Citizens Bank: Stop Funding ICE Prisons! Visibility Standout
Start: Saturday, February 21, 2026•11:00 AM
End: Saturday, February 21, 2026•12:30 PM
Location: Public sidewalks near Citizens Bank• 354 Broad St, Manchester, CT 06040 US
Host contact info LC_MACTStopAvelo@proton.me
Send Citizens Bank a clear message: financing private prison and immigration detention facility operators, The GEO Group and CoreCivic, is bad for business.
We'll stand out on the public sidewalks on Broad Street, in front of Citizens Bank. Please don't park at the bank or in the small lot across the street, as parking is limited and we will be there during business hours. Please park in the larger lot for Ollie's, which is across the street and a short distance down the road. Also, please consider sharing a ride. For people with mobility issues, curbside drop-off or dropping off in the parking lot is best.
Citizens Bank publicly presents itself as a community-centered institution committed to social responsibility. Yet the bank continues to maintain key financial relationships with CoreCivic and The GEO Group: two notorious, for-profit, prison corporations that build and operate immigration detention facilities for ICE, provide transportation services to ICE, and operate prisons for mass incarceration. For more information about Citizens Bank’s relationship to the private prison system, go to boycottcitizens.org or contact the De-ICE Coalition at de.ICE.CitizensBank@gmail.com.
In response, we will hold a peaceful standout along the public sidewalk in front of Citizens Bank in Manchester on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
Bring your signs:
Cages Aren’t Communities
De-ICE Citizens Bank
Citizens Bank: Invest in Communities, Not Cages
End Mass Incarceration
Say NO to CoreCivic and The GEO Group
No Banks for Cages
People Over Prison Profits
The De-ICE Coalition calls upon Citizens Bank to live up to its stated values by
publicly committing to end its financial relationships with private
prison and detention contractors as soon as legally possible. These
actions are intended to send a clear message: corporations and financial
institutions that enable harmful immigration and detention policies
must be held accountable by the communities they claim to serve.
A
core principle behind all of these events is a commitment to nonviolent
action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential
confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act
lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally
permitted, should not be brought to events. Please do not block business
entrances or traffic.
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