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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale

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

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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Looking forward to hearing @patrickroath.bsky.social and @persisyu.bsky.social tonight in Dedham! Rep Lynch and Sen Rush are not here. Important issues, crucial moment in our nation’s history. Candidates should be talking & listening to voters! #mapoli #bospoli
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Today’s @de-icecitizensbank.org protest in West Roxbury MA. Choosing to be an accomplice on concentration camps is just baffling. #boycottcitizens @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Folks showed up again yesterday in West Roxbury MA to protest Citizens Bank support of concentration camps. What horrific values those corporate leaders have. Shocking. #boycottCitizens @de-icecitizensbank.org @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Great crowd, great energy, great weather too for today’s Citizens Bank protest in Roslindale MA. 35 folks including some first-timers. Anger at Citizens is still growing. @de-icecitizensbank.org @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Persis Yu @persisyu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Some news worth sharing: the @pplmvotes.org has endorsed Persis Yu for State Senate. At a time when reproductive freedom is under attack just about everywhere, that says something about where this race stands. 🧵
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Blatantly corrupt, and this practice needs to be banned. www.wbur.org/news/2026/06...
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Rep. Moulton holds stakes in defense-linked startups overseen by his committee
As the Senate primary heats up, Moulton's investments in private companies have already risen in value by more than $1 million. In response to WBUR's reporting, Moulton promised to place them into a b...
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Overdue post. 40 people, 3 screens, lots of conversation, singing, organizing & community at our Rise Up Sing Out watch party on Sunday. Some brand new activists. @nokingscoalition.bsky.social @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Bonus for today’s #DeICECitizens protesters! Nearby artist has admired our protests, made necklaces with beads representing a strong sentiment in Morse code and gave them to us. Protesting can be elegant & arts are important to the resistance!
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A portion of today’s crowd protesting Citizens Bank in West Roxbury MA. Communities, not cages. Even with abuse and death count rising, Citizens is backing abusers. Sickening on so many levels. @de-icecitizensbank.org @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social @crowdcounting.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Today’s #deicecitizensbank protest in Roslindale MA. 45 people from teens to 80s, all urging #closethecamps. Young first time protester almost in tears at the cruelty of ICE prisons. Due process & humane treatment!! No prison profiteering!
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Protesting Citizens Bank’s support of ICE cruel for-profit prisons even in today’s rain. #boycottCitizens. @de-icecitizensbank.org @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social @crowdcounting.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Today’s @de-icecitizensbank.org protest in Roslindale MA. 22 people, a few first-timers. Lots of support from walkers & drivers. Several bank customers stopped to learn about Citizens working with ICE prison companies-surprised & angry. @crowdcounting.bsky.social @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is a great interview with important info about Citizens Bank, ICE prisons, and the pressure campaign!
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/05/2026
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.
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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.
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
How can Citizens Bank want to be known as the ICE prisons bank? That’s their rep now. 25 people today at @de-icecitizensbank.org protest in West Roxbury MA, incl a few first timers - like every week, movement grows. @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Endorsement announcement! Persis Yu for State Senate! First challenge for this seat in over a decade; frustration with the current legislature is huge. Persis meets this moment! @gintautasd.bsky.social @persisyu.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This morning’s #boycottCitizens protest in Roslindale MA. Citizens CEO referred to ICE prison companies as “partners.” Partners in hate & lawlessness. @de-icecitizensbank.org @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Today’s hardy group included an 80-something 1st-time protester! 17 people in the rain pushing to @de-icecitizensbank.org Civil rights & communities, no concentration camps. @crowdcounting.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
#CommunitiesNotCages #StopICEWarehouses 77 people in Roslindale MA calling for Citizens Bank to stop funding horrifying warehouse prisons. People are not cargo! @de-icecitizensbank.org @crowdcounting.bsky.social
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“They were there in force – shareholders, clergy, unions, local activists, people of all ages, all colors."
