In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the front lines.

“This is a movement of women here in the Twin Cities,” says middle school teacher and content creator Mandi Jung. “That is why it can’t be put down, that is why we cannot be intimidated, that is why it cannot be stopped.”

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In our reporting for this story, Glamour heard many stories of kindness and community support, the kind of acts needed to sustain and offer hope amid a pervasive and looming threat. That looks like grandmothers delivering hot meals to those on the frontlines. Healers in every sense of the word—acupuncturists, therapists, doctors, yoga teachers, and other professionals—offering free services to vulnerable people and those working to protect them. It’s organizing haircuts and grocery deliveries to those sheltering in place, or bringing warm clothes to the people on the ground during subzero temperatures. As Dr. Harb said, the list goes on and on.

“I was at a training a few weeks ago with teachers and parents, preparing to basically patrol and defend schools from ICE agents entering schools, and I want to say the room was 80% or 90% women,” says Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement. “I see a lot of moms and a lot of young women as well acting in ways that are based in kindness to each other, and it’s very powerful to me. It’s one of the reasons why Minnesota has been able to protest in a way that invites a lot of people in.”