WHIPPLE BUILDING
A morning protest outside of The Whipple Building where hundreds wait for immigration proceedings. Conditions inside have been reported to be extremely overcrowded and under supplied.
Occasionally people are released, often without coats, and left in the 5º weather. A group of volunteers keeps them warm and provides rides back home.
ALEX PRETTI
MEMORIAL VIGIL
Hundreds gather at the Alex Pretti Memorial. Brass Solidarity, a local group of musicians uses their talents to promote social justice and bring people together.
MINNEAPOLIS PROTEST
Tens of thousands gather in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE activity.
ICE Activity
Local community members come together to blow whistles and alert neighbors that ICE Agents are in the neighborhood. Curtains are drawn up and occasionally people will peek through the drawn blinds.
A car of 2 masked ICE Agents taunt two whistle blowing legal observers (11 and 16 years old) by blasting music and using the loud speakers to invite them to “join their dance party” in the car.
DIY Blockades
A group of protesters began to assemble blockades in the center of busy intersections to create roundabouts. They used the space to protest, hand out information sheets or candy. Local police spoke with them for an hour to try and negotiate moving to public space, PD left and the blockade was removed a few days later.
ICE OUT on Lake Nokomis
Thousands gather at sunset on Lake Nokomis to light candles to create 100 foot tall sign that read “ICE OUT”
Departing planes from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport fly overhead and can see the sign illuminated during the evening.
Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition
Jingle Dancers and Solidarity Shawls, at both the Renee Good & Alex Pretti Memorial Sites.
DRUMMERS DOWNTOWN
50-100 Drummers set up on corners throughout downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE activity.
NIGHT NOISE DEMONSTRATION
Throughout the month protesters gather outside of hotels that are housing ICE agents to disturb them. Bringing together drums, instruments, horns, sirens, pots, buckets, they create an incredible amount of noise heard for blocks.
