Citizens Bank is financing ICE detention companies.
Citizens Bank talks a lot about valuing diversity and building strong communities. What they don’t talk about: they’re helping for-profit prison companies get the cash they need to lock more people away in ICE detention.
You’ve heard the stories that come out of the facilities run by CoreCivic and The GEO Group. 911 dispatchers flooded with calls. Severe medical neglect. Children locked up for months on end. But even as the heartbreaking stories pour out of ICE detention centers, Citizens Bank keeps pouring money into them.
At the State of the Union (SOTU), Republicans in Congress are once again bending the knee to Trump and hanging their constituents out to dry. Nobody should participate in Trump’s vanity project, and that’s why Democratic leaders, MoveOn members, and everyday Americans most impacted by Trump’s chaos are coming together for the People’s State of the Union.
President Trump has spent the first year of his administration making lives worse for Americans: slashing health care, sending masked ICE agents to murder our neighbors, and passing tax cuts for the Epstein class. We cannot give Trump the attention he wants, or validate his lies to the American people. We cannot treat this SOTU like business as usual.
Join MeidasTouch and MoveOn as we present the People’s State of the Union alongside elected officials, partners, allies and directly impacted Americans.
Additional Partners:
Win Without War Center for Popular Democracy Climate Power Common Defense Economic Security Project Action Families Over Billionaires FWD.us Free DC Indivisible Interfaith Alliance Our Revolution People Power United Protect Our Care Public Citizen Social Security Works Vera Action Voto Latino
Featuring Dr. Daniel Mandell, Emeritus Professor of History, Truman State University. Author of the “The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600-1870.” Dr. Mandell will examine politics, theology, economics, law and literature to highlight how the founding generation of the United States feared that concentrated wealth would corrupt their republic. Their belief in the need for a “rough equality” of property was shaped by Roman historians, radical Protestant writers, and Enlightenment philosophers, and supported by the remarkable level of economic parity before the American Revolution. In the wake of the war, Americans generally believed that they lived in the most egalitarian country in the world, but worried that it would be ruined by men using great wealth to gain power. Although this tradition of economic equality would be marginalized after 1800, it remained a significant part of American culture.
Reception Following the Lecture. Free and Open to the Public.
CANCELLED 2/20 DUE TO WEATHER. New, shorter winter timeframe! This weekly afternoon standout is on Fridays from 1:30 to 2:30 at the Hanscom Rotary (intersection of Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd. in Lincoln, MA.) Please park along Old Bedford Road or Hanscom Drive without impeding traffic or blocking bike lanes.
De-ICE Hanscom is a coalition organizing peaceful standouts with the goal of eliminating ICE transport flights from Hanscom Field. ICE is using these flights to swiftly move immigrants out of New England in order to hinder effective legal representation.
Coalition groups include Boston Workers Circle, Concord Indivisible, Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN), Indivisible Acton Area, Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA), Lexington Alarm, and Maynard Indivisible.
Sign up to get information and updates about our weekly standouts. We’ll keep you in the loop if we need to reschedule or cancel for weather or other considerations, and apprise you of our goals and progress.
Artists of all ages are invited to share their creative voices in a celebration of diversity, democracy, and the American spirit. Through art, we can evoke emotion, spark imagination, and inspire meaningful connection across communities.
Contest entry is free and prizes will be awarded. At a time when our country feels deeply divided, this contest aims to highlight our shared values, encourage civic engagement, and create opportunities for our community to find common ground. Selected works will be featured in exhibitions that showcase and support local artists.
This contest is proudly supported by Reclaiming Our Democracy of First Church Unitarian Littleton, League of Women Voters of Westford, Littleton and Westford Cultural Councils.
Please help us spread the word:
Forward the press release to your contacts and social media (press release)
Forward this email to artist friends—especially young and aspiring artists
This is a report on the results of implementing An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts, H.1405 & S.860. We invite you to read the report linked in the title above and see how tens of billions of dollars could be saved annually through the Health Care Trust. A detailed analysis is done of our current spending, savings that could be realized, and expanded coverage to have Universal Health Care. The question of how we pay for it is answered along with showing that 98% of residents would SAVE money.
Notice the time change! We are meeting later than usual to accommodate members who want to attend the monthly Groton standout, which is scheduled for 10 AM – 12 PM.
Join us for our monthly 30-minute Frontline Update
The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be a doozie. Republicans are trying to gerrymander their way out of a massive midterm loss. Virginia Dems are fighting back with a redistricting plan that could swing 4 congressional seats to Dems – but it needs to be passed by referendum on April 21st.
Our friends at Mystic Valley Action for Reproductive Justice (MVA4RJ) are hosting a gathering to thank independent abortion providers for their important work. Join them to:
Write postcards to abortion providers throughout the country. All materials will be supplied!
Enjoy the company of local reproductive activists
Hear from and raise money to support The Medication Abortion Project (MAP)
Coffee, cider and baked goods will be available. Get more details here.
You must be logged in to post a comment.