hands off our copa

Hands Off NYC is partnering with Team Wonder, No ICE In The Cup, Our Copa, and the GOALS coalition to launch Hands Off Our Copa to celebrate the diversity and joy during the World Cup.

We aim to ensure fans can enjoy the game free from fear, know their rights, and build connections across the city that make us stronger and more unified across diverse backgrounds.

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While fans from all over the world will come together to celebrate the beautiful game, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will be "out there every day" during the FIFA World Cup. 

Hands Off Our Copa will work with all partners to prepare for this threat in 3 ways:

  • Know your rights campaign across the city

  • Know your rights trainings for fans and local businesses

  • Events that build community and joy into our movement

Know your rights campaigns

  • Share Know Your Rights materials and resources to community members so they know how to stay safe.

    Find tabling events here

  • It’s important we know what to do before, during, and after an ICE raid.

    Here’s a quick overview.

  • Learn how to teach employers and employees of their rights if ICE shows up at their place of work, then go canvass businesses!

    Sign up for our Virtual trainings on July 8th and July 11th.

  • Know your rights, learn how to spot ICE, and get connected with neighbors to start building the local communities that can protect each other.

    Join our upcoming in-person and virtual trainings:

    Sign up for trainings here

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  • Make Hands Off Our Copa art, totes bags, t-shirts, and more so we can spread joy and defiance! 

    RSVP! Space is limited

    Sign up for swag lab events on 6/24 and 7/10

  • Celebrate the abundance of our city, connect with your neighbors, and support immigrant communities by exploring neighborhoods across NYC.

    (Team Wonder in partnership with NYC Mayor’s Office)

    Pick up your NYC Neighborhood Passport at any NYC public library starting 6/11 and collect stamps designed by NYC artists with roots all over the world at more than 300 cultural and community institutions and events

  • Watch parties, fan organizing, community clinics and tournaments — happening in cities across the country all summer long.

    Join the 6/19: Our Copa x BROOKLYN: Brazil vs. Haiti

    Join the 6/27 Our Copa x QUEENS: Colombia v Portugal

  • Download the tournament toolkit and organize a No ICE In The Cup soccer match in your own community. Everything you need is included — step by step.

    Download the toolkit here: Soccer Tournaments | No ICE in the Cup

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  • Tell your story about what the World Cup means to you. Scan a QR code, post a video, and join thousands in more than a dozen cities across the country to tell a collective story of belonging, meaning, and community. (Team Wonder in partnership with Cities for Action)

    Tell your story here.

  • No Ice In The Cup is a collective of artists, organizers, lawyers, athletes, and community members from across the country who have come together to make this demand clear: No ICE in the Cup. Sharing your art inspires others to action.

    Submit your artwork here: Art — No ICE in the Cup

  • Watch parties, fan organizing, community clinics and tournaments are happening in cities across the country all summer long.

    Sign up for Our Copa events

  • Sign the petition to demand:

    1. Stop ICE raids in our communities during the World Cup 

    2. Lift the travel ban on Haiti, Iran, Côte d'Ivoire & Senegal 

    3. Let every fan celebrate the beautiful game safely

    Sign the petition.