Steve Thompson PhD<p>arpton calls on PepsiCo to restore DEI initiatives, threatens boycott</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/dei-pepsi-al-sharpton-boycott-a46bdb26eb50ba66845d935fc891b828" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/dei-pepsi-a</span><span class="invisible">l-sharpton-boycott-a46bdb26eb50ba66845d935fc891b828</span></a></p><p>The Rev. Al Sharpton is giving PepsiCo three weeks to meet with him — or suffer a boycott — to discuss reversing the company’s recent move to do away with its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to a letter shared with The Associated Press. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pepsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pepsi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sharpton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sharpton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>