get trained to fight back with hands off nyc
get notified first of trainings
Indicating your interest in training gives you first-access to our upcoming trainings with limited capacity. These include, but are not limited to:
Know Your Rights and Spotting ICE - In private and public spaces, for citizens and non-citizens alike, how to identify and report ICE agents
What’s happening, and how can we fight back? - What history tells us about this moment in time, and those in power who are making it happen
Creative and Direct Tactics - Learn how to get creative with the tactics you and your group are using to fight back. History shows us a wide range of options that live in between those we think about most.
Support Roles in the Movement - There’s a place for you in this movement, even if it’s not in the street. From mutual aid to legal support, de-escalation and marshal training to making art, and more.
Leadership Development - We need a movement full of people ready to step up, and help lead. Trainings in things such as facilitation, decision making, and conflict resolution can make this easier to do in democratic and equitable ways.
We collect your borough so we can connect you with trainings in your borough, as our trainings are often designed on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis.
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virtual business canvassing training
Join a virtual training to get plugged into business canvassing with Hands Off NYC!
Our business canvassing program engages in outreach to local businesses so that they and their employees are prepared for ICE raids, know their rights, are connected to community organizers in the area, and understand how they can protect the elections.
This is sustained by our incredible coalition of over 250 organizations, labor unions, faith leaders, and activists who have canvassed over 10,000 businesses so far.
virtual know your rights & ICE SPOTTING trainings
Join us for a free 90 minutes virtual Know Your Rights training where you'll learn what to do if you see immigration agents — at home or in your community — and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors. We'll cover your constitutional rights, how to spot ICE and other federal agents, how to respond to ICE encounters, what to keep on hand, and how to mobilize your community.
This is not a training series - but the same training offered once a month. You don't need to attend more than 1 session (unless you want to).
Train Your Neighbors - Ambassador Program
Join and Grow the Hands Off NYC Ambassador Program!
If you are ready to prepare yourself and your neighbors to stand up as unified New Yorkers into the midterms and beyond, join our ambassador program.
In this training, we’ll prepare you to train more of our neighbors on the risks we’re facing, what we’re doing in response, and how they can join the fight.
You’ll leave the training with concrete steps to bring to your neighbors and grow our collective strength across NYC. And once you’re an Ambassador you’ll be part of a citywide web of trained, connected neighbors ready to move together when it matters.