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Sherwin-Williams has responded to a protest being held on Tuesday regarding the construction of its new headquarters.

CLEVELAND Just before Rev. Al Sharpton began to speak at a rally outside of Cleveland City Hall calling for a Black-owned firm to be a key partner in the construction of Sherwin-Williams' global headquarters project on Tuesday, the Cleveland-based company released a statement responding to the protest.

Sherwin-Williams has been meeting with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb since he was elected. His support of our Company over that time has been and continues to be steadfast," Sherwin-Williams Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John G. Morikis said in a statement. "While we received many attractive offers to relocate our new headquarters from several cities nationally, Mayor Bibbs strong leadership and clear vision for Cleveland have only solidified our choice to stay and invest here. Working together with Mayor Bibb and his administration, we are focused on the right things, we are excited by what we have already accomplished, and we are confident that our continued partnership will achieve our shared goals of helping Cleveland, the region and Sherwin-Williams thrive for decades to come."

Sherwin-Williams also noted that it was hosted by the Urban League of Cleveland on Monday "to provide a joint update on the Building our Future project and the positive impact the project is having on the local community." Attendees at the event included:

Sherwin-Williams also said that its "deliberate and intentional process of ensuring diverse firms are included in the Building Our Future project" has resulted in $122 million in contracts to diverse firms with a commitment that is expected to exceed $180 million and engagement with 57 diverse firms on the project to date.

"It is unfortunate that some are using their personal agendas and animosities to drive a false narrative and cloud the positive impact the Building Our Future project is making on the Cleveland community now and for years to come," the company said.

According to a flyer for Tuesday's protest, the rally aimed to "urge the Mayor and the City Council to show the public where taxpayer dollars are being spent on the construction of The Sherwin-Williams Company's new global headquarters. Black-owned firm should be named key partner with major managerial responsibilities and higher earning potential."

The Urban League of Greater Cleveland says it plans to continue its partnership with Sherwin-Williams.

There are three criteria that we consider when engaging in public-private partnerships, said Marsha A. Mockabee, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, in a statement. There must be an authentic commitment to diversity and inclusion, a demonstrated accountability to achieving the metrics, and the willingness to develop long-term strategies that empower communities and change lives. The Urban League is pleased to partner with Sherwin-Williams to bring its community impact commitment to fruition.

3News sat down with Mockabee, who added that while she understands aspirational goals, there are certain processes and policies that should go in place first.

"You first have to create policy, because without policy, there's no teeth to hold people accountable, so that's the first step," Mockabee said. "I think the second step is, you have to make sure that there is a pipeline of the kind of talent that you're talking about that you want in those positions, and that's what the Urban League is doing in helping Sherwin-Williams with their commitment."

Mockabee said developing policy can allow people in the African American community to benefit from contracts and the "opportunities to work and grow and develop wealth."

She added that conversations with civil rights colleagues and with partners involved in the project have informed the Urban League's decision to stay aligned with local leadership and work with Sherwin-Williams.

"Our job, the Urban League is, we feel, to extend the benefit from that building into our communities in ways that even Sherwin-Williams doesn't necessarily see immediately," she said. "So we're that sort of broker in between to help Sherwin-Williams see how they can bring benefit into the communities, and the communities can benefit from them staying here as a headquartered organization."

You can view Rev. Sharpton's comments at Tuesday's rally in the video player above or YouTube player below.

3News' Dave "Dino" DeNatale contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. The #WinWithBlackWomen collective for the first time welcomed a plurality of their brothers running for office and activating their neighbors ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The group which included DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, Senate Candidate Mandela Barnes, Gubernatorial Candidate Wes Moore, Rev. Al Sharpton, Derrick Johnson and Terrance Woodbury spoke to the engagement and excitement of Black men this election cycle as well as their commitment to the elevation of Black women running for office.

This historic gathering speaks to the power of Black women and men, especially when it comes to our impact on elections, saidJotaka Eaddy, social impact strategist and founder of #WinWithBlackWomen. Reproductive, voting, and civil rights are on the ballot, all of which will have the greatest impact on Black Americans. Together we are committed to galvanizing the collective momentum built over the last two years to impact this election and most importantly bring impact to the communities in which we live and serve.

The time is now more important than ever for Black men and women to stand together and ensure our collective voices are heard, saidSteve Benjamin, the former Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina and a convener of the gathering. We brought together candidates and amazing leaders with some of the most powerful Black women in the nation, who lead in their respective fields, to become energized for what is ahead. In just a few weeks, the nation will see our strength, leadership, and impact when the future of our nation is at stake.

