Melt The ICE
(February 15, 2026)
Fountain Street Church :: 2:00-7:00pm
Melt The ICE brings the community together in solidarity
to support immigrant families impacted by ICE through music,
shared flavors, connection, and common purpose.
Please consider giving more to allow others less fortunate to attend, as no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Live Music
Bootstrap Boys, Cabildo, Epcya, and Jeff Schroeder & Friends will be playing in the BIG room! Sit back and enjoy the comfy seats to some great tunes!
Street Food
From options like tacos and tamales to samosas and babaganouj, a variety of global flavors will be served as small plates in the Social Hall.
Primary Partners
Our beneficiaries for the event are SECOM Community Resource Center, Movimiento Cosecha Grand Rapids, and Kent County Indivisible.
Please consider giving more to allow others less fortunate to attend, as no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Things to consider bringing to the show:
• Refillable water bottle with closed top
We will have refill stations at the event
• Ear plugs
• A great attitude and an open mind
• Loose money for donations / food
• Phone for access for donations / food digitally
Parking Options
(work in progress)
• Free lots for us to use:
Park Church
St Cecilia
United Methodist Church
• GRCC Parking Ramp ($6 Max)
• Street (limited but free on Sundays)
• Ellis Lot ($24 Max)
Event Program featuring MC John Sinkevics (Local Spins, WYCE, and more)
2:00 Doors Officially Open – Food in Social Hall
2:15 Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and opening of the event in Sanctuary
(Dan Terpstra, Ted Jauw, Rev Nathan Dannison, John Sinkevics)
2:30 Jeff Schroeder and Friends
3:00 (John Haines – KCI)
3:15 Epcya (30 minutes)
3:45 (Gema Lowe & Jeff Smith – Movimiento Cosecha GR)
Announce food cleanup starts in 15 minutes
4:00 Cabildo (60 minutes)
(Pablo Garcia – SECOM Community Resource Center)
4:30 Food stations begin clean-up in Social Hall
5:30 Bootstrap Boys
6:30 End live music
John Sinkevics and thank you
7:00 Building clear
Grand Rapids Sounds of Solidarity!
Sounds of Solidarity (GR-SOS) uses music, conversation, and shared space to serve the common good – building connection, dignity, and solidarity through our shared humanity.
Connect with our Partners!
Our partners are hard at work throughout the community with missions covering food assistance, personal care items, legal help, court support, community organizing, and much, much more!
SECOM Community Resource Center
SECOM is a Key Resource Center that gives help and hope to our neighbors by empowering families to achieve their full potential through healthy living, education and economic opportunities.
They offer a Food Pantry and Farm Fresh Market, Volunteering and Group opportunities, and a community market and more!
Movimiento Cosecha Grand Rapids
Permanent protection, dignity, and respect for all undocumented immigrants!
We are a network of immigrant leaders, families, and workers running local and national campaigns.
Across the country, we are organizing our communities to mobilize in the streets and fight for what we deserve: permanent protection for all undocumented immigrants.
Kent County Indivisible
Kent County Indivisible is a registered chapter of Indivisible National, committed to nonviolent civic engagement and democratic action. Rooted in Kent County and the surrounding area, we work to strengthen our democracy of, by, and for the people through collective, peaceful organizing.
We support initiatives led by Indivisible National while also creating local campaigns and partnering with community groups aligned with our values. We welcome all people to participate as engaged community members and empowered activists, building solidarity and lasting change together.
Special thanks to Flat River Indivisible for additional support for KCI and GR-SOS providing volunteers at the door and safeties for the event!
To learn more about the important work they’re doing, visit: www.flatriverindivisible.org
Meet the bands…
Our musicians were chosen to give you a mix of genres with a socially conscious message that’s on-point with our mission!
The Bootstrap Boys
Born from a shared love of classic country, gritty Americana, and a rebellious spirit, The Bootstrap Boys deliver a sound that’s both timeless and undeniably their own. Their music tells stories of life on the road, love lost and found, and the enduring spirit of the human experience. Fronted by Jake Stilson’s powerful vocals, the band delivers high-energy live shows that are as captivating as their music.
Original Music written by Jake Stilson & Performed By The Bootstrap Boys
Cabildo
Cabildo is a West Michigan-based Latin alternative rock collective. We blend cumbia, salsa, rock and folk with a modern twist—music made for dancing, connecting, and celebrating culture.
EPCYA
4 piece rock band from Mexico, Argentina, and Michigan. We rock out in English and Spanish!
So hot, we can’t help but to melt the ICE!
Jeff Schroeder & Friends
www.facebook.com/Jeff.Schroeder.Music
Joined by his talented daughter Hannah Laine, Jeff Schroeder teams up with Dutcher Snedeker, Chris Bota, andJosh Dunigan for an upbeat, feel-good set. Blending classic songs of freedom with newer favorites, this quartet delivers music that will have you tapping your toes, singing along, and feeling the momentum of this special event.
John Sinkevics, Event MC
John Sinkevics is a career journalist and musician who started the Local Spins website in 2012 after spending the previous 12 years as a music critic and entertainment writer for The Grand Rapids Press. Local Spins — the state’s fastest-growing music website — covers the region’s music scene via feature stories, concert and album reviews, artist spotlights, breaking music news, photo galleries, concert listings, podcasts, videos and more. Sinkevics hosts the weekly Michigan Music Showcase radio show that spotlights local and regional music at 11 a.m. Fridays and 5 p.m. Sundays on the radio at 88.1 FM, and at 7 p.m. on Interlochen Public Radio on three radio stations in northern Michigan. He hosts Local Spins Wednesdays and Fridays concerts at SpeakEZ Lounge in Grand Rapids. He’s also past president of the Michigan Music Alliance board of directors, a current member of the Ferris State University Music & Entertainment Business advisory board and co-founder of the Grand Rapids band The Honeytones.
