Join Vermont legal advocates, organizers, and community members for a collaborative “train the trainer” session on how to safely and effectively observe, accompany, and document immigration enforcement activity in Vermont and surrounding regions.

This session will train volunteers, legal professionals, and allies in critical skills for immigration legal observing, accompaniment practices, and data collection to support impacted individuals and communities. The goal is to empower attendees to share the information with their communities to quickly ramp up our potential volunteer base and increase access to verifiable, reliable information about how systems are actually functioning in today’s climate. We’ll cover:

• What to watch for at ICE check-ins, courthouse appearances, unaccompanied youth “wellness checks,” airport transfers, and detentions.

• How to record usable notes or other recordings for witness statements to support habeas corpus and other legal remedies.

• Best practices for safe and ethical data sharing to help document rights violations, combat misinformation and track enforcement trends.

• How accompaniment and community presence can protect rights and build solidarity.

This training is open to everyone committed to defending constitutional and statutory rights, especially for those who may serve as rapid-response witnesses, legal observers, or supporters in immigration enforcement contexts on the ground in Vermont.

🔗 Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/N84TaF55tx