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Activists take aim at Citizens Bank, demand exit from ICE detention business
Rally outside Citizens Bank HQ drew unions, clergy and activists, with some groups threatening to pull millions in deposits over ICE-linked business
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Saturday, 11 am, stand together in Roslindale to oppose ICE warehouse prisons and Citizens Bank for financing those operations. Human beings are not cargo. No warehouse concentration camps. #CommunitiesNotCages @de-icecitizensbank.org #stopicewarehouses www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...
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Communities Not Cages: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention · Disappeared in America
Join us outside as part of a nationwide day of action to oppose the Trump administration's expansion of ICE warehouse detention and its attack on the due process rights of immigrants and all Americans...
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Oh no, almost forgot to post from our 4/18 #boycottCitizens protest in West Roxbury MA! 24 people urging no investing in ICE concentration camps. Communities, not cages. @crowdcounting.bsky.social @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Clear day, clear vision: Citizens Bank should not finance warehouse concentration camps!! 22 people at today’s visibility in Roslindale MA. #boycottCitizens @crowdcounting.bsky.social @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Rachel Poliner @rachelpoliner.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Really cold & windy this morning, but we had 27 people anyway protesting Citizens Bank for funding concentration camps. West Roxbury MA @crowdcounting.bsky.social @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2026
Everyone has a right to read, learn, & see themselves reflected in our literature. Join us Tuesday for a read-in event in Somerville & to discuss how we're pushing back against book bans. You can RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/books-save....
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Books Save Lives read-in event in Somerville
April 7th at 1:30PM
RSVP via the link in my bio for address.
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Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is a big deal, y'all! We're now closer than ever to extending TPS for Haiti and giving our neighbors the protections they deserve. Because of your advocacy, we have the signers needed to force a vote. www.dotnews.com/2026/03/28/p...
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Pressley says she has enough support to force vote on Haitian TPS extension - Dorchester Reporter
Rep. Ayanna Pressley says she has secured enough support from her colleagues in the House to seek a vote to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians living in the United States.
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Great signs today at #NoKingsWestRoxburyMA. Lots of first time protesters among the 550 of all ages who turned out in the cold to stand for #democracy. @crowdcounting.bsky.social @wethepeoplecare.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Chilly, windy at today’s Citizens Bank protest in West Roxbury MA but 35 people anyway. Some first time Citizens protesters, some first time altogether. Age range 8-78. Don’t fund warehouse prisons! @crowdcounting.bsky.social #boycottcitizens @de-icecitizensbank.org
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
35 people at today’s #boycottcitens Bank protest in Roslindale MA. Warehouses are for packages, not people. Trump is shutting down economic opportunity; increasing violence. @crowdcounting.bsky.social @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Rachel Poliner @rachelpoliner.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Snow yesterday & tomorrow, 33 people protesting ICE today in Roslindale MA. Citizens Bank, stop funding human warehouse prisons. 4th week. #boycottcitizens @crowdcounting.bsky.social @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
We have updated DetentionReports.com with the most recent data from ICE. Find population information for 242 detention centers across the United States. detentionreports.com
ICE Detention Reports
242 Detention Centers
Detention population data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement through:
February 5, 2026
Followed by a map of all detention centers in the US.
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
#boycottcitizens protest today, 30 people at Roslindale MA branch, age 16-75, several brand new to pro-democracy activism. No love for ICE on Valentines Day. @indivisible.org @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Snowing today, cold temps, people heated up about Citizens Bank giving loans to build ICE prisons. 50 people, lots are new. Support #democracy and community, not abductions! @wethepeopledissent.bsky.social @indivisible.org #boycottcitizens
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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
US citizens detained by ICE speak out: "They dragged me outside and pulled me into a headlock. I repeated, 'I'm a citizen. I have an ID.' The agent kept saying, 'That don't matter'... Inside my cell, I heard wailing, screaming, begging. Alongside that was the banter and laughter from the agents."
