Local officials discussed efforts of raising awareness of africanamericans. This took place at the annual conference in denver. Good afternoon and welcome. My name is aster liverman here in denver. It is my pleasure and honor to introduce our speaker for this session wholl present aspects beyond the green book african travel. Ranging from a personal colorado stories to sites across the country. To the far left, let me welcome our colorado native, gary jackson who grew up in denver before attending the university of redland and california, he earned his doctorate at boulder. He was assigned to the civil division, district of colorado before entering private practice in 1976. In 1982, he cofounded the firm of demana and jackson, a partnership that continues to the Denver County court bench of january of 2013. Gary has been recognized as a colorados super lawyer. Colorado Bar Association award of merit and among others. In 2018, the institute recognized gary for excellence county court ju
Well, growing number of companies are distancing themselves from the nationl Rifle Association ending discounts and other membership benefits. Let us now how you feel. Should companies boycott the nra. You can vote on our live poll abc7news. Com go to the website and click a thumbs up and thumbs down. We will leave the voting open while we bring in Lyanne Melendez live in the news room. Reporter would you believe me if i told that it is not always clear that boycotts have an impact on the companys business. Caught in the middle of an angry debate. The First National bank of omaha cut ties with the business. Flag ship win club called the american sellers wine club. It is described as the nra wine club. The company did not respond to a request for comment. One company that did break ties was simmanic saying they have stopped their Discount Program with the national Rifle Associations. Others have done the same. San francisco supervisor has led corporate boycotts in the gay rights fight.
Have been associated with the nra, fedex, for example, offers nra Alliance Members up to a 50 discount on shipping experiences and one California Wine club calls itself the nra wine club. Semantech is behind products like norton anti virus. The Cyber Security solution ises was offering members of the National Rifle association packages issued right on its website. Semantech issued a statement saying it has stopped its Discount Program with the rifle association. No more is said. Other names were made public on social media. Breaking that association with the nra was enterprise holdings, which owns enterprise and national car rental. Today hertz did the same. The decision to bail out was made shortly after pierre made a speech yesterday defending gun rights. They want to take away our Second Amendment rights. Scott jackson is a member of the nra in the bay area. Theres plenty of people that want to be partners with the nra. Plenty of people. Reporter californias american Sellers Wine Cl
Mountain view. Lyanne melendez explains why. Napa wines has a flagship called the american sellers wine club. On the National Rifle Association Website its described as the nra wine club. The didnt respond to a request for comment. One company that did break ties today was cementic which offers norton antivirus. Cybersecurity slugs was offering members of the nra package discounts on the website. Today the Mountain View Company Issued a statement saying it has skopd the Discount Program with the National Rifle association. More more was said. Others have quickly done the same after names were made public on social media. San francisco supervisor has led corporate boycotts in the gay rights fight. I think that economic power in communities is a way to create change. Breaking that association with the nra was Enterprise Holdings which own z enterprise almow and national car rental. Hertz did the same. First National Bank of omaha which offers the credit card of the nra decided to abandon
We are learning more meantime about the alleged shooter nikolaus cruz. The thing is, i lost my mother days ago. And i am dealing the Broward County Sheriffs Office says they were called to the alleged shooters home 23 times. Related to concerns that this person could shoot up a school. Tackling three topics, School Safety, gun laws and Mental Health. Today i am calling for a mandatory public officer in every school. We will require all individuals purchasing firearms to be 21 or older. I want it to be virtually impossible for anyone with mental issues using a gun. President trump focused on School Safety calling for stronger background checks especially for the mentally ill. Well, growing number of companies are distancing themselves from the nationl Rifle Association ending discounts and other membership benefits. Let us now how you feel. Should companies boycott the nra. You can vote on our live poll on abc7news. Com go to the website and click a thumbs up and thumbs down. We will le