GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A concert was held at a Grand Rapids church Sunday night in an effort, organizers say, to both spread joy and advocate for immigrant families affected by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It comes amid a national response to the tactics used by ICE, especially following the recent deaths of two American citizens in Minneapolis. Those responses have taken shape in the forms of marches, rallies or even school walkouts. But Sunday night, a concert was held at a Grand Rapids church.
Organizers told News 8 that in the midst of all that’s going on in the world today, their biggest goal for this event was to bring joy to others.
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“The idea was, is there any way that we could bring the community together for a benefit concert where the whole day would be focused on music, food, joy and the common cause of helping immigrant families affected by ICE,” said John Haines with Kent County Indivisible…