Volunteers hand out “ICE OUT” rally towels for Super Bowl LX

Volunteers handed out rally towels before the Super Bowl LX. Fans inside Levi’s Stadium were expected to take part in raising towels that read “ICE OUT” to protest the current immigration enforcement tactics against immigrant communities.  

The action, titled “Flags in the Stands,” was organized by a coalition of artists, musicians, and community organizers who say they are standing up to the inhumane treatment and abuses carried out in the name of immigration enforcement across the United States, led by Contra-ICE and project managed by SoundsGood Presents.

The design in the rally towels was created by acclaimed CALÓ News cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz, whose work has long challenged racism and anti-immigrant hate through bold, culturally resonant imagery. Inspired by this year’s halftime performer Bad Bunny and the themes of his recent Grammy speeches, one side of the towel features a cartoon bunny in a jíbaro hat and football jersey, gripping a Green Day–style heart-grenade — a nod to their album American Idiot — as it forcefully kicks a football encased in a block of “ICE.” The reverse carries the slogan ICE OUT, rendered in bold block lettering. 

Each towel includes a QR Code that directs viewers to Contra-ICE resources, calls to action, and pathways for mutual aid and organizing.

The towels were distributed by a coordinated street team effort made up of local Bay Area immigrant justice organizers, social justice organizers, artists, and volunteers working together at multiple entry points into the stadium prior to kickoff. The distribution itself was organized so that the visual moment can unfold during halftime when millions of people are watching.

“Contra-ICE is an urgent creative response to policies that are tearing our families and communities apart,” Dali Colorado of Contra-ICE said. “We use music, art, and spoken word because culture is one of the most powerful ways to reach people. In moments like this, we can show empathy, stand together, and remind people that no matter what is happening politically, we still have the power to dream, create, and speak out against injustice.”

Lalo Alcaraz added, “This artwork may reach millions of people, but even if it sparks a moment of awareness in just one person, that matters. Artists, musicians, performers, and decent people from all walks of life are pushing back against the authoritarianism we are feeling in our own country. Contra-ICE is one expression of that. Through art, humor, and creativity, we are using free expression to remind people what is at stake and to show how culture itself can be a form of resistance.”

Supporters of this effort include Way to Win and Movement Voter Project, with amplifying support from the Washington State Democratic Party and the Alameda County Democratic Party, as well as private donors who wish to remain anonymous.