Businesses standing in solidarity to protest ICE

Описание: A number of Rochester businesses are banding together in support of anti-ICE protesters across the nation. On Friday, a group of businesses will close in a show of solidarity, while others will donate proceeds to organizations that support immigrants. Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota made similar decisions last Friday. This hour, we talk to some of the local owners about why they made this decision and what they hope it accomplishes.

Our guests:

•Bob Hartman, co-owner of AltBar
•Niraj Lama, owner/operator of Happy Earth Tea
•Rob Nipe, owner of Grass Fed
•Molly Hartley, owner of Scratch Bakeshop
•Katarina Eddy, owner of Katboocha
•Jenna Kirchner, owner of The Unreliable Narrator
•Michael Solis, executive director of Writers & Books

0:00 Introduction
1:19 Alt Bar explains its decision
3:36 Weighing financial and operational risks
5:42 Community reactions and concerns
7:01 Hopes for participating businesses
8:50 Happy Earth Tea’s perspective
11:41 Views on enforcement and community impact
14:00 How businesses approach tough decisions
16:40 Grass-fed’s decision and staff input
20:57 Balancing business identity and customer views
22:34 Questions about closure effectiveness
25:08 Rochester Contemporary Art Center statement
27:30 Scratch Bake Shop’s plan and response
32:28 Katboocha discusses its closure
35:35 Community reactions and business constraints
38:26 Unreliable Narrator’s decision
41:25 Safety concerns for small businesses
44:48 Writers & Books on their role and response
50:08 Business pressures and what comes next

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