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Voters showed their interest in this race is high! Thanks for bringing your passion and policy ideas.
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thanks for joining us and bringing some fire!
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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
When I spoke to local activists here in Minneapolis, they told me there is a palpable sense that ICE agents are out for blood, that they want a fight, and you can feel it. I finally saw that myself at the Whipple Federal Building. ICE feels emboldened by the state covering for murder. Untouchable.
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Rachel Poliner @rachelpoliner.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
#ICEOutforGood Newton MA. Both sides of Centre, Beacon, and all islands. 570 people by my count. Fired up for democracy & against autocrats & secret police. Standing with Minneapolis & Portland!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/01/2026
NEW: The DNC warned 10 states that shared sensitive voter data with the DOJ that they may have violated federal law, specifically a “quiet period provision” barring states from removing voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election.
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DNC warns states that complied with DOJ voter roll demand may have violated federal law
Read more here.
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Persis Yu @persisyu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Through all the darkness, it’s encouraging to see so many community members standing up against the atrocities committed by our federal government. Thanks to @prowroxroz.bsky.social and LUCE for organizing our community! Democracy truly does start at home.
Protesters in Roslindale square Persis with man and woman holding signsSelfie of two women at protestProtesters holding signs in West Roxbury rotary at night
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ByeByeToX @byebyetox.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Neither rain, nor snow, nor temps in the teens can keep these defenders of democracy from showing up and standing out 11a-12p every Sat. at 840 Providence Hwy #Dedham on the #Boston line. #TeslaTakedown #NoTrillionaires #NoKings @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
Sign: No Kings in the snowProtesters in the snow outside Tesla showroom Dedham MAMan dressed in Santa red with a Christmas hat on holding sign that reads Ho! Ho! Ho! Epstein files in Trump's stocking.Sign holder in the snow: HONK for DEMOCRACY
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
What leadership looks like. Boston's Mayor Wu on the upcoming food crisis. @mayorwu.boston.gov #bospoli #SNAP www.youtube.com/shorts/62BVP...
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Mayor Wu: If Trump allows SNAP to expire, we will be ready to help our neighbors.
YouTube video by City of Boston
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Persis Yu @persisyu.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Amazing time meeting up with folks throughout the district. Way to show up for #NoKingsDay West Roxbury, Walpole, and Norwood!!! To defeat fascism we must stand in solidarity and speak out against injustice. 💪💪💪💪
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
More people to include in the #NoKings count! About 60 people marched from Adams Park to Fallon Field in Roslindale MA on Oct 18. Unregistered event, but they want to be counted!
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
@universalhub.com covered #NoKingsWestRoxbury, full of unpaid peaceful protesters standing up for democracy, rule of law, competence & expertise, diversity, ending tariff mania, and much more. #nokings www.universalhub.com/2025/hundred...
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Hundreds gather around West Roxbury rotary to protest autocratic regime
Close to 600 people circled the Holy Name Rotary in West Roxbury this morning to send the regime a simple message: No Kings! Read more.
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Some of our senior community members couldn't get to our rally at the rotary, so they held their own outside their building at noon. There are more people to the left & right of the photo. #NoKings 1205-1215 Centre St, West Roxbury MA. 33 people. They want to be counted!
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Robert Orthman @robertorthman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Close to 600 people at #NoKings rally in West Roxbury this morning. Great organizing job @prowroxroz.bsky.social!
Rallygoers around the Holy Name rotary in West Roxbury for No KingsRallygoers around the Holy Name rotary in West Roxbury for No Kings
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Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale @prowroxroz.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Wow, #NoKingsWestRoxbury (southwest Boston neighborhood) had 570 people (actual count) fill the inside & outside of the rotary. Watch @universalhub.com & The Bulletin for photos & stories. All generations, lots of new protesters out to save #democracy! Signs, costumes, chants, community of patriots!
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