NEW: For Our Daughters to Protest Two DePetro Sponsors on Saturday
Friday, March 14, 2014
For Our Daughters is back again calling on the sponsors of WPRO's The John DePetro Show to "stop funding hate speech."
Members of the group, who call themselves a gender equality advocacy organization, will appear at Place Jewelers and The Remington House-- both in Warwick--on Saturday morning to distribute information explaining how they believe these businesses are supporting hate radio that they find to be degrading to women and minorities.
The protest will begin at Place Jewelers at 11 AM, and then move to The Remington House at noon.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAccording to a statement made on Friday, coalition members will call on customers of the two businesses to ask them why they support hate speech associated with DePetro's show.
Latest Development in DePetro Protest
During a September 27, 2013 broadcast, John DePetro labeled a group of women assembled outside a political fundraiser for RI General Treasurer Gina Raimondo as “w-h-o-r-e-s.”
The For Our Daughters Coalition called on WPRO radio to terminate DePetro’s employment on numerous occasions, but WPRO has yet to act on these requests. The campaign orchestrated a political advertising boycott of the entire station for the upcoming 2014 elections, as well as a boycott of all talk radio shows on the station. The campaign is now shifting its focus to advertisers, urging them to stop sponsoring Depetro’s show.
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