On Thursday morning, the Reverend Al Sharpton met Brian Cornell, the CEO of Target, to discuss the benefits of the company’s decision to resume its efforts of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) earlier this year. The meeting occurred in New York at the National Action Network (NAN) headquarters in Sharpton, and also included the president of the National Council of the Nan, Dr. Franklyn Richardson and the main advisor to Nan, Carra Wallace.
In January, Minnesota activists called for a boycott from Target following the decision of the company based in Minneapolis to eliminate their DEI initiatives. Although Sharpton, one of the most eminent civil rights activists in the United States, did not directly call a target boycott, he supported others to boycott and, before the meeting, said that it would be open to calling for such a action according to the way the meeting took place.
The Americans have boycotted various companies in recent months, following their decisions to resume Dei’s efforts. Companies such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonald’s are also boycotted for the abandonment of the promises of companies. A March survey has revealed that a five of a five of an American is to permanently boycott companies that have moved their policies to align with the Trump administration.
Sharpton called the meeting with Cornell “very constructive and frank”, in a press release published on his Instagram on Thursday afternoon. No other details were provided and Nan did not respond to a request for comments at the time of publication.
After the meeting, Sharpton said that he would inform Reverend Dr. Jamal Bryant, an Atlanta -based pastor who called for a 40 -day Target boycott during Lent, his “feelings” and that they “go from there”. Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of the activists who initially called for a boycott in Target, told Minnesota Star Tribune: “It is not clear for us as organizers of Twin Cities why the CEO of Target, Brian Cornell, call for a meeting with Reverend Al Sharpton given that Sharpton has absolutely no involvement in the target boycott. “
The People’s Union USA, which called for an economic breakdown in February, continued its calls for a target boycott, asking consumers not to spend money in Big Box stores from April 18 to April 20.
