New York – Target Chief Executive Officer this week Rev. Al -Sharpton is planning to meet with the civil rights organization whose customers have encouraged US retailers to avoid retailers, which support their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A spokesman for the National Action Network on Thursday confirmed that Sharpton planned New York’s target CEO Brian Colonel but refused to give any details about the meeting, which CNBC first reported.
No target spokesperson could not be reached to comment immediately.
The aim among several companies, including Walmart, Amazon and PepsiCo, has eliminated policies and programs to strengthen the diversity among their staff and reduce discrimination against minority groups, women and LGBTU+ people.
After returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump returned to the Federal Government at the end of the DII program. He warned schools to do the same or the risk of losing federal money.
Earlier this month, Sharpton had to meet him – or to enjoy the boycott – Pepiso gave Pepiso three weeks to discuss the opposite of the recent action to remove his DII initiatives. Sharpton said on Monday that Pepsico leaders agreed to meet the National Action Network representatives this week.
Target announced January 26th that it would finish the DEI goal that the Black workers were represented and promoted, improve the experience of black buyers and promote the black -owned business. The company also said they plan to stop submitting reports for external diversity surveys.
According to a memo posted on its website, it is “further evaluating our corporate partnership” to ensure that they are directly connected to our roadmap “.
Several boycotts were launched to retailers that have returned to DII. Some boycotts are zero at the target.
Jamal Bryant, an Atlanta-region priest: AA, organized a website called Targetfast.RG for the appointment of Christians for a 40-day target boycott, which launched on March 5, which was launched on Wednesday. Other faith leaders supported the protest.
Easter Sunday is happening this weekend, Lent will end this week.
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