HOW TO BOYCOTT
Some of this is easy: “NO on BENEFICIAL (TO MORMONS)”
Don’t use Beneficial Financial Group for your investments, life insurance, annuities, disability insurance, or anything.
Don’t use Zions Bancorporation or any of its 500 banks in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. If you bank there now, change to a different bank. Ask friends, family, and allies to do the same. Next, research where your local government has its accounts, and if the accounts are in Zions Bancorporation and its affiliates, demand divestment.
Among its subsidiaries are NSB Public Finance, Amegy Bank of Texas, California Bank & Trust, National Bank of Arizona, Nevada State Bank, the Commerce Bank of Oregon, the Commerce Bank of Washington, Vectra Bank of Colorado, Zions First National Bank, Zions Agricultural Finance, Zions Bank Capital Markets, Zions Credit Corporation, Zions Direct, Zions Management Services Company, Zions Public Finance, Zions Small Business Finance, NetDeposit, and Contango Capital Advisors. As of June 30, 2008, it had $54.6 billion in assets and approximately 11,000 employees. NetDeposit and Contango Capital Advisors do not appear to be banks, but you might ask your bank if it uses NetDeposit’s technology.
If you own stock in this Zions Bancorporation, divest. It is listed on the NASDAQ as ZION. Ask friends, family, and allies to do the same. Again, research where your local government has its investments, and if they are in Zions Bancorporation, demand divestment.
Don’t purchase from Deseret Farms.
Don’t purchase walnuts from the Berberian Nut Company, 6100 Wilson Landing Road, Chico, CA 95973-8902
Consumers may not be immediately familiar with Berberian walnuts, but chances are you’ve eaten them if you’ve ever had a candy made by See’s, a baked good from Hostess or Baker’s Inn, or a dessert topping produced by Smucker’s. Those are just some of Berberian’s national customers.
So write a polite but firm letter to the companies asking them to stop purchasing walnuts from the Berberian Nut Company because their purchase supports discrimination and hate. There are other walnut companies for them to choose from. Tell them you want a written response assuring that they will stop purchasing walnuts from Berberian Nut Company. Be sure to tell them you cannot and will not purchase their products anymore until the company notifies you in writing that they have ceased purchasing from Berberian Nut Company.
Last of all, really don’t purchase their products until they do what you have asked. Tell your friends about the boycott and the reasons for it.
See’s Candy Shops, Inc.
20600 South Alameda Street
Carson, CA 90810
Interstate Bakeries Corporation (Interstate Bakeries Corporation owns Hostess and Baker’s Inn)
Attn: Consumer Affairs
12 East Armour Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64111
The J.M. Smucker Co.
1 Strawberry Lane
Orrville, Ohio 44667-0280
If you are vacationing in Hawaii (lucky you), don’t spend your tourism dollars at the Polynesian Cultural Center, which claims to be Hawaii’s most popular paid attraction. Also skip Hukilau Beach Park. Ironically, it advertises itself as a place to get married…
And don’t shop at the Laie Shopping Center in Laie (on the north shore of Oahu). Remember that the tenants in the Laie Shopping Center probably have no idea about what their landlord is or has done, and are not to be held responsible.