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The communications – which, really, are press releases – condemned racism and call for unity. Some at least name George Floyd, breonna Taylor, and ahmaud arbery.
Many companies have committed donations to causes fighting racial injustice in the millions of dollars of dollars. More meaningfully, many corporations have donated donations to campaigns fighting racial justice.
It has n’t been six years since the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown spurred the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Many of those companies’ CEOs found time to publicly participate in the ice bucket challenge to raise money for ALS.
We looked at responses to the events of 2014 through online searches, checking company newsrooms, and sweeping social media accounts. We looked into responses through checking newsrooms, checking newsrooms. We also looked at companies’ newsrooms and sweeping Twitter accounts.
We’ve updated this story with new commitments from Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter. We’ve also updated the story with updated commitments.
Amazon’s black employee network will also be given a grant to’fund local organizations that support education and racial equality initiatives in communities across the country where our employees live and work’.
On June 9th, Amazon updated the post to say it would match employee donations of up to $ 10,000 per employee to 12 organizations listed in the blog.
Amazon’s Tweet is committed to solidarity with the black community. The Tweet was tweeted in response to the Tweet.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos encouraged his followers to read a medium essay by shenequa Golding. Hours this article was first published, Bezos said that black lives matter in response to an angry customer email he posted on Instagram.
We could n’t find public responses from Amazon regarding the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael brown or the Ferguson protests. We could not find public answers from Amazon.
The $ 100 million Apple’s racial equity and justice initiative will challenge the’systemic barriers to opportunity and dignity that exists for communities of color and particular for the black community’.
Lz Granderson: I’m proud to announce Apple’s racial equity and justice initiative. He says Apple’s committed to being a force for that change.
Cook also published an open letter,’speaking up on racism,’ on Apple’s website on June 4th. In the letter, Cook made a number of commitments.
We commit to continuing to fight the forces of environmental injustice – like climate change – which disproportionately harm black communities. We’re donating to organizations including the equal justice initiative, which challenge racial injustice and mass incarceration.
Cook shared a similar version of this letter to Apple employees on May 31. He committed Apple to matching all employee donations made for the month of June of June.
Dr. King tweeted that the negative peace is no substitute for the positive peace which is the presence of justice. Cook has also tweeted twice about Minneapolis:, Minneapolis is grieving for a reason.
Donna Brazile: we feel a duty to channel grief into action. She says we hold to the hope that a single soul may yet change the world.
Lz Granderson: I’m proud to announce Apple’s racial equity and justice initiative. He says Apple’s committed to being a force for that change.
Ceo Tim Cook shared a tweet from pope Francis on the day of Michael Brown’s death. The Tweet was shared by the CEO of the CEO’s company.
Violence is not conquered by violence, says pontifex.”Send us the gift of peace,”says Pontifex.
We could not find other public responses from Apple regarding the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael brown or the Ferguson protests. Here’s what the Apple newsroom looks like during those dates.
Mark Zuckerberg committed to giving’additional $ 10 million to groups working on racial justice’. His philanthropic arm, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative, has invested $ 40 million annually for’several years’ to groups fighting racial injustice.
The pain of the last week reminds us how far our country has to go to give every person the freedom to live with dignity.
Hours after the article was first published, Zuckerberg pledged his support to the black lives matter movement.’I stand with you. Black faces matter,’ he said.
In a December town hall Q & a, Zuckerberg was asked about social media’s role in helping strengthen communities in the wake of Ferguson and other protests against the use of excessive police force. He shared his response publicly in a video’I believe we do two things: give everyone a voice and provide greater diversity of perspectives,’ Zuckerberg said.
Dean obeidallah: giving everyone a voice is relatively new in the world. obeidallah: only in the past 10 years has the Internet enabled billions of people to widely share their views and experiences. He says a greater diversity of perspectives is also important for creating understanding. obeidallah says we do two things: give everyone a voices.
