08/25/2026
Nearly one year ago, the Trump regime launched a full-fledged federal occupation of Memphis, sending masked ICE agents and National Guard troops to flood the streets.
Since that time, organizers on the ground have built mutual aid and support networks, including Indivisible Memphis’ Immigrant Pantry, which delivers food and household supplies to immigrant families facing food insecurity, family separation due to ICE raids and deportation, and other barriers to accessing groceries and essential items.
Doubling down on their cruelty, earlier this August, the Department of Justice announced a grant program that would split hundreds of millions of dollars among four cities that follow the “Memphis Safe Task Force” model of aggressive policing. Memphis organizers have built a robust infrastructure that activists in other cities facing federal assaults can adopt and adapt — including Indivisible Memphis’ work to create and sustain the Immigrant Pantry.
Here’s what Indivisible Memphis members and pantry volunteers had to say about their work:
“What started with a few people, some groceries, and a determination to help has grown into something far bigger than I ever imagined. We’ve now made thousands of deliveries and provided food and basic necessities to thousands of our neighbors. Behind every one of those numbers is a family, a parent trying to keep food on the table, a child who deserves to feel safe, or someone trying to get through an incredibly uncertain moment with a little dignity…
