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A group representing more than 1,000 churches across the state is calling on the boycott. Author: Jason Braverman (11Alive) Updated: 1:13 PM EDT April 20, 2021
ATLANTA An outspoken group of Georgia s faith-based leaders are calling on a boycott of The Home Depot, they announced on Tuesday. It is the first formal boycott called after weeks of attempted engagement and discussion, they said.
The group, representing more than 1,000 churches across the state, said the boycott stems from the controversial voting law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last month.
Over the last month, in an effort to create dialog, a united coalition of faith-based leaders has been in constant communication with corporate leaders around the state in hopes of shining a light on the actual facts and repercussions of this new law, they said in a statement. They said the results have seen corporate activism unseen in decades.
Print this article Voters line up to cast their election ballot at a Cobb County polling station in Marietta, Ga., October 13, 2020.
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A group of black faith leaders representing more than 1,000 churches in Georgia will call for a boycott of Home Depot over the hardware store’s silence on the state’s new voting law.
“We don’t believe this is simply a political matter,” Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, who is leading the effort, told the
New York Times. “This is a matter that deals with securing the future of this democracy, and the greatest right in this democracy is the right to vote.”
A large black church group in Georgia, representing over 1,000 churches, is now calling for a boycott of Home Depot because they
haven’t pushed back against the new Georgia election law:
NY TIMES – A major coalition of Black faith leaders in Georgia, representing more than 1,000 churches in the state, will call on Tuesday for a boycott of Home Depot, arguing that the company has abdicated its responsibility as a good corporate citizen by not pushing back on the state’s new voting law.
The call for a boycott, led by Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, who oversees all 534 African Methodist Episcopal churches in Georgia, represents one of the first major steps to put significant economic pressure on businesses to be more vocal in opposing Republican efforts in Georgia and around the country to enact new restrictions on voting.