""I am not afraid, I am not afraid, I will fight for liberation, 'cause I know why I was made." A choir of 20 people of all ages is standing in a half-circle, with one in the middle conducting. What sounds like a contemplative choir rehearsal has a serious cause. They hold signs that read "No sleep for ICE" and "Hilton stop housing ICE." The group is standing in a Minneapolis hotel lobby where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees are staying."
"But then the police arrive and ask them to disperse. Before entering the hotel, the organizers had given clear instructions: Just sing until the police arrive, don't escalate the situation. Minneapolis has become the scene of various forms of protest. To counter violent attacks by ICE officials, residents are getting creative by keeping them awake at night with singing, loud noise, and once even putting on a rock concert."
A 20-person choir staged a nonviolent protest in a Minneapolis hotel lobby, singing and holding signs such as "No sleep for ICE" and "Hilton stop housing ICE" while ICE employees stayed on-site. Organizers instructed participants to sing until police arrived and avoid escalation. Minneapolis residents use diverse tactics—singing, loud noise, neighborhood patrols, chat warnings, boycotts and coalition-building—to resist ICE actions. Global Gen‑Z movements in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Madagascar recently toppled governments largely through nonviolent means. Ivan Marovic emphasizes sustaining motivation among as many people as possible for as long as possible as a key to nonviolent campaign success.
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