Citizens Bank Protest in Concordville
Saturday, July 18 at 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Main Line Unitarian Church’s Justice Team MLUC’s Justice Team is joining Delco Indivisible, Chester County Indivisible, No Kings Springfield, and thousands of people across the country to send Citizens Bank a clear message: financing private-prison and immigration-detention operators The GEO Group and CoreCivic is bad for business.
WHERE
1071 Baltimore Pike
Concordville, PA 19342
ABOUT THIS ACTION
Citizens Bank is helping bankroll the country’s two largest prison companies, which are earning record profits operating dozens of ICE detention facilities. While most major banks have cut ties with CoreCivic and The GEO Group, Citizens Bank has deepened its support—helping the companies access more than $2.5 billion in financing, some of it approved earlier this year. Together these two companies hold more than half of the roughly 70,000 immigrants currently in ICE detention, and the capital behind them is fueling an agenda to expand detention past 100,000 people. All of this comes as the companies face allegations including forced labor and wrongful deaths tied to understaffing and medical neglect.
The 2019 exodus of banks from this industry showed that public pressure works. Now it’s our turn to speak up.
Bring signs and wear your Side of Love t-shirts. Nonviolent action only.
Organizers recommend all participants review a safety and security resource before your event, such as this one.