🌱 Freedom Villagers are a group of community leaders and volunteers who are passionate about fighting for the liberation of Southeast Asian communities through transformative justice. Freedom Village is a space for Asian or Asian American people, with a focus on individuals from the “diaspora of war” (defined as those of Khmer, Vietnamese, Hmong, Lao, and Karen heritage and impacted by the Vietnam War & Secret War). MN8 Members currently meet monthly to:

• Build meaningful relationships with one another through deep discussions
• Learn more about the immigration landscape through updates from MN8 Staff 
• Build power with other co-conspirators to organize, take action, and make an impact on anti-deportation work and fighting for immigrant rights

🌺 We are looking for people who are passionate about MN8's mission, aspiring to learn more about anti-deportation work, and want to regularly commit to supporting us! You can look forward to working in a group, getting inspiration from one another on how to reimagine old systems and build new ones, and collectively carrying out concrete solutions toward abolition.

We welcome all levels of experience and believe that every individual plays an important role in the movement. This is our space to collectively learn from one another and build our movement together.

💛 Members participate in anti-deportation work in their own capacity by:

• Attending MN8 member meetings, events, and gatherings
• Volunteering to help with trainings, tabling, and events
• Sharing and participating in calls to action
• Directly working with and building civic power with SEA communities
• Showing up to direct actions and taking up our rightful space
• Connecting and building a bridge with community members who have been impacted by deportation
• Building people power through meaningful conversations

 Group Agreements

• I agree with MN8's vision of creating a more liberatory world! We believe in ending the criminalization, detention, and deportation of all people
• I commit to being an active member of MN8 by attending MN8 actions and monthly meetings
• I will to invite friends and family members to MN8 actions to make sure our community's voices are being heard
• I understand that as a member, I will volunteer my time to make MN safer for everyone, especially all immigrants and refugees

Fill out information about yourself below to take the first step in becoming an MN8 Freedom Village Member! After you complete this form, a staff member from MN8 will reach out to you for a 1:1 to get to know you, welcome you to the group, and answer any questions about Freedom Village.