Author: CityWomen

June 07, 2020 at 01:00PM Sharon Chuter launched a new campaign to encourage beauty brands to share how many Black executives they have on staff View this post on Instagram Dear Brands – Thank you for the public statements of support for the black community. Whereas we understand and appreciate the support, be conscious that to piggy back off a trending hashtag when you have been and continue to be a part of the problem is once again appropriating and exploiting the black community. So we ask all brands who have released a statement of support, to publicly release within the next 72hrs the number of black employees they have in their organisations at corporate level. We also need to know the number of black people you have in leadership roles. You all have statements and policies about being equal opportunity employers, so show us the proof! PULL UP or SHUT UP! #pulluporshutup @pullupforchange A post shared by PULL UP OR SHUT UP! (@pullupforchange) on Jun 2, 2020 at 11:32pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js Uoma Beauty founder Sharon Chuter began the #PullUpOrShutUp campaign on social media this week in the wake of #blackouttuesday. After seeing beauty brands across the United States (and further afield) pledge donations to various Black Lives Matter causes, Chuter wanted to hold brands accountable by asking them to publicly announce how many Black executives they employ in their corporate offices. “You can’t say Black lives matter publicly when you don’t show us Black lives matter within your homes

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