Programs

Our Community Programs

Below are the programs San Patricios chapters run. Day-to-day coordination, scheduling, and internal communication for these and other operations happen inside the member network. We don't link out to third-party social accounts here — verify any account claiming to speak for a program through the member network first.

Breakfast & Mutual Aid Program

Mutual Aid

Weekly free food distribution and supply drops for the neighborhood, modeled on the original Black Panther Party's free breakfast program — no questions asked, no means test.

Know Your Rights Patrol

Community for Self Defense

Trained, unarmed community members observing police encounters and documenting misconduct, and running know-your-rights workshops so neighbors know what their rights actually are before they need them.

Self-Defense & De-escalation Training

Community for Self Defense

Free, open community classes in self-defense and de-escalation, so communities have the skills to protect themselves and each other without relying on anyone else to do it for them.

Batallón History & Language Program

Cultural Education

Classes and workshops on the real history of the San Patricios, plus Spanish, Irish, and Indigenous-language instruction — cultural education as organizing, not nostalgia.

Immigrant Rights Rapid Response

Anti-Racism & Solidarity

A rapid-response network for ICE and immigration-enforcement activity — know-your-rights materials, legal-aid referrals, and accompaniment for affected families.

Tenant Defense Network

Direct Action Support

Organizing support for tenants facing eviction or slumlord neglect — turnout, legal-observer coordination, and connections to tenant unions already doing this work.

Indigenous Land & Water Defense Solidarity

Direct Action Support

Turnout and logistics support for Indigenous-led resistance to pipeline construction and extraction on tribal land and water sources, in the tradition of the Standing Rock encampments.

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