TVC Note: This is an incomplete, evolving list. As resources become available and known to me, I will add them to their appropriate section.

TVC Note Part Deux(™): The Virginia Civic Engagement Table (VCET) compiled the vast majority of these resources. To follow along with them and support their work, visit their website and sign up for their newsletter.

Know Your Rights

• VA ACLU: Know Your Rights Masterlist
  • Thorough lists of your rights in every capacity
• VA Defenders: Your Rights When Facing Police
• VALegalAid.org (via the Virginia Poverty Law Center [VPLC]): VA Tenants' Rights
• VALegalAid.org (via the VPLC): Immigrant Rights
• Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs: Know Your Rights/ Emergency Preparedness
  • Scroll down to view an expansive list of KYR resources
  • Note: There will be significant overlap between this and the ACLU list
• National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC): Know Your Rights Resources
  • These resources are for everyone. Explore the link for printable/shareable KYR flyers (also available in the "Graphics You Can Share" section of this site), an ICE report hotline (also linked below in the “Report ICE Activity” section of this site), and a FREE KYR app download (available for Apple and Android devices)

Available Legal Aid

Aid for Immigrants:

• Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR): List of Legal Aid Services for Immigrants and Refugees
  • Searchable database of VA resources including an interactive map
• Virginia Legal Aid: Just Neighbors
• Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs: Legal Resources for Immigrant Communities in VA, MD, and DC
  • Scroll down to view an expansive list of legal aid resources
  • Note: There will be significant overlap between this and the VACIR list

General Aid:

• VALegalAid.org (via the [VPLC]): Find Legal Help
  • Legal aid database searchable by location, legal topic, and aid needed

Protecting Immigrants and Refugees

Report ICE Activity:

*Have you seen ICE activity? Has a friend or family member been detained? Call here.*

• Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network (MSMA), DC area: (202) 335-1183 
• CASA, Maryland & Virginia: (888) 214-6016 
• Immigration Rapid Response Hotline Virginia Network, Virginia: (855) 298-3271
  • See also their prepared “AYUDAR” cards, available in the "Graphics You Can Share" section of this site
• NAKASEC 24/7 Hotline (1-844-500-3222):
  • Emergency support during ICE raids or detention; non-emergency guidance on KYR and resources; confidential assistance in Korean and English

Healthcare and Repro Rights

• VACIR: VA Free Health Clinics
  • Free healthcare clinics accessible to all via an interactive map and search feature
• Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (VAFCC): List of VAFCC Member Clinics
  • Note: There will be significant overlap between this list and VACIR’s

LGBTQIA+ Health Resources:

• Seven Hills Family Medicine (RVA)
  • Exempt from the Executive Order and still providing gender-affirming care
• Equality Virginia: LGBT+ Health and Safety Resources
  • From reproductive and health services to legal aid to housing aid, explore dozens of resources specifically curated for LGBTQIA+ folks

LGBTQIA+ Defense and Support Resources

• Equality Virginia: Resources Landing Page
  • Your one-stop shop for legal aid, health resources, housing resources, and many other needs.
• Diversity Richmond: Community Aid Resources
  • Explore social support, legal advocacy programs, healthcare resources, and more

Mutual Aid

Resources to Give to or Access:

*Note: All of these resources offer volunteer opportunities. If you are interested, they are accessible via the main website link.*

Food Security:

• Food Justice DMV
  • Donate here
• RVA Community Fridges
  • Access any of the 14 fridges in person, using this interactive map to locate them
  • Donate here or give food in person
  • Stay tuned to my social channels for a special and fun way to participate
• Virginia Peninsula Food Bank
  • Access their expansive network of pantries and emergency assistance here
  • Donate here
• Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
  • Access free groceries via this interactive map
  • Donate here
• Meadowbridge Community Market, RVA (MADRVA)
  • Access the FREE grocery store here
• Donate to help MADRVA buy the grocery store and keep it free forever
  • Donate supplies here

General Aid:

• Hampton Roads Mutual Aid Network
  • Access a robust network of resources from human rights advocacy to free clothes closets to food security resources. If you are in Hampton Roads, consider this your one-stop shop for all things community aid.
• Mutualaidhub.org
  • Brought to us by Ground Game Los Angeles, see and access community and mutual aid resources all around the country
  • Help them build their network by submitting mutual aid projects here

Build Your Own!

• American Friends Service Committee: How to Create a Mutual Aid Network
  • Excellent article providing advice and inspiration for those looking to start or expand mutual aid networks
• AOC’s Mutual Aid 101 Toolkit
  • Step-by-step guide to building or expanding mutual aid networks in your community

Data Archives

*In the face of government sabotage of our most vital resources, all we can do is stand together. Here are some resources from people doing the work protecting our data and research.*

• The Journalist’s Resource: As the US Government Removes Health Websites and Data, Here’s a List of Non-Government Data Alternatives
• Internet Archive: CDC Datasets Uploaded Before January 28, 2025
• Lydia M. Kellam, the Director of Research Data and Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, has compiled a list of groups working on data rescue or guerilla archiving of US Federal Government data: HERE