Learn how to stay safe, take action, and support your community through qualified and certified courses.
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Learn how the Academy works and how to get certified.
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Understand the training levels required to serve in dispatch and field leadership roles.
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Understand the roots and moral foundation of ICE Tea Academy.
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Learn how to identify and report ICE activity using the ICE Tea Watch tool.
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Learn the proper steps to submit a clear, verified ICE Tea Watch report.
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A living agreement for anyone handling data or communications in the ICE Tea network.
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How to sustain ICE Tea Tools through community funding and help grow its network of pods, volunteers, and Dispatch Admins.
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Learn what ICE Tea is, how it works, and the values we operate by.
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Learn the key rights you and your community members have.
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Learn the foundations of secure communication and digital safety in the ICE Tea Network.
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Learn how to use Signal for secure communications, with advanced tricks for pods and dispatch operations.
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Learn practical techniques to manage stress, avoid burnout, and build emotional resilience as a volunteer in high-pressure environments.
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Learn how to handle livestreamers, journalists, and public exposure while protecting yourself, your pod, and sensitive information during actions.
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Learn how to choose, use, and dispose of burner phones safely while embedding them in a broader security culture for protests, cross-border travel, and mutual aid.
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Why true anonymity at protests or actions is nearly impossible in 2025, and how to redirect energy toward realistic security and resilience.
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Learn how to receive, assess, and respond to ICE Tea dispatch activations.
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Overview of major field roles and links to individual trainings.
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Learn essential first-aid skills including Stop the Bleed, CPR, and field triage to keep teams safe during actions.
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Learn how to safely de-escalate volatile situations and coordinate safe exits, fallback points, and transport for your team.
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Learn how to plan, stage, and sustain pods with fuel, supplies, and transport, including resupply and fallback staging for field actions.
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Coordinate trusted responders using the ICE Tea Dispatch system.
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Learn how to make ethically grounded decisions when coordinating field responses.
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Build skills for navigating collapse, lies, escalation, and recovery during live ops.
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Learn how to keep communication flowing even when networks fail, using mesh, LoRa, radios, and offline tools to maintain team coordination.
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Learn how to identify, counter, and contain false reports and hostile narratives while coordinating accurate information flow with pods and the public.
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Learn how to manage dispatch creation, trust levels, and zone coverage in ICE Tea Dispatch.
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Learn how to guide, train, and support new dispatchers through active mentoring and thoughtful feedback.
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Learn how to link pods across counties and regions, build fallback mutual aid networks, and coordinate communications during large-scale or multi-day actions.
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Learn how to run structured debriefs after actions, capture lessons without compromising security, and securely store or destroy sensitive data.
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Learn how to coordinate bail, liaise with legal teams, and provide structured post-arrest support without exposing pods to risk.
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Learn how to plan, scale, and sustain pod operations for multi-day actions, multi-pod support, and long-term community defense efforts.
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Learn how to teach ICE Tea Academy material, mentor pod members, and scale knowledge across pods while maintaining consistency and trust.
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Learn how to start a local response pod in areas without ICE Tea coverage.
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Find regional entry points to connect with local ICE Tea pods or start one.
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Learn how to set up and operate a flexible, mobile Community Defense Center to support rapid response and public safety.
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30 flexible video ideas to help new Pod Creators recruit, educate, and organize with trust.
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Learn how to use radios for secure, clear, and effective field coordination.
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A practical guide to community survival and coordination when systems break down.
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Build up your pod’s readiness with this step-by-step 8-week preparedness guide.
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Learn the key rights you and your community members have.
✅ 2 people have completed this course
A crash course on key Supreme Court rulings shaping your rights in the streets, in your car, at the border, and beyond.
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Learn safe ways to intervene or support others under threat.
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Tips for recording safely and securely during incidents.
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Stay calm and effective when dealing with police or ICE.
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Coordinate trusted responders using the ICE Tea Dispatch system.
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Learn how to verify and publish reports on the ICE Tea heatmap.
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Understand the process of reviewing reports before publication.
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Support children and youth during tense or traumatic situations.
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Use technology to protect communication and disrupt surveillance.
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Learn how to document police activity in a legal observer role.
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How to move people, supplies, and information securely.
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Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
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Explore the moral framework behind abolitionist resistance.
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Learn how to respect consent and agency when taking action.
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Understand the risks involved and how to prepare.
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Learn how to make collective decisions about escalation, de-escalation, and tactics to keep actions aligned with community goals and safety.
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Learn how to recognize state and corporate tactics like infiltration, surveillance, and disinformation, and how to build resilience against them.
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Learn how to fund and sustain pods without compromising autonomy, avoid exploitative funding traps, and build transparent resource-sharing systems.
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Learn how colonial histories shape our present, why land context matters for mutual aid, and how pods can act in solidarity with Indigenous communities.
