Freedom to Stay Move Resist

The reality is stark: since Trump’s return to office, the federal administration has accelerated an era of fascist violence against immigrant, refugee, and working class communities. We are facing daily attacks on our people, from increased ICE raids to expanded travel bans to the rapid militarization and surveillance of our communities, homes, and workplaces.

This latest wave of state and militarized violence calls all of us into meaningful action and coordination of our communities to keep each other safe. 

Our Freedom to Stay, Move, Resist campaign invites our 18MR community and allies to fight back against the current political order. We are committed to building unshakeable solidarity with global liberation struggles through narrative change, political education, strategic campaigns, and grassroots basebuilding.

STAY: Defend the right of all immigrants — including refugees, undocumented workers, and mixed-status families — to remain in their homes and communities without fear of deportation, raids, or surveillance.
MOVE: Reject and abolish racist travel bans, violent border regimes, and all policies that criminalize migration. Migration is a human right, born from the right to seek safety, love, work, and self-determination.
RESIST: Build the organized power to confront authoritarianism on our streets and across borders. Resistance is not just defense — it is the proactive creation of a world where power remains with the people, not the elite few.

OUR DEMANDS

18 Million Rising is organizing to educate, mobilize, and grow the collective power of Asian Americans. We are investing in the skills of local leaders, flanking and supporting campaigns that deliver concrete material change, and creating exciting opportunities for emerging activists to join a political home. 

While 18 Million Rising is a national basebuilding and advocacy organization, our demands are universal:

1. Abolish ICE and state militarization of our communities
2. Divest from wars and invest in health, education, and economic justice
3. Defend housing, safety, and human rights for all immigrants, refugees, and communities of color

GET INVOLVED

DOWNLOAD ART: Image of four posters. One reads "Freedom to Stay", one reads "Freedom to Move", one reads "Freedom to Resist", one reads "Freedom to Stay Move Resist" All have motifs of birds and people gathering.
JOIN 18MR: Collage of 18MR staff and members on pink gradient background with icons of birds and pixelated wind clip art.
MAKE A GIFT: Image of hands of various skin tones stacked upon one another, on a green gradient background with pixel icons and a silouhette of two birds on a branch overlayed on top.

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