34-year-old ice cream stand owner in LA raises money for immigrants' rights: 'It means a lot to be able to give back'

Protests are cropping up across the country opposing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and military presence in California. Meanwhile, some Los Angeles business owners are finding their own way to support immigrant, Latino and Hispanic communities targeted by recent federal immigration enforcement raids.

SueEllen Mancini, 34, is the owner of Sad Girl Creamery, an LA-based ice cream business that offers Latin-inspired flavors like chocoflan and guava jam cheesecake. She tells CNBC Make It she’s unable to protest because she is her mother’s primary caretaker.

“But I figured, ‘OK, we can put our heads together and be able to give back, even if it’s just a little bit,’” Mancini say. “And I think the biggest way I could personally give back is monetarily.”

On Sunday, Mancini says she will donate 20% of sales from her pop-up at downtown LA’s Smorgasburg event, including all tips, to The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA, an LA County-based immigrant rights group.

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