Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale

@prowroxroz.bsky.social

A chapter of Progressive Mass & and an Indivisible group, advocating and organizing in southwest Boston for more equity, justice, sustainability, and democracy

This is a great interview with important info about Citizens Bank, ICE prisons, and the pressure campaign!

De-ICE Citizens Bank@de-icecitizensbank.org · 4mo ago

Thank you to @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social, who sat down yesterday with our own Peyton Fleming to talk about the strategy of combining education, protests, and an organized money withdrawal campaign to urge Citizens Bank to stop backing the for-profit ICE prison companies hurting our neighbors.

Cali Overs had envisioned the end of her senior year of high school as a celebration. Instead, she has spent months pushing against the planned ICE detention center near her Arizona school, becoming a fixture at city council meetings.

Teen leads charge to block ICE detention centers from opening near schools

Cali Overs spent her senior year lobbying local, state and federal officials after Homeland Security bought a warehouse near her Arizona high school.

washingtonpost.com

The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO), a coalition of more than 60 religious groups and unions, announced today that its members will pull $1 million from their Citizens bank accounts if the bank does not move quickly to end its relationships with the prison companies. #deicecitizensbank