“No work. No School. No Shopping.” That was the message behind a mass protest called the “National Shutdown” on Friday. People across the United States, and in Pittsburgh, opted out of work and school and instead took to the streets to condemn immigration enforcement.“Immigrants have really made the fabric of the service industry. And so, this is like our way of showing support and thanking them for everything that they’ve done,” said Neave Hengelsberg. Hengelsberg is the bar manager at Jackworth Ginger Beer in Larimer. While businesses were encouraged to close as part of the strike, the locally owned ginger beer brewery decided to stay open and show support in other ways.Hengelsberg said they will hold a happy hour on Feb. 9 to benefit the organization, Frontline DIGNITY. “We decided it was important to still be open today to provide a third space and obviously support our employees during this time that we’ve been struggling with the weather,” Hengelsberg told Pittsburgh’s News 4 Reporter Jordan Cioppa. White Whale Bookstore in Bloomfield took a similar approach. “Bookstores, historically, have always been sort of third spaces in the community, and we wanted to remain open so that we had a place for people to come and gather and have support if they need it,” said owner Jill Yeomans. Yeomans said the store’s numbers are down 64% this week compared to the same time last year because of the snowstorm. Since closing wasn’t an option, they are raising money and awareness through books. According to Yeomans, they will donate this week’s proceeds from a select list of books from the store’s Current Events & Resources list.“We have, I think, 80 books on there and a lot of them are about current events, about immigration, about mutual aid, about just being neighborly and a community member,” Yeomans said. The money will go to the 18 area nonprofits in the Collaborative for Immigrant Impact Fund.

PITTSBURGH —

“No work. No School. No Shopping.” That was the message behind a mass protest called the “National Shutdown” on Friday.

People across the United States, and in Pittsburgh, opted out of work and school and instead took to the streets to condemn immigration enforcement.

“Immigrants have really made the fabric of the service industry. And so, this is like our way of showing support and thanking them for everything that they’ve done,” said Neave Hengelsberg.

Hengelsberg is the bar manager at Jackworth Ginger Beer in Larimer. While businesses were encouraged to close as part of the strike, the locally owned ginger beer brewery decided to stay open and show support in other ways.

Hengelsberg said they will hold a happy hour on Feb. 9 to benefit the organization, Frontline DIGNITY.

“We decided it was important to still be open today to provide a third space and obviously support our employees during this time that we’ve been struggling with the weather,” Hengelsberg told Pittsburgh’s News 4 Reporter Jordan Cioppa.

White Whale Bookstore in Bloomfield took a similar approach.

“Bookstores, historically, have always been sort of third spaces in the community, and we wanted to remain open so that we had a place for people to come and gather and have support if they need it,” said owner Jill Yeomans.

Yeomans said the store’s numbers are down 64% this week compared to the same time last year because of the snowstorm.

Since closing wasn’t an option, they are raising money and awareness through books.

According to Yeomans, they will donate this week’s proceeds from a select list of books from the store’s Current Events & Resources list.

“We have, I think, 80 books on there and a lot of them are about current events, about immigration, about mutual aid, about just being neighborly and a community member,” Yeomans said.

The money will go to the 18 area nonprofits in the Collaborative for Immigrant Impact Fund.