De-Ice Vancouver - A march surrounding Hootsuite offices TOMORROW
ACTION DETAILS:
SATURDAY, February 21 | 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Hootsuite HQ, 111 E 5th Ave, Vancouver
Why We’re Gathering
ICE is the enforcement arm of an increasingly authoritarian government hostile to Canada and currently engaged in human rights atrocities across the United States.
ICE IS IN VANCOUVER:
- Hootsuite continues to refuse to back down from their contract with ICE
- The U.S. Consulate hosts a field ICE office in our city
- GardaWorld, a Canadian company, is providing services to ICE and DHS.
Vancouver must not normalize, enable, or profit from ICE. This is our way of bringing the community together and saying: enough!
Join us for a peaceful block party themed protest at Hoostuite HQ with marching, interactive art, music, DJs, and community power!
Move! Dance! Create! Connect! And say…
- No to Hootsuite working with ICE!
- No to ICE in our city!
- No to fascism!
What to Expect
This is a peaceful, highly visible community block party themed protest outside Hootsuite’s Vancouver headquarters. We’re creating a welcoming, creative space centered around:
- A march surrounding Hootsuite offices
- Collective sidewalk chalk art build
- Music and DJs
- Community gathering and public participation
All participants are strongly encouraged to tag @hootsuite with what they did to let them know that doing business with ICE isn’t okay! Drew some incredible sidewalk art? Show them! Walk 7087 steps around their office? Tell them! Wrote a chant? Play it for them!
Not able to make it to the event? No problem! Anyone can @hootsuite from wherever they are!
This action is step one toward the No Kings March, a larger city-wide mobilization against ICE normalization in Vancouver.
Our Demands
1. Hootsuite: Drop ICE
End all ICE- and DHS-related contracts immediately and adopt a public, enforceable No-ICE policy with a clear timeline and accountability.
2. Vancouver companies: Stop enabling ICE
Canadian companies and institutions in Vancouver must stop using vendors that provide services to ICE, including social-media monitoring, data analytics, communications infrastructure, or security services.
3. U.S. Consulate: No ICE in our city
The U.S. Consulate General Vancouver must end its hosting of ICE field office operations. ICE has no place in Vancouver.
4. All Vancouver institutions: Choose a side
If your institution does business with ICE—or with companies that support ICE—you are complicit in systems of detention, deportation, and human rights atrocities. Cut those ties now.
Join Us
Bring your creativity, your voice, and your community. Whether you’re dancing, chalking, marching, or just showing up – you’re part of building a Vancouver that refuses to profit from deportation.
See you on the sidewalk.
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