01/30/2026
It’s telling that the businesses speaking up and taking action for ICE OUT on Jan 30 are overwhelmingly independent, local, ones - restaurants, gyms, bookstores, and small companies that choose to speak up in solidarity. Many of us are powered by immigrant and minority labor, came from immigrant backgrounds ourselves, or know people directly impacted by recent ICE actions.
I am an immigrant. Like many others, a complete shutdown isn’t an option for my businesses and staff, especially in the slowest month of the year, in the depth of the coldest winter in recent memory (indeed, ICE signifies nothing good!).
What we can do, and what we believe in, is sustainable, tangible community action.
So for today Friday, January 30:
- 10% of beverage sales across Marrow Hospitality ( ) will be donated to the Michigan Immigration Rights Center and the Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center . Both provide advocacy and support, including free legal services, to immigrants and refugees in our immediate communities.
- At The Royce , 10% of glass wine pours will also be donated to the same organizations. We’ll continue our ongoing High Tea Social + vinyl spinning (every third Sunday of the month, 3-6PM), which we’ve committed to supporting the SW Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center throughout Q1.
Come by, have a drink or two, and stand with us in solidarity and in action. Small businesses are the heart of our communities. Spending local keeps dollars in our communities, not in corporate pockets.
Please also consider making direct donations to these organizations:
and
at the links in their bios!
In solidarity and with gratitude,
Ping Ho