This group also featured Arkansas Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Jones; and House Candidates Don Davis (NC), Jevin Hodge (AZ), Tim Alexander (NJ) and Kermit Jones (CA).Candidates spoke in brief panels on why they decided to run for Senate, the House of Representatives, or Governor specifically about how they can address the needs of Black women. They and community leaders also touched upon the engagement of Black male voters, despite pundits questioning the extent of their participation this fall. They equally affirmed their commitment to empowering Black women running for office, including Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams; Iowa Gubernatorial Candidate Dierdre DeJear; Senate Candidates Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) and Cheri Beasley, the former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; and Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), among other notable Black women on the ballot.

This also included a panel discussion lead by strategist Donna Brazile, Voting rights advocate Latosha Brown and Cliff Albright, communications expert Rachel Noerdlinger, Derrick Johnson of the NAACP, pollster Terrance Woodbury, Mayor Benjamin, strategist Holli Holliday, and Vincent Evans of the Congressional Black Caucus.NOTE: These individuals all appear and participate in a personal capacity, not in affiliation with the organizations they serve or lead.

Since forming as a collective of intergenerational, intersectional Black women, such a significant group of Black men had ever joined their meeting. This underscored the significance of the challenges facing Black Americans, especially as the Supreme Court considers several voting rights, environmental, and civil rights cases.

About #WinWithBlackWomen:

#WinWithBlackWomen is an intergenerational, intersectional collective of Black women leaders from various backgrounds in public and private sectors committed to advancing and uplifting Black women, our families, and communities. The collective formed in 2020 through its inauguralopen letterspeaking out against racism and sexism in the 2020 election cycle. WWBW, through its efforts, helped significantly impact the historic election, which elected the nations first Black woman Vice President, the confirmation of several Black women in the Biden-Harris Administration, the successful confirmation of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, and the fight to bring Brittney Griner home. The collective continues to play a key role in significant moments impacting Black women across sports, culture, entertainment, tech, and politics.

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Demonstrators hold Black Lives Matter signs at the Justice for George Floyd march outside the Minnesota State Capitol on March 19, 2021, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)

Around four-in-ten Black adults in the United States (39%) say Black Lives Matter has done the most to help Black people in recent years, far exceeding the share who say the same about other groups or organizations, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

By comparison, around one-in-five Black adults (17%) say the NAACP has done the most to help Black people in the U.S. in recent years and 13% say the same about Black churches or religious organizations. Smaller shares point to the Congressional Black Caucus (6%) and the National Urban League (3%), while 14% of Black adults choose someone else.

The survey provided respondents with a set of answer options and did not specify whether Black Lives Matter was the name of an organization or the broader protest movement. But regardless of how respondents interpreted the term, Black Lives Matter outranked the other entities that were asked about.

The question was part of an October 2021 survey that examined Black Americans views of their position in U.S. society and their attitudes about social change. The survey included Black adults who are single-race, non-Hispanic; those who are multiracial, non-Hispanic; and those who indicate they are Black and Hispanic. It was conducted prior to allegations of financial mismanagement at a foundation that grew out of the Black Lives Matter protest movement.

This Pew Research Center analysis examines Black Americans attitudes about the groups and leaders they see as most helpful and important today. It relies primarily on an online survey conducted Oct. 4-17, 2021, among 3,912 Black U.S. adults, including those who are single-race, non-Hispanic; those who are multiracial, non-Hispanic; and those who indicate they are Black and Hispanic. The survey included 1,025 Black adults on Pew Research Centers American Trends Panel (ATP) and 2,887 Black adults on Ipsos KnowledgePanel.

Respondents on both survey panels are recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. Recruiting panelists by phone or mail ensures that nearly all Black U.S. adults have a chance of selection. This gives us confidence that any sample can represent the whole population. (See our Methods 101 explainer on random sampling.) Here are the questions used for the survey of Black adults, along with responses, and its methodology.

This analysis also includes additional data from other recent Pew Research Center surveys about how the broader U.S. public, including adults and teens ages 13 to 17, see the Black Lives Matter movement. Links to these surveys, including information about the field dates, sample sizes and other methodological details, are available in the text.

The survey highlighted differences of opinion among Black Americans on many questions, including at least to some extent the perceived importance of Black Lives Matter for helping Black people. For example, Black adults who identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party are more likely than those who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party to say Black Lives Matter has done the most to help Black people in recent years (44% vs. 26%). Similarly, almost half of Black adults who describe their political views as liberal (47%) say the same about Black Lives Matter, compared with smaller shares of Black moderates (41%) and Black conservatives (32%).

