Yoga Students Confront CorePower Yoga Over ICE Stance in Minneapolis

Confrontation Over ICE Policy

• 🎯 Yoga students at a Minneapolis CorePower Yoga studio confronted staffers, demanding the corporation condemn ICE.
• 🗣️ Students expressed frustration over the studio's silence on immigration issues, calling it complicity.
• 💰 A key argument was that the studio's corporate nature and silence are unacceptable given the community's concerns and the financial support provided by members.

Demands for Action

• 📢 Students explicitly asked for the studio to put up an "ICE out" sign, but sought more than symbolic gestures.
• ✊ They emphasized the need for corporate action and clear statements from CorePower Yoga, not just passive listening.
• 🏥 One student, identifying as a nurse, highlighted the personal impact of community members being harmed and abducted, underscoring the urgency.

Corporate Response and Member Dissatisfaction

• 👂 Staffers stated they were there to listen and would personally take the concerns back to corporate, promising to "circle back."
• 📉 Students expressed skepticism about the "circle back" promise, noting previous meetings with corporate that yielded no action.
• 🏢 The students felt that corporate was shirking responsibility by sending representatives who were unprepared to negotiate or make decisions.

Decision to Leave

• 👋 Some students announced they would no longer continue their membership at CorePower Yoga, citing dissatisfaction with the corporate response.
• 🌟 They mentioned alternative studios that are women-owned, queer-friendly, and take a more active stance on social issues.
• ⚖️ One student directly addressed a staffer, Delaney, questioning her decision to defend the corporation and urging her to consider her stance in history.