ICE Out For Good: Community Vigil & Action
A Statement from Michelle Fowle and Andy Fowle
Co-Founders, Cambridge Indivisible
Contact: Michelle Fowle, Co-Founder, Cambridge Indivisible
Email: info@cambridgeindivisible.org Phone: (410) 571-4862
CAMBRIDGE, MD — January 9, 2026 - On Saturday, January 10, 2026 from 12PM-2PM, we are gathering in Cambridge not to make noise, but to bear witness.
On January 7, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American citizen, wife, and mother of three, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis. Renee loved to sing. She studied creative writing. She was a whole person. Her death should never have happened.
And it was not an isolated tragedy.
This weekend’s ICE Out For Good: Community Vigil & Action is part of a national call to mourn lives lost, to name what is happening plainly, and to demand accountability for the violence carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies. In 2025 alone, more than 30 people have already died in ICE detention. Each of them had a name. Each of them mattered.
We are coming together as a community to mourn, to remember, and to refuse silence.
This vigil is quiet by design and grounded in our longstanding commitment to nonviolence. Like all Cambridge Indivisible actions, it is lawful, nonviolent, and centered on dignity, grief, and moral witness. This is not a rally or a spectacle. It is a space for mourning, solidarity, and collective care.
We will hold moments of silence. We may read names. We may share brief reflections. Some people may stand quietly, others may sit, listen, or come and go as needed. All forms of respectful presence are welcome.
We believe this kind of witnessing matters—especially now.
People of color have been fighting state violence, racialized enforcement, and systems of exclusion since the beginning of this country. This is not new. What is new is when those of us who are insulated from that violence are forced to look directly at it.
For white people in particular, this moment requires more than sympathy. It requires understanding—real understanding—of our history, of how these systems were built, and of who has always paid the price for them. It requires speaking truth to power even when the harm is not happening to you personally. Especially then.
Solidarity is not something you take on only when it becomes visible or convenient. It is a commitment to keep showing up, to keep learning, and to keep naming injustice even when it costs comfort.
That is why we encourage white community members to deepen their understanding of this history and their role in changing it by engaging with resources from Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) at surj.org. This work is ongoing. None of us are finished.
ICE violence makes communities less safe. It fractures families. It spreads fear. It normalizes harm that should never be accepted as inevitable.
We refuse to accept it.
We meet violence with steadfast nonviolence.
We meet fear with community.
We meet silence with witness.
If you are grieving, you belong here.
If you are angry, you belong here.
If you are learning, you belong here.
Bring your presence. Bring your care. Bring whatever you need to stand in solidarity for a couple of hours. Together, we will honor those we have lost and recommit ourselves to a world where no more lives are taken in the name of enforcement.
In solidarity,
Michelle Fowle & Andy Fowle
Co-Founders, Cambridge Indivisible
About Cambridge Indivisible
Cambridge Indivisible is a grassroots organization based in Cambridge, Maryland, working to build community power and defend democracy through civic engagement, mutual aid, and local action.
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