Get to know our partners
We warmly welcome local groups and restaurants to offer delicious street food while sharing valuable information about the ongoing progress in this challenging fight.
Fountain Street Church
About Our Hosts:
We are thrilled that Fountain Street is hosting our inaugural event as GR SOS. It is an honor to partner with such a distinguished establishment in this important struggle. We warmly welcome everyone to this iconic Grand Rapids landmark and kindly ask that you treat their facility with the respect it deserves.
“We strive to be a vibrant church community that inspires individuals to shape their own spiritual journeys and to engage in creative, responsive action in the world.”
fountainstreet.org
Print GR
Print GR is your local resource for printing and copying, graphic design, bindery and finishing, faxing and more!
Print GR has been a fantastic printing partner throughout the process of creating this event. Responsive turn-times, fair pricing, and a great community business along the way!
Online • 616-333-6300
Protest For Progress is a group that supports the 2SLGBTQIA community by amplifying equality to combat queer repression. We also encourage folks to follow us on facebook for all upcoming protests against the anti-trans and queer legislation that has blanketed our country .
We meet weekly at Monument Park downtown Grand Rapids during the months of March through November.
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Call our National Office: 612-477-5807 Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States.
Email
Grand Rapids Democratic Socialists of America (GRDSA)
The GRDSA is the local chapter of the Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) building working class power in West Michigan. We are a big tent organization working together to radically democratize society and the economy. With almost 100K members nationwide, we’re an organization run by regular folks volunteering their time to build a world that works for us all. We are for workers rights, housing justice, and ecological sustainability. We oppose ICE and the fascist Trump regime. Power to the people!
Kent County Democratic Party
Proud to fight for the people every day in Kent County, Michigan.
Samaritas Refugee Youth Services
Our Refugee Foster Care Program serves youth who flee from war, violence or persecution in dozens of countries. By the time they get to the United States, they’ve been separated from and often lost contact with parents and other family members who can care for them and have often suffered great traumas – and they’re not even 18 years old.
Find us online at:
Website • Facebook • Instagram • Tiktok • YouTube
Together West Michigan unites people to confront the challenges our families and communities face by building power to shape decisions made about our lives in the public arena.
We work to transcend lines of race, wealth and ethnicity in pursuit of the common good through collective power built on trusting relationships.
We continually foster conversations to build relational power by getting to know people, discovering the challenges they face, and nurturing new leaders.
We are an ever-refreshing organization that adapts to our communities’ challenges as they arise.
Visit us at : https://www.togetherwmi.org/
Email: togetherwmi.org
Raices Migrantes
We help families find and connect with their detained loved ones, we assist detainees who need assistance with commissary or phone accounts with donations we receive. We will also visit with detainees if they do not have someone to visit them to give them a boost as well as connection with the outside world. We help connect families and detainees with organizations that can help with financial aid for bonds or organizations that can help with legal assistance. We have partnered with other organizations to assist in returning detainees back home once they are released, since a lot of families live quite far or are also undocumented and cannot come to pick them up. We have also partnered with organizations to provide clothing/backpacks to the released detainees since many of them were picked up during warmer months. We have partnered with a church in Baldwin that has now opened a “Welcome Center” for the families of detainees as well as the detainees in case we need a place for them to stay safe and warm while we coordinate their return home or provide extra clothing for families if they’re turned away from visitation due to their dress code so they do not have to spend money or damage their clothing to be able to see their loved ones.
F ‘n K Tacos
Downtown Rockford’s very own authentic taco place welcomes you for fresh tacos and two mornings of real Mexican breakfasts! We look forward to making you the taco of our dreams!
110 Courtland st.Rockford, MI, 49341
616-884-0618 https://www.fnktacos.com/
Palace of India
These freshly made homemade style Samosas came from one of the longest lasting Indian treasures in Grand Rapids. Known as Vegas’ best Indian chef before he came to GR, Jassi has crafted the most subtle savory flavors for nearly 20 years right here on Fulton Street!
138 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
http://www.palaceofindiarestaurant.com/ourFood.php
Los Mariscos de Pancho
The flavors you taste at the City Built Beer place or the West Leonard location will be here for sampling. Try their quesabirria tacos and a tray of ceviche with tostadas on the food table or some aguas frescos while it lasts! Pancho is reaching legendary status and has brought his flavors to help Melt the ICE!
1358 Leonard St NW – (616) 350-9541 -https://www.facebook.com/losmariscosdepancho/
Please consider giving more to allow others less fortunate to attend, as no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
What/Who is the SOS (Sounds of Solidarity)?
About Your Hosts:
Many voices in our community are outraged by what’s happening right now. Some of those voices have begun finding each other, one conversation at a time, in solidarity. As the story spreads, the community grows around shared values and a simple intention: to put something better into the world than what we’re living through.
We don’t pretend this fixes broken systems, undoes violence, or restores decency overnight. But we do believe it matters to come together rather than sit back and watch it all fall apart.
Clarity over chaos. Care over cruelty. Presence over numbness. Kindness over blind hatred.
That’s why we’re here, and why we invite you to join us!
We are proud to be connected with the Kent County Indivisible to put on amazing events like Melt The ICE, Protest the plaza, and other events.
Please consider giving more to allow others less fortunate to attend, as no one will be turned away for lack of funds.