Statement for Community Care in Light of Federal Immigration Enforcement
Prepared January 29, 2026
Executive Summary
Naturally Network is issuing a statement grounded in our role as a community-based nonprofit and steward of conscious business. Across the country, members of our network are experiencing heightened fear, disruption, and instability tied to intensified federal immigration enforcement — impacting people’s personal safety, emotional well-being, and ability to operate businesses. While this harm is currently most visible in Minnesota, it is not isolated to one state or population. The statement affirms our commitment to conscious business principles — particularly People and Prosperity — by naming lived impacts within our community, honoring the ways neighbors and businesses are showing up for one another, and making clear that economic resilience cannot be separated from human well-being.
The statement also outlines what Naturally Network is offering in response: a values-anchored foundation for community care, a living Community Support & Resource Guide curated with light vetting and shared accountability, and a professionally moderated community town hall designed for connection, support, and resource-sharing — not debate. Clear calls to action are included for individuals, employers, and leaders based on varying levels of capacity and risk.
This is not a partisan or ideological position; it is an expression of responsible leadership rooted in truth, care, and stewardship. The goal is to strengthen our network’s ability to navigate disruption together—now and in future moments of collective strain—while remaining aligned with the principles we claim as an organization.
A Statement from Naturally Network
Naturally Network exists to convene, support, and steward a community of founders, brands, farmers, operators, and leaders committed to conscious business. In moments like this, our responsibility is not to look away, but to show up with clarity, care, and integrity.
Across the country, communities are experiencing heightened fear, disruption, and instability connected to intensified federal immigration enforcement. While this impact is currently most visible in Minnesota, it is not isolated to one state, one city, or one population. Members of our network—across regions—are living with the real effects of this moment in their homes, workplaces, and businesses.
In Minnesota and elsewhere in the United States, people—including Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter Jr.—have lost their lives in incidents involving ICE enforcement. They are not the only ones. Their deaths are part of a broader pattern of disruption and instability that communities are navigating right now, alongside ongoing enforcement activity that has left many people living with uncertainty, fear, and trauma.
Within the Naturally Network community, this reality is showing up in concrete, everyday ways:
Parents weighing whether sending children to school, childcare, or community activities feels safe—concerns shared by families regardless of documentation or citizenship status.
Workers questioning whether commuting to and from a shift could expose themselves or their families to risk or disruption, including legal residents.
Neighbors quietly coordinating food, transportation, childcare, and housing support because leaving home feels unpredictable or unsafe.
Founders, staff, and board leaders carrying heightened stress while continuing to show up for employees, customers, and partners—many actively developing safety and communication plans in case someone in their community is detained.
This fear is not limited to undocumented people. Immigrants here legally are facing it. There have also been reports of U.S. citizens and Indigenous community members being swept into enforcement-related disruptions. Members of our own chapter boards are thinking through contingency plans for themselves and their families. This reality is fully alive inside our communities—especially in Minnesota, where enforcement has been highly visible—but it extends far beyond it.
At the same time, we are also witnessing something worth naming and honoring. Across Minnesota and around the country, people are showing up for one another in real time. Neighbors are becoming neighbors again. Communities are organizing food delivery, rent support, childcare, legal observation, and mutual aid. On January 23rd, a statewide walkout brought tens of thousands together—including founders, brand leaders, and Naturally Minnesota board members—acting not out of ideology, but out of care for their communities.
It is not perfect or easy—but it is real. And it offers a living example of how communities can hold one another when systems create instability. What we are seeing in Minnesota is already shaping a playbook other communities and chapters may need in moments of disruption.
As a conscious business organization, we ground our work in the five Ps: Passion, Purpose, People, Planet, and Prosperity.
People is not an abstract value. It is about power, belonging, and the real humans whose lives are entangled with our companies—from employees and founders to farmers, factory workers, and the communities we operate within. Conscious leadership requires being power-aware and trauma-informed. It means building cultures where people can tell the truth and stay in the room with one another, even under pressure.