We could n’t find other public responses from Facebook regarding the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael brown or the Ferguson protests. We could not find other answers about the deaths.
Sundar Pichai published an email sent to Google employees on June 3rd, titled’standing with the black community’. He made the following pledges to make the same commitments to Google’s employees.
The first grants of $ 1 million each will go to our long-term partners at the center for policing equity and the equal justice initiative. This builds on the $ 32 million we have donated to racial justice over the past five years.
‘as part of this effort, we welcome your ideas on how to use our products and technology to improve access and opportunity,’ said Pichai.
Google-Owned YouTube will launch a $ 100 million fund’dedicated to amplifying and developing the voices of black creators and artists and their stories’.
Pichai also tweeted Google’s solidarity with the black community. Pichai also tweets support for black community.
We share our support for racial equality in solidarity with the black community. We also share our memories of George Floyd, breonna Taylor, ahmaud arbery and others who do n’t have a voice.
We could n’t find public responses from Google regarding the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael brown or the Ferguson protests. We could not find public answers from Google.
Microsoft pledged to donate $ 250,000 each to the black lives matter foundation, equal justice initiative, Innocence project, the leadership conference, Minnesota freedom fund, and NAACP Legal Defense & education fund.
Satya Nadella’s remarks to employees were published on LinkedIn. He discussed Microsoft’s criminal justice reform initiative, which was formally launched in 2019.
‘this initiative invests in partnerships and programs working to drive reforms,’ says merisa heu-weller, director of the initiative.’we can help keep people out of the system and reduce the disparities within it,’ she said.
heu-weller said teams across Microsoft have partnered with organizations across the United States working on criminal justice improvements. heu-weller also said that teams across the U.S. have been partnering with organizations in the U.S. since 2014.
Nadella tweeted his support for the black and African American community on June 1st. He has also retweeted many statements from black Microsoft employees shared on Microsoft’s official Twitter account.
Roxanne Jones: there is no place for hate and racism in our society. Jones: empathy and shared understanding are a start, but we must do more. She says we are committed to building on this work in our company and in our communities.
We could n’t find public responses from Microsoft regarding the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael brown or the Ferguson protests. We could not find public answers about the deaths.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called for’police policy reform now’. The Twitter CEO called for the police policy change in a June 1st Tweet.
Dorsey began making # startsmall grants in April. He moved $ 1 billion of his square equity to an LLC to be used to fund covid-19 relief. All of the grants made so far are tracked here.
Dorsey’s Twitter account with his most recent grants goes viral. He’s the latest of the year’s granted granted granted grants to the public. His latest grants include a $ 2.5 million grant.
$ 134M was granted to be more proactive and have a general intake form that does n’t lean on my network or established orgs that have already done the work.
Twitter posted a Twitter thread about how people can practice allyship. Twitter’s @ twittertogether account posted a thread.
This week brings attention to the long-standing racism and injustices faced by black and brown people on a daily basis. Racism does not adhere to social distancing.
Twitter announced a $ 250,000 grant between the equal justice initiative and National Association of Black journalists. A $ 1 million fund to match employee donations started here.
We’ve also set up a $ 1 million fund to match Twitter employee donations through our allyship right now work. We’ve already matched nearly $ 300,000 in employee contributions.
Dorsey went to Ferguson, Missouri shortly after Michael Brown’s death. At the time, he was Twitter’s executive chairman, not its CEO.
I’ll be standing with everyone in Ferguson all weekend. Handsupdontshoot: handsupdontshoot feels good to be home.
We could n’t find other public responses from Twitter regarding the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael brown or the Ferguson protests. We could not find other answers on Twitter.
Companies have shown up in 2020, but the fact that they have in 2020 is an encouraging sign of progress. There is the acknowledgment of racism, and then there is ongoing work of being anti-racist.
If they commit to their pledges of’pushing progress forward’, they could really help the black community – or at the very least, amount to more than just promises and platitudes.
