Upcoming actions to practice solidarity with immigrants in Grand Rapid

Movimiento Cosecha GR is inviting people to participate in several upcoming actions to send a message about resisting mass deportation and to promote what the undocumented immigrant community is demanding.

Cosecha GR is asking people over a 4 day period to join their actions and to not work, to not send your kids to school and to not shop. 

The four days of action will kick off with their annual May 1st march, which will be on Thursday, May 1st. People are invited to gather at Clemente Park in Grand Rapids at 4pm, and the march will begin from there.

On Friday, May 2nd, there will be a community solidarity gathering, a time to share food, hear music and build community. The location for the March 2nd event is SECOM, located at 1545 Buchanan Ave SW in Grand Rapids.

On Saturday, May 3rd, Cosecha will be doing a Salsa Shutdown, but the location will not be posted, since they want to have the element of surprise. 

GR Rapid Response to ICE is hosting two events in April, in preparation for the Cosecha GR May Day actions. On Monday, April 14th, there will be a Crowd Safety Training from 6 – 8pm at Oakdale Park Church, located at 961 Temple St. SE in Grand Rapids, with details here. We need people to attend this training for Crowd Safety in order to have lots of people keep immigrants safe for the May 1 – May 4th actions that Cosecha GR has planned. 

Then on Monday, April 21st, GR Rapid Response to ICE will be hosting another training for those who want to be involved directly in the work they do, both to mobilize people to directly intervene to prevent ICE from apprehending people and the Mutual Aid work, which provides a whole ranges of ways to practice solidarity with immigrants that have been impacted by ICE violence. The April 21st training with be held at SECOM, located at 1545 Buchanan Ave SW in Grand Rapids, with details here. You must register for the April 21st training, since there is only room for 50 people.

Lastly, Movimiento Cosecha and GR Rapid Response is working with No Detention Centers Michigan for an action on Thursday, April 17th, for a Community Not Cages action. The action will likely take place at one of the ICE offices in Grand Rapids to talk about the campaign of resistance against the newly acquired prison in Baldwin, Michigan, which was purchased by the GEO Group corporation. Check the GR Rapid Response to ICE Facebook page for upcoming details.