50 protesters left from Concord, MA at 6:15 AM to join the rally of the annual shareholder’s meeting of Citizen’s Bank in Providence, RI. We were there to ell the shareholders of Citizen’s bank to compel Citizen’s to stop bankrolling ICE’s mass deportation warehouses. Several activist-shareholders spoke about Citizen’s roll in enabling the expansion of these facilities that many liken to concentration camps. The crowd of 300 booed, chanted and yelled “Shame” as shareholders arrived for the annual meeting. Speakers from AFT Teacher’s Union, GBIO, the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and the Brown University union are demanding a meeting with executives within 1 week. Otherwise they will divest several millions dollars from Citizen’s





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