Volunteer
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Saturday Protests
Saturday Protests are in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill or Concord from 11:30am-12:30pm. Location schedule is here. Sign up and get text reminders here. Bring your signs, meet your neighbors, honk and wave, show our community we are in this together.Bring nonperishable food donations for our Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry, or donate funds here.
For events in East County, check our calendar for actions in Pittsburg, Brentwood, Oakley and Antioch.
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Subscribe to the IRCC Weekly Newsletter
The ultimate way to stay informed about calls to action and member events every week is to:
SUBSCRIBE TO THE IRCC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER.Pro-democracy tip: make it a habit to get in touch with your elected officials:
-Use the 5 Calls app—an easy way to contact your Rep and Senators using updated issues every week with suggested scripts, or use your own.
-Text your officials with Resist.bot.
-Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 -

Immigrant Support
Meet with us in front of Federal Immigration Court on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am-12pm, 1855 Gateway Boulevard, Concord, CA. We offer a welcoming presence to immigrants and their families with our presence and supportive signs. Join our IRCC Immigrant Support Team.Volunteer for our Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry. Go here for information and how to make donations.
Connect with the Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance and Stand Together Contra Costa to support local immigrants.
A list of volunteer opportunities and resources is here.
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Corporate Boycotts
Here’s a current list of priority boycotts. Check out Goods Unite Us to learn about the politics of your favorite brands.Nearly every state is home to ICE contractors, including companies with million-dollar-plus contracts that operate out of unexpected locations like suburban neighborhoods or rural areas. Find the interactive list and map at The Companies Behind ICE.
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Join an IRCC Subgroup
IRCC needs volunteers! Join a subgroup (or two) to help with important community-building work. Go to the IRCC Subgroups page and send an email to the subgroup coordinator. Let the coordinator know which group you’re interested in. Thank you for your support and valuable skills!The IRCC Legal Observer Team offers legal observing as a service to groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information and how to join, or to make a request for legal observing at your event, go to the IRCC Legal Observer Team page.
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IRCC Visibility Brigade
Every week the Visibility Brigade provides political messaging on local overpasses during rush-hour. We can always use more people to help and we have fun too. More information here.Sign up for overpass actions:
-Wednesdays in Walnut Creek
-Fridays in Martinez
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Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry
With immigrant rights imperiled and the massive “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts to SNAP benefits, we saw a need in our community for an after-work-hours food resource. We partnered with Monument Impact to create the Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry, open every Monday from 6 to 7pm. The Pantry provides food staples to community members at no cost and is located at Keller House, 1760 Clayton Rd, in Concord, California. Learn more about the Food Pantry here.
Your food donations make a huge difference for families in Contra Costa. Donate nonperishable food at these locations and times:
-Saturdays at Saturday Protests: location schedule, 11:30am-12:30pm.
-Mondays at the Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry: 1760 Clayton Road, Concord, 9am–12pm and 3-5pm.
-Tuesdays at LPJG Protests, Mt. Diablo Blvd. & Moraga Rd., Lafayette, 5-6pm.
-Wednesday through Sunday at Fair Arrow Books and Goods, 816 Main Street, Martinez. Wed.-Sat. 11am-7pm; Sun., 10am-3pm.
-Daily at The Quirky Crow Bookshop, 2005 Crow Canyon Pl., Ste. 162, San Ramon. Mon.-Thurs. 10am-6pm; Fri.-Sat. 10am-7pm; Sun. 10:30am-4pmDollar donations go a long way to keep the Pantry stocked and the refrigerator running. Donate funds directly to the Food Pantry.
The Food Pantry needs you! Find out more about how to volunteer.

