Thread: Brainstorm: Idea to Reach Corporate America

William and Respected ALIPAC members,

I was recently surfing La Raza's website nad noticed the numerous large corporations who pledge their support to the radical hispanic group. It came to my attention through a phone call to a business friend that many of these comapnies have a Vice President of Charity or other such person in charge of arranging these relationships with groups. If you read over La Raza's information it talks about helping the hispanic community and says nothing of their support for the Aztlan movement or any think else of their radicalistic agenda. Many of these businesses are led to believe that NCLR is much like the NAACP merely a group looking to make sure that those of their race are treated fairly. Most if not all of these businesses may not be aware of NCLR's intentions or agenda.

What La Raza tells companies:

Why Partner with NCLR?
Corporate America has long understood the significance, in terms of both economic and societal impact, of America’s growing Hispanic community. Since its founding in 1968, NCLR has worked closely with major corporations to promote and institute initiatives that strengthen the Hispanic community and ensure the well-being and future prosperity of America. The following statistics illustrate the value of investing in this thriving market:

* As of July 2004, the Hispanic population in the U.S. was 41.3 million, or 14% of the total population; it is projected that Latinos will account for more than one in four Americans by 2050.
* 50% of the Hispanic population is under age 25.
* 85% of Hispanics under 18 were born in the United States.
* Latino’s buying power is more than $736 billion.
* By 2010, it is expected that Hispanics will have more than $1 trillion in disposable income.
* The U.S. Latino population remits billions of dollars to Latin America: $45.8 billion in 2004.

(Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and University of Georgia’s Selig Center for Economic Growth)

Large and small, corporations value NCLR’s mission, work, credibility, and passion for improving opportunities for Hispanics throughout the country. Corporations such as PepsiCo, Bank of America, State Farm Insurance Companies, UPS, and Johnson & Johnson believe that partnering with NCLR – the largest, most influential Hispanic advocacy organization in the U.S. – expands their engagement with the Hispanic community and gives them a direct way to support vital programs that serve the community.

Idea: We should make up a packet about La Raza. Make it something with pizazz but classy. Perhaps a CD with a PowerPoint on it, and send it to these businesses along with letters from angry consumers. The Presentation should outline what La Raza is really doing with the funding and threaten the companies with a suit or bad publicity if they do not renouce their support for the group. I think if we got enough signatures or powerful enough evidence this would have a huge impact.

Companies that support La Raza (NCLR):
The Allstate Corporation
Bank of America
The Coca-Cola Company
Citigroup
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
MBNA Corporation
PepsiCo Foundation
The PMI Group, Inc.
State Farm Insurance Companies
UPS
Univision
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Amerada Hess Corporation
American Airlines
Anheuser-Busch Companies
AstraZeneca International
AT&T
Azteca Foods, Inc.
Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund
Caterpillar Foundation
Chevron Corporation
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Coors Brewing Company
The Cummins Foundation
DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund
Eastman Kodak Company
ExxonMobil Corporation
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Guaranty Bank
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
The Kroger Co.
McDonald’s Corporation
MetLife Foundation
Mortgage Insurance Company
Sallie Mae
Schneider National, Inc.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sodexho
Starbucks Corporation
Time Warner
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering, LLP
Xerox Corporation
Chevron Corporation
Lockheed Martin
Lucent Technologies Foundation
Marathon Oil Corporation
Rockwell Automation
State Farm Insurance Companies
Toyota Motor Corporation
Verizon Communications, Inc.
The Allstate Corporation
Chase Home Finance
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
E*TRADE Financial
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
Wells Fargo & Company
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Belrex Inc.
Eli Lilly and Company
Metropolitan Life
Novo Nordisk
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals
PepsiCo Foundation
American Express Company
Ford Motor Company
The Home Depot, Inc.
PepsiCo Foundation
The Allstate Corporation
Exxon Mobil Corporation
GEICO
Marriott International, Inc.
MBNA Corporation
Sallie Mae
Sodexho, Inc.
Sprint Nextel Corporation
U.S. Marine Corps
The Allstate Corporation
American Honda Finance Corporation
Bank of America
Chevron Corporation
Freddie Mac
The UPS Foundation
WFS Financial Inc.
Ford Motor Company (NCLR Affiliate of the Year Award)
Microsoft Corporation

1) Michelle Malkin

2) Inform their competitors.

3) Rent a plane with a flier

4) Flyers in the area of their business

4) I have a semi-harmless and intensely diabolical idea that I just don't feel comfortable posting.

If you are serious about this just go after one and keep focus. Trying to damage all of them will keep your wheels spinning.

Kroger looks like an easy target. McDonalds does too, but they get beat up all the time. I kind of thought putting a sign outside the Marine Bootcamps saying something like "Hey Recruit, do you know your supporting La Raza and the Reconquesta?" would get some attention

Many of em will round-file what you send em. Instead, go after their customers.

For those on your list, who have corporate customers, go after their customers in order to get their attention. Mess with their customers - they'll turn into pit bulls on steroids.

In doing so, make sure your don't set yourself up for, ahem, retributions.

I think informing their competitors may be useful. After that you are out of the loop.

Are you boycotting poultry this month and May?

It seems the poultry companies are having some difficulties right now - not sure why - but they have been 'dumping' chicken - from .19 a pound to .59 a pound on sale. It is .89 a pound here now - that is still down.

Let's hit them hard - now I don't know if they contribute to LaRaza - I did see ConAgra, which Pilgrim's owns - so do whatever little things you can do on an individual basis.

But if we will all get together at one time - for the next month and just not buy any poultry products - we can get their attention.

Also McDonald's and Burger King.

Then we can go on to some other big industry.

If we can put the hurt on a couple or 3 of the biggies, the others might get the message and we won't have to work so hard on them.

Money is the only thing they understand - but we will have to be united on this.

I'm still with the poultry boycott...planning to stick with it until I'm sure they KNOW they heard from us.

MJ

Okay ! We're still boycotting Chicken, and I need to spread that word around here again, and some more.

Ar far as McDonald's and Burder King, I'll be HAPPY to boycott them, in fact I'm going to go and tell my children RIGHT NOW !!