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Explore real-world case studies of difficult decisions pods face, from resource allocation to risk balancing, and practice making values-driven choices under pressure.
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Learn the key rights you and your community members have.
✅ 2 people have completed this course
A crash course on key Supreme Court rulings shaping your rights in the streets, in your car, at the border, and beyond.
✅ 1 person has completed this course
Tips for recording safely and securely during incidents.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to handle livestreamers, journalists, and public exposure while protecting yourself, your pod, and sensitive information during actions.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to identify, counter, and contain false reports and hostile narratives while coordinating accurate information flow with pods and the public.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to run structured debriefs after actions, capture lessons without compromising security, and securely store or destroy sensitive data.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to coordinate bail, liaise with legal teams, and provide structured post-arrest support without exposing pods to risk.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
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Learn essential first-aid skills including Stop the Bleed, CPR, and field triage to keep teams safe during actions.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to calm tense situations and reduce potential harm.
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Stay safe and effective in the field during high-risk scenarios.
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Learn how to safely de-escalate volatile situations and coordinate safe exits, fallback points, and transport for your team.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to use Signal for secure communications, with advanced tricks for pods and dispatch operations.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to plan, stage, and sustain pods with fuel, supplies, and transport, including resupply and fallback staging for field actions.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn practical techniques to manage stress, avoid burnout, and build emotional resilience as a volunteer in high-pressure environments.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how colonial histories shape our present, why land context matters for mutual aid, and how pods can act in solidarity with Indigenous communities.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to safely de-escalate volatile situations and coordinate safe exits, fallback points, and transport for your team.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to make collective decisions about escalation, de-escalation, and tactics to keep actions aligned with community goals and safety.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to keep communication flowing even when networks fail, using mesh, LoRa, radios, and offline tools to maintain team coordination.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
How to safely observe and document activity at known checkpoints.
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Learn how to verify and publish reports on the ICE Tea heatmap.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn the foundations of secure communication and digital safety in the ICE Tea Network.
✅ 2 people have completed this course
Learn how to keep communication flowing even when networks fail, using mesh, LoRa, radios, and offline tools to maintain team coordination.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to plan, stage, and sustain pods with fuel, supplies, and transport, including resupply and fallback staging for field actions.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to plan, stage, and sustain pods with fuel, supplies, and transport, including resupply and fallback staging for field actions.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to plan, scale, and sustain pod operations for multi-day actions, multi-pod support, and long-term community defense efforts.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
A practical guide to community survival and coordination when systems break down.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to fund and sustain pods without compromising autonomy, avoid exploitative funding traps, and build transparent resource-sharing systems.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to run structured debriefs after actions, capture lessons without compromising security, and securely store or destroy sensitive data.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to coordinate bail, liaise with legal teams, and provide structured post-arrest support without exposing pods to risk.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to start a local response pod in areas without ICE Tea coverage.
✅ 1 person has completed this course
Learn how to link pods across counties and regions, build fallback mutual aid networks, and coordinate communications during large-scale or multi-day actions.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to teach ICE Tea Academy material, mentor pod members, and scale knowledge across pods while maintaining consistency and trust.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to guide, train, and support new dispatchers through active mentoring and thoughtful feedback.
✅ 1 person has completed this course
Learn how to fund and sustain pods without compromising autonomy, avoid exploitative funding traps, and build transparent resource-sharing systems.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to make collective decisions about escalation, de-escalation, and tactics to keep actions aligned with community goals and safety.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how colonial histories shape our present, why land context matters for mutual aid, and how pods can act in solidarity with Indigenous communities.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Explore the moral framework behind abolitionist resistance.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to respect consent and agency when taking action.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Understand the risks involved and how to prepare.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to make collective decisions about escalation, de-escalation, and tactics to keep actions aligned with community goals and safety.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how to recognize state and corporate tactics like infiltration, surveillance, and disinformation, and how to build resilience against them.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Learn how colonial histories shape our present, why land context matters for mutual aid, and how pods can act in solidarity with Indigenous communities.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Explore real-world case studies of difficult decisions pods face, from resource allocation to risk balancing, and practice making values-driven choices under pressure.
✅ 0 people have completed this course
Trace the long tradition of mutual aid in movements for justice.
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Certification for bilingual or multilingual volunteers providing live translation during field actions, court support, or pod coordination.
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Certification for volunteers fluent in American Sign Language to interpret during field actions, court support, and pod coordination.
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Certification for volunteers who provide non-denominational grounding, spiritual comfort, or trusted moral presence during field actions and recovery, without proselytizing.
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Certification for volunteers supporting survivors and witnesses as they navigate courthouses, legal processes, or high-stress public spaces.
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Certification for volunteers responsible for driving, staging, and supporting pod operations with reliable vehicles during actions and mutual aid efforts.
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