Twin Cities Pride to exclude Target from its parade

Twin Cities Pride raises over $70K in less than two days after cutting Target sponsorship
Executive director Andi Otto says they reached their $50,000 goal in less than 24 hours. This follows the decision to remove Target from the Twin Cities Pride festival this year because of the company’s announcement to end DEI efforts.
‘Blindsided’: Twin Cities Pride fundraising to fill $50,000 gap after dropping Target sponsorship
Twin Cities Pride decided to cut ties with Target as a sponsor, which meant losing $50,000 of funding for the year.
Target rolling back DEI goals, backs out of LGBT pride event
The national retail chain Target is scaling back socially progressive policies, including phasing out its diversity and inclusion policies
Target gets booted from Twin Cities Pride festival after rolling back DEI efforts
Twin Cities Pride executive director Andi Otto says the nonprofit made the decision because Target is not standing up “against those who are fighting against us.”
‘The breaking point’: Twin Cities Pride ousts Target from annual parade, festival
The group’s decision is a response to the retailer’s plans to roll back diversity and inclusion initiatives, Executive Director Andi Otto said Sunday.
Twin Cities Pride to exclude Target from its parade after retailer rolls back DEI programs
Twin Cities Pride, a Minnesota-based LGBTQ+ organization, is excluding Target from its annual parade after the retailer rolled back its DEI programs. NBC News’ Joe Fryer spoke with Twin Cities Pride executive director Andi Otto about the decision to kick out the long-time sponsor.
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