This is also a moment of real strain for Prosperity. Many founders and brands—particularly small, minority-owned, and early-stage businesses—are already operating with limited margin for error. Right now, we are seeing staffing disruptions, production delays, slowed sales, and heightened operational risk driven by fear, uncertainty, and instability. These impacts are not abstract. When people cannot safely get to work, when customers pull back spending, or when founders are carrying both personal and business risk at once, the viability of businesses is affected in real time.
Conscious business leadership means holding these truths together. Economic resilience cannot be separated from human well-being. Supporting people through disruption is not separate from supporting businesses—it is foundational to it.
Naturally Network does not endorse candidates, parties, or policies, and we are not asking for ideological agreement. Our role is community care: sharing verified resources, supporting employers and employees, and staying in relationship with members experiencing fear and disruption—personally and professionally.
We believe conscious business leadership means acting with care and refusing to separate values from lived reality.
What We Are Offering
A shared foundation grounded in our values
Naturally Network is holding a clear line rooted in our conscious business principles: centering people, telling the truth plainly, and staying in relationship with our community—even under pressure.
This foundation creates a place for people in our network to land—one where founders, employees, and leaders can be seen and supported without pressure to explain themselves, justify their experience, or take a particular stance. This is not about agreement. It is about dignity, care, and our responsibility to one another as a connected business community.
A living Community Support & Resource Guide
We are assembling a Community Support & Resource Guide to support individuals, families, and businesses navigating this period—and future moments of disruption.
This guide is intended to be a living resource the network can return to during hard times, including natural disasters, public health crises, or other events that disrupt daily life and business operations.
The guide will include:
Publicly accessible know-your-rights information
Links to legal aid, civil rights reporting, and community support services
Trauma-informed mental health and care resources
Workplace guidance for founders and employers seeking to support employees with flexibility, discretion, and care
Business-relevant resources for companies experiencing disruption, work stoppages, or operational strain
Naturally Network will act as a curator and connector, not a guarantor. Resources will be reviewed for basic credibility, relevance, and alignment with our values. Inclusion does not constitute endorsement or legal advice.
We invite our community to help build this guide. If you are aware of trusted local or national resources that support safety, stability, or care—for individuals, families, or businesses—please share them with us so we can review and include them where appropriate.
A community town hall
As one expression of this shared foundation, we will host a virtual community town hall.
This will be a structured, professionally moderated gathering designed to acknowledge what people across our network are living through, share resources and emerging needs, and create space for connection across chapters and regions.
The town hall will not be recorded, and no one will be asked to share personal legal status. Clear participation guidelines and a code of conduct will be in place to support safety, respect, and care.
Calls to Action
We recognize that people are carrying different levels of risk, capacity, and responsibility right now.
If you are directly impacted:
Prioritize your safety and well-being. Use what is helpful. Participate only to the degree that feels safe and manageable for you and your family.
If you are an employer or leader:
Assume disruption and stress may be present even when unspoken. Where possible, offer flexibility, discretion, and care—especially for those who may be at higher risk.
If you have relative safety or capacity:
Stay informed through reputable sources. Share verified resources rather than speculation. Offer support when invited, and be attentive to how this moment may land differently for different people.
Even in the midst of fear, disruption, and uncertainty, we are seeing people across our network show up for one another in real ways—checking in on neighbors, supporting employees, sharing resources, and choosing care over withdrawal. That matters. It is worth naming. And it is something to build from.
Naturally Network exists to strengthen community, steward conscious business, and hold connection across difference and difficulty. In moments like this, leadership is not about having the right answers—it is about staying present, acting with integrity, and refusing to look away from harm when it is happening to people in our communities.
We move forward with compassion.
With empathy.
With a willingness to see and to respond with care.
This is how we steward this industry.
This is how we take care of one another.
As the national voice of Naturally Network, this statement serves our mission to translate complex industry work into a cohesive narrative. Please note that regional chapters maintain independent governance, and this communication is not issued on their behalf.
