Activists plan rally outside Disney shareholder meeting in Denver on Wednesday, March 8; Will Iger side with hate, or with families?
DENVER –(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2017.  Community members and activists will protest outside the Walt Disney Company shareholders meeting in Denver on Wednesday, March 8, demanding that Disney CEO Bob Iger step down from Trump’s Business Advisory Council.  The rally will take place at the Sculpture Park, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Champa Street and Speer Boulevard beginning at 9 a.m.
A coalition of organizations representing millions of people have come together to hold Disney accountable to families. They have collected petitions with a half-million signatures from throughout the country telling Iger that by teaming up with Trump’s collection of troubling characters, he is also aligning Disney with racism, anti-immigrant policies and endorsing the administration’s Muslim ban.
Disney has entertained generations of families. Now Iger is selling out those families, customers and workers in exchange for big corporate tax breaks. Disney is one of the corporations that would benefit most from Trump’s corporate tax cuts – and families stand to lose the most.
In Denver, Disney shareholders have a chance to join more than a half-million people nationwide and tell Iger to be a prince and walk away from Donald Trump.
Follow the rally: #BadMickey #QuitTheCouncil  @WaltDisneyCo Â
Facebook link: http://bit.ly/2lExjaI
The rally and petition gathering were coordinated by these organizations:
Colorado People’s Alliance
FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities
Color of Change
Center for Popular Democracy
CREDO
Free Press
Greenpeace
People’s Action
SumOfUs
UltraViolet
Working Families Party
# Â # Â #
People’s Action Institute is a national organization of more than a million people across 30 states working for economic, racial, gender and climate justice – with a goal of reversing the growing economic inequality by building an economy that expands opportunity for low-income families.
Source: People’s Action Institute
