In a tweet from the organization CREDO Mobile, a billboard truck emblazoned with Nielsen’s image is seen circling around the event’s location at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, along with an undeniable message: “Powerful women don't put kids in cages. Fortune: Stop normalizing hate.” Protestors also stood outside the venue holding signs that read, “Hate is not normal” and “Rehabilitation in progress.”
According to a press release from CREDO Mobile, activists also attempted to greet attendees with information about why Nielsen should have had no part in this event, and encouraged them to stand in solidarity with immigrant communities attacked under the Trump administration’s inhumane policies. However, “greeters were removed from hotel property by security,” the release continued.
Fortune refused to drop Nielsen from the event’s agenda despite pressure from activists and groups including CREDO, Define American, Bend the Arc, and Families Belong Together; high-profile cancellations from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, filmmaker and activist dream hampton, and performer Brandi Carlile; and more than 53,000 petition signatures.
“Kirstjen Nielsen caused an immeasurable amount of trauma to thousands of immigrant families and children separated at the border by her order,” said CREDO Action campaign manager Jelani Drew-Davi. “Fortune did serious harm to its own reputation by inviting her to speak unfettered on their stage and Powerful Women Summit attendees should be outraged that Fortune has made them complicit in Nielsen’s rehabilitation tour.”
“No Trump accomplice should be given a platform to rehabilitate their image and sanitize their cruel history,” Drew-Davi continued. “They should be treated as the toxic waste they are, not elevated as keynote speakers, given star interviews or book deals, or taught to samba.”
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