WE KEEP US SAFE

Resources for community preparedness & collective safety planning

BEYOND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:
A comprehensive checklist of action items for people who are being targeted

These are community generated suggestions to assist you with risk assessment and safety planning. The process can sound scary, overwhelming and paralyzing but we have all done some form of it.

We recommend that folks doing sanctuary campus work not only disseminate this guide, but also help targeted folks move through it. It can help foster community and build relationships with directly affected folks.

DIGITAL SAFETY

HIGHLIGHTS FROM our
DIGITAL SAFETY WORKSHOP

    1. Ensure all documents are set to restricted access, not “public” or “anyone with the link”;

    2. If its for public consumption, once you finalize the content, you need to make a copy of all that content and create a brand new file and paste it in because the document you have drafted in has a ton of metadata in it like track changes etc.

    1. Go through all your privacy settings on all the platforms

    2. Make sure your friend lists, likes, groups, and timeline visits are not visible to the public on FB

    3. Make your work info on LinkedIn private

    4. Everything you post on Bluesky is there forever even if you delete it, bc its on an open protocol

  • (e.g., friendster, blogger, myspace, flicker) because they are especially vulnerable to breaching your info)

    • DO NOT use campus owned equipment or networks for organizing

    • If you don’t own it, you’re probably facing surveillance

    • Don’t organize on Slack or company email; careful of going to websites on a campus computer without a VPN

    • Separate your work and personal devices

    • May need to contact campus IT to get your personal phone off their network

    • May need to procure a second device

    • At a minimum, remove personal accounts, apps and messaging tools off institutionally-owned device

A more complete guide to digital safety and online organizing coming soon!