Immigrant Defense Network (IDN) Expectations & Commitments

Effective 09/22/25

The Immigrant Defense Network is committed to upholding all applicable federal, state, and local laws, inclusive of legal requirements concerning interactions with government agencies. We are committed to organizing, educating, and defending immigrant communities across Minnesota and ensure that staff and volunteers are trained to conduct these activities responsibly, respecting public safety and legal boundaries. The purpose of this document is to share broad expectations and commitments for general members and subcommittee facilitators to hold mutual accountability and responsibility for IDN’s shared work. In addition to expectations and commitments, all IDN member organizations and individuals are required to sign legal disclaimer and confidentiality agreements.

EXPECTATIONS & COMMITMENTS

IDN hopes, beliefs, norms, responsibilities to ourselves, each other and collective work

General Members

This includes all organizations and individuals who hold membership in IDN

  • Align with the network’s purpose, mission, values

  • Actively engage and participate in the network’s meetings, events, opportunities, and subcommittees

  • Work within your capacity, offerings, and strengths

  • Acknowledge and support the network’s collective decisions

  • Practice mutuality and just relationships with each other

  • Be mindful, inclusive, and in solidarity with impacted communities

  • Commit to continuous learning, self-transformation, and political education

  • Keep yourself and others safe, protected, and equipped

  • Engage with confidence and in confidentiality on everything that’s shared in the network

  • Move towards an analysis of privilege, race, class and its intersectionality to the work

  • Give space to your voice and truth, make space for other voices and truths

Leads

This includes organizations and individual members who are specifically in IDN leadership (steering committee, facilitators, delegates)

  • Practice, align, and uphold the network’s purpose, mission, values

  • Lead and implement the strategic plan outcomes, priorities, and activities in partnership with identified IDN members and key partners

  • Acknowledge, abide by, and carry out the network’s collective decisions

  • Lead and engage with community-first and bottom-up organizing and mobilization methods

  • Prepare, facilitate, and schedule timely agendas and key management meetings

  • Document, share, and organize meeting notes with decisions made, next steps, and individuals assigned

  • Manage and coordinate efficient and effective projects, tasks, and actions to drive progress of the network’s operational workplans

  • Be organized and supportive in shared administrative tasks and action alerts, up to and including: clear and concise notetaking, agenda-setting, meeting facilitation, tech support, and onsite event support

  • Follow up and follow through on commitments to the work

  • Cross collaborate and partner with others on ideas, initiatives, and projects that may overlap with each other

  • Share and report any concerns and issues to the network’s leadership team (Steering Commitee and Delegates)

  • Understand your role, responsibilities, and multiple hats you wear inside and outside the network

  • Be self-aware, communicative, responsive, transparent, and accountable to the network’s shared work and changes to your participation and presence

  • Understand and hold an analysis of privilege, race, class and its intersectionality

  • Steward and practice allyship through equitable, respectful, and boundary-loving ways

  • Ensure centering the voices, lived experiences, and stories of impacted communities

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