We are in a moment of the whirlwind. The horrors are growing, but so is our response. In the coming weeks, new realities will become possible if we are united, persistent, and courageous.

Last night, I spoke on a faith call where 8,000 people maxed out the Zoom room and had to join an overflow space. Hundreds joined Bend the Arc’s national call on disciplined noncooperation. Members of Congress are posting videos about why they’re blocking funding for ICE.

The organized response in Minneapolis is showing us the only way forward: dedicated people making sacrifices to show up for their values, their neighbors, and a future worth fighting for.

Here are two things you can do today:

Call your Senators before they vote this Friday on ICE funding. Tell them: ICE murdered Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Keith Porter Jr, Silverio Villegas González — they do not get one more dollar.

Join our next national call this Sunday, February 1 — “Protest Safety: Advice from Experts on Physical and Digital Security.”

Here is the prayer I offered on last night’s faith call:

The Book of Ecclesiastes tells us "there is nothing new under the sun." And when we see the same violence, the same kidnappings, the same state-sponsored cruelty, it is easy to believe. It is easy to feel the weight of that eternal loop.

But as we bear witness together, and as we organize in Minneapolis and across our country, we answer with the words of Octavia Butler, one of this nation’s great 20th century prophets:

We say: It may be true that there is nothing new under the sun. But there are new suns.

May we have the courage to leave the old, dying light behind. May we be the ones to carry each other toward the new suns we are building with our own hands.

So, today:

☎️ Use our tool to call your Senators to say: not one more dollar for ICE.

✊ RSVP for Sunday’s national call for Jews and allies on protest safety and preparing yourself to protect your neighbors.

In solidarity,

Jamie Beran
CEO, Bend the Arc