"Berkeley's Cheese Board Collective wrote on its website that it is closed Friday in solidarity with Minneapolis and all immigrants and their supporters. The West Berkeley cafe CoRo Coffee Room was also shuttered. A container of free coffee and several paper cups were left outside the shop Friday morning, with a request that people instead donate to the San Francisco legal services organization La Raza Centro Legal."
"Nabolom Bakery, Tessier Winery, Broc Cellars winery, Bageltopia and Touchstone Climbing, which operates the Berkeley Ironworks rock climbing gym, also wrote on their social media accounts that they will be closed. Like many Americans, we are very concerned by the unlawful and abusive actions of federal immigration enforcement right now in our country, a post from Bageltopia read. Human dignity and constitutional rights are at risk and our leaders need to hear how we feel about it."
Several Berkeley businesses closed in solidarity with a nationwide 'no work, no school, no shopping' strike protesting Trump administration immigration policies. Student organizers at the University of Minnesota backed the protest, which received support from immigrant rights groups, unions, and celebrities. Demands on NationalShutdown.org include defunding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and seeking justice for four people fatally shot by federal agents recently. Businesses that closed included Cheese Board Collective, CoRo Coffee Room, Nabolom Bakery, Tessier Winery, Broc Cellars, Bageltopia, and Touchstone Climbing. CoRo left free coffee and asked for donations to La Raza Centro Legal. Berkeley Unified schools remained open with attendance taken.
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