Nekima Levy Armstrong Is Still Boycotting Target
When news broke last week claiming the national Target boycott had ended, it came as a surprise to the people who had actually organized the boycott. Attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong joins the podcast today to talk about how the movement she started alongside Jaylani Hussein and Monique Cullars-Doty was "co-opted" by national activists who recently announced the boycott was over. Later, we run down this week's can't-miss events around the Twin Cities.
Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode:
- National leader calls for end to Target boycott after diversity pullback (Star Tribune)
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Boycott of Target over DEI cuts still active, local organizers say (MPR)
Check out this week's events mentioned in today's episode:
- Doing 90 Down Memory Lane | Dudley Riggs Theatre
- Mae Martin: The Possum | Pantages Theatre
- Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope | Penumbra
- Preserving Minneapolis' Black History | Hennepin History Museum
- Neurodiversity Week | Bell Museum
- Good Camel Comedy Theater Presents: Oasis Laugh-Battle! | LUSH
- Leading Ladies of Americana | The Cabooze
- Lazerbeak with The Nunnery | The Cedar
- Twin Cities Pride Career Fair | Pride Cultural Arts Center
- Jerry Seinfeld | Orpheum
- Hot Flash Dance: a Dance Party for Divas of a Certain Age | Amsterdam
- Roe Family Singers | Hell’s Kitchen
-
New Edition with Boys II Men and Toni Braxton | Target Center
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