigration policies, Quinta Jurecic reports:

¡Victoria para Chicago! La jueza federal Sara Ellis continúa apoyando al pueblo de Chicago y frenando los actos de terrorismo del ICE contra nuestra ciudad. Ahora se requerirá que los agentes federales lleven identificación visible y cámaras corporales. Lea las últimas noticias del corte:

Victory for Chicago! Federal Judge Sara Ellis continues to stand by the people of Chicago and rein in ICE's acts of terror against our city. Federal agents will now be required to wear visible identification and body cameras. Read the latest updates from Thursday's court hearing at bit.ly/4owF2rE

✨ NEW ✨ Mutual aid fund to support immigrant families ✨ NUEVO ✨ Fondo de ayuda mutua para apoyo a familias inmigrantes donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

🚨 Community Alert 🚨 ICE may be targeting “unaccompanied” immigrant children in operation called “Freaky Friday” ⚠️ Very important: This is not a raid in schools and not aimed at all children. The operation is said to focus only on unaccompanied immigrant children. 1/5

Calling all artists (musicians,poets, comedians, & all!) to join us at our annual gathering. Fill out the form by 10/15. 📣 Llamada para artistas (músicos/as/es, poetas, bailarines y todos!) para nuestra reunión. Complete el formulario antes de 10/15. bit.ly/4gS9E3U

ICE is in Downtown Chicago (reported at 1:15pm 9/28/2025) A mother and her children have been taken. Stay alert, record ICE activity, and keep each other safe.

URGENT REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT: after months fighting for her eldest son's release from ICE detention, and facing harassment by her landlord, a single mother needs our help to find a safe space for her and her younger son.

Reports of feds taking people off the street in the Chicago area continue to come in. This video, shared around 10 a.m., shows at least 3 agents involved in arresting at least 1 man in front of a shop in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood. One agent seems to be photo'ing/recoding the incident.

OCAD co-founder discusses the latest developments with ICE in Illinois on The 21st Show, listen here: will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

Get notifications from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) by signing up at the following links: General updates and mobilizations: icirr.quorum.us Confirmed ICE sightings in your area: icirr.quorum.us/campaign/ile...

Sign up with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) for general updates and mobilizations (icirr.quorum.us), and for confirmed ICE sightings in your area (icirr.quorum.us/campaign/ile...)

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is a great resource to stay informed and get involved! Sign up at these links: - for general updates and mobilizations: icirr.quorum.us - for confirmed ICE sightings in your area: icirr.quorum.us/campaign/ile...

Illinois/Chicago: Sign up for updates from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) to stay informed and get involved! General updates and mobilizations: icirr.quorum.us Join the ICE text network for confirmed ICE sightings in your area: icirr.quorum.us/campaign/ile...

Tenants rights are immigrant rights! Landlords CANNOT call ICE on you. Here are 5 things you can do if your landlord threatens to call ICE.

¡Los derechos de los inquilinos son derechos de los inmigrantes! Los arrendadores NO PUEDEN llamar a ICE sobre ti. Aquí hay 5 cosas que puedes hacer si tu arrendador te amenaza con llamar a ICE.

¡Llamada para ayuda mutua! Dona para ayudarnos lograr $5,000 para apoyar a la familia de Gladis despues de que ella fue detenida por ICE durante su cita de ISAP el 4 de junio. bit.ly/gladisyolanda

Call for mutual aid! Donate to help us reach $5,000 to support Gladis’s family after she was detained by ICE on her June 4th ISAP check in. bit.ly/gladisyolanda

Urgent call for mutual aid to cover rent! Link below. ——— ¡Llamada urgente para ayuda mutua para pagar la renta! Enlace abajo. donorbox.org/support-sing...

Join the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda to march with @ocadchicago.bsky.social and GLN Chicago at the Pride March on Sunday, June 29th! Visit bit.ly/pridemarch25 (case sensitive) to register today! #pride #FightBack #Chicago #ChingaLaMigra #FreePalestine #LGBTQIA #solidarity #resist #unity

This #PrideMonth, we’re proud to spotlight our community partner, @ocadchicago.bsky.social. Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD) organizes against deportations, detention, criminalization, and incarceration of Black, brown, and immigrant communities in Chicago and beyond.

Visita a la página de Web de OCAD para ver nuestra biblioteca de recursos incluyendo clínicas para personas indocumentadas e inmigrantes, centros de calentamiento, apoyo de sustancias y más en el área de Chicago.

Visit OCAD’s website to view our resource library for undocumented-friendly and immigrant-friendly clinics, warming centers, substance support, and more in the Chicagoland area.

Nos mantenemos seguros unos a otros! Recordatorio de algunas pautas de seguridad para cuando salen a las protestas. #defender #luchar

We keep us safe! Reminder of a few protest safety guidelines when going out to #STANDUP & #FIGHTBACK

We keep us safe! Call the FSN hotline for ICE sightings and arrests across Illinois. ----- ¡Nosotros mismos nos mantenemos seguros! Llame a la línea directa de FSN para reportar vistas y arrestos de ICE en todo Illinois.

LIVE NOW: @icirr.bsky.social @ocadchicago.bsky.social demand ICE out of Illinois www.facebook.com/ICIRR/videos...

Joining in solidarity with OCAD and community to call for the release of Albany Park resident, and my constituent, Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda, a mother, a grandmother, and most importantly, a human being and a member of our community. Sign here: bit.ly/gladischicago

Please sign & share this petition to demand and pressure ICE to release Gladis Yolanda. #FreeGladis Por favor, firmen y compartan esta petición para exigir la liberación de Gladis Yolanda de custodia de ICE. #LiberenAGladis ocadchi.salsalabs.org/freegladis/i...