Training & Community Conversation: Know Your Rights & ICE On The Farm

On Monday, April 13, from 6:00 to 8:00pm, Southside Community Land Trust will host a training and community conversation on constitutional rights and immigration enforcement at the Healthy Food Hub, 404 Broad Street in Providence. The event is free and open to everyone. Live interpretation will be available in Spanish, Kirundi, and Hmong.

Farmers, gardeners, and community members are invited to learn about their rights and engage in honest conversation about the real stakes of ICE enforcement, the fear that can keep people from the land they tend, the livelihoods at risk, and what it means for families and neighbors when immigration agents reach into the spaces where our community grows food.

Presentations will be led by Rhode Island State Senator Tiara Mack and SCLT Conservation Associate David Kuma. Senator Mack has been a champion for LGBTQ+ rights, working families, and housing and tenant rights since her election in 2020. In office, she has passed legislation expanding abortion access to Medicaid recipients and state employees, created a process to seal eviction records, passed critical childhood lead safety bills, and made Juneteenth a paid state holiday. She serves on the Senate Commerce, Education, and Housing and Municipal Government Committees, and is a Commissioner of the RI Commission on Prejudice and Bias.

David Kuma joined SCLT staff in 2024, bringing more than a decade of agriculture and farming experience, including three years of apprenticeship through SCLT and four years running his own farm. Born in Brooklyn to Haitian and Ghanaian immigrants, Dave now calls Providence home, and his cultural and lived experiences have deeply shaped how he thinks about food systems, health, and wellness.

This event is for everyone. You don’t need to be a farmer, a gardener, or an SCLT member to belong in the room.