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Upstander/ICE Watch Training
June 12 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Upstander/ ICE watch training
With Monica Hunken
Thursday, June 12th from 6pm to 9pm
WESPAC Office
77 Tarrytown Rd, Suite 2W
White Plains, NY 10607
Learn how to keep yourself and your community safe! We will learn and practice a menu of tactics in de-escalating tense situations, keep calm in a crisis, know your rights in protest and with ICE interactions, support immigrant rights, and discover community resources for support. Upstander intervention, or upstanding, refers to a bystander who chooses to actively intervene in a situation they witness that could potentially be harmful or high-risk, rather than staying silent. Upstanders actively choose to intervene in a variety of situations, including those involving discriminatory or violent behavior.
Monica Hunken (she/they) is an activist, storyteller, and teacher who creates docu-adventure plays inspired by her international bicycle voyages. She is a creative trainer with Beautiful Trouble, GreenPeace and Rainforest Action Network, and co-founded the all-women bicycle dance troupe NYBike Dance. In Westchester, Monica was training coordinator for Resist Spectra. More about Monica at monicahunken.com.
This training is free and open to the public but reservations are required at [email protected]