help bring our pop-up peace choir
to ice detention denters

Adrienne Gail and the Sages have made it our mission to bring peace and protest music to demonstrations outside ICE detention centers and facilities across the United States. Through protest songs and community pop-up peace choirs, we stand in solidarity with immigrants who have been detained without due process and are being held in detention centers with inhumane conditions and exploitative labor practices. We also stand with their families and neighbors who are advocating for their rights, humane treatment, and ultimate release.

WHAT IS A POP-UP PEACE CHOIR?

Our choirs are designed to be welcoming, joyful, and easy for anyone to join. We provide choir members with white choir robes, flower crowns, and silly hats to create an "Earth Angel" aesthetic – a visual reminder that compassion can be powerful. Our hope is that this peaceful presence offers a striking contrast to the heavily armed atmosphere that often surrounds these protests.

No choir experience is required. We bring music folders filled with simple, familiar songs that people can quickly learn if they don't already them, including:

• The Saints Go Marching In

• Sing Down the Walls

• Amazing Grace

• This Little Light of Mine

• This Land Is Your Land

• Follow the Calling of Your Soul (an original song by Adrienne Gail)

WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR HELP:

In Asheville, Adrienne Gail and the Sages regularly perform at protest events organized by Indivisible and the Musicians Organizing Activist Committee (MOAC). We donate our performances because we believe this work should be accessible to the communities we serve.

That also means we're covering nearly all of our travel and organizing costs ourselves.

Your donation will help us continue bringing these peaceful musical actions to communities across the country.

FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR:

• Choir robes, music folders, and other pop-up choir supplies

• Safety equipment we don't already have

• Travel expenses and lodging

• Replacement equipment as our choir materials are donated to local organizers

WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO GO:

• Delaney Hall, New Jersey – June 21-26 (Adrienne, Howie, Alan)

• Broadview, Illinois – July 15–20 (Adrienne)

• Stewart Detention Center, Georgia – TBD

• Dilley Detention Center, Texas – TBD

Every contribution helps determine how far this project can travel.

UPDATES FROM DELANY HALL, JUNE 21-26:

Adrienne Gail and the Sages traveled to Delaney Hall in Newark, where we performed original protest songs and helped organize what became the Delaney Hall Pop-Up Peace Choir.

Photos courtesy of @bred0n_hill on Instagram

Despite a tense environment, community members gathered to sing peacefully in solidarity with detainees and their families. It was one of the most moving experiences we've ever shared.

Photos courtesy of @bred0n_hill on Instagram

We're especially excited that the choir has taken on a life of its own. Local organizers have continued the project through the @delaneypeacechoir Instagram account, creating an ongoing opportunity for peaceful musical demonstrations outside Delaney Hall.

Because the choir now belongs to the local community, we donated our robes, music, and choir supplies to the mutual aid tent near the facility so future participants can continue using them. As we expand to new locations, we're raising funds to replace those materials and build new pop-up choirs elsewhere.

FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY:

We'll continue sharing music, stories, and updates from the road as this project grows. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Thank you for believing in the power of music to bring people together and inspire a more compassionate and optimistic future. Whether you donate, share our campaign, or simply sing with us someday, you're helping build a more compassionate world, one song at a time.