Among the broader public, a little over half of U.S. adults (56%) say they strongly or somewhat support the Black Lives Matter movement, according to a separate Pew Research Center poll conducted in March 2022. (The March 2022 survey asked about Black Lives Matter as a movement, unlike the October 2021 survey.)

Among U.S. teens, support for the Black Lives Matter movement is higher than it is among adults. Seven-in-ten teens ages 13 to 17 say they strongly or somewhat support the movement, according to a survey conducted in April and May 2022.

The October 2021 survey of Black adults also asked respondents, in an open-ended format, to identify the Black leader they see as most important in the U.S. today.

Three-in-ten Black adults volunteer former President Barack Obama, the nations first Black chief executive, while 8% name current Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black person ever to serve in that role. Around one-in-five Black adults (19%) say they are not sure who the countrys most important Black leader is, while 16% cite someone other than Obama or Harris, including small percentages who name leaders such as current Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, the Rev. Jesse Jackson or the Rev. Al Sharpton.

As is the case in Black adults views of Black Lives Matter, there are partisan differences in perceptions of the nations most important Black leader. Black Democrats are about twice as likely as Black Republicans (35% vs. 16%) to volunteer Obama, while Black Republicans are more likely than Black Democrats (33% vs. 18%) to say they are not sure. Among ideological groups, four-in-ten Black liberals name Obama, compared with three-in-ten Black moderates and around a quarter of Black conservatives (23%).

While there are age differences in Black Americans views on several questions in the Centers recent survey, there are no such differences when it comes to perceptions of Obama as the most important Black leader in the U.S. today. Black adults under 50 are just as likely as those ages 50 and older to volunteer Obama as the most important Black leader: 30% in each group name the former president.

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Welcome to another eventful week of Joe Biden senior moments. Our putty-brained president did his best to top last week's entry, which involved a failed attempt to converse with a dead congresswoman.

Biden continues to find new and inventive ways to look ridiculous while attempting to speak the English language. "Let me start off with two words," he said Friday at an event in Maryland. "Made in America."

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Renowned Civil Rights Leader Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the New York-based National Action Network, will co-lead a rally outside the Cleveland City Hall, at 601 Lakeside Ave. E., in Cleveland, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, where Black contractors and community leaders will call on the mayor and city council to withhold tax dollars that have been earmarked for the construction of The Sherwin-Williams Companys new global headquarters.

The economic justice rally, where the participants will also call on Sherwin-Williams to name a Black-owned firm as a key partner in the project, begins at 11:00 a.m. ET.

We are calling on Mayor Justin Bibb and the city council to withhold all funds earmarked for The Sherwin-Williams project, Rev. Sharpton said.

We want a forensic report to show the public how the money has been spent. Tax dollars spent on Sherwin-Williams should benefit all citizens of Cleveland. We want economic parity. We want our elected officials to take action to end poverty and close the wealth gaps. Cleveland is 51 percent Black. Black people cannot be on the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to making profits on this project.

With his visit to Cleveland next week, Rev. Sharpton becomes the latest of several legendary civil rights leaders joining the campaign for economic parity in Cleveland. He follows Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president and CEO of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization co-founded and first led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Martin King III, the eldest son of Dr. King, former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, who was a close aide to Dr. King, and Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., who heads the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in Chicago. Rev. Jackson, who also worked closely with Dr. King, visited Cleveland in July to meet with Black leaders who were divided over approaches for addressing diversity, equity and inclusion surrounding the project.

All of the leaders have appealed to Sherwin-Williams to settle a dispute between the Black Contractors Group of Cleveland (BCG), which is led by Mr. Norm Edwards and the SCLCs Cleveland Chapter, which is led by Dr. Rev. E.T. Caviness.

This dispute began in September 2020 when the BCG and the Cleveland Chapter of the SCLC called on Sherwin-Williams to name an African American-owned firm as a key partner on the construction of the corporate tower, which will enhance the citys skyline. At that time, the global paint and coating company, ranked 162 on the Fortune list of companies, announced nine partners to build its office complex and a research and development center in suburban Brecksville. All of the partners are white. In one of the nations poorest big cities, where the majority of residents are African American, the leaders say Sherwin-Williams failure to name a Black-owned firm as a key partner is unacceptable.

The BCG and the SCLC met with Sherwin-Williams. Both sides agreed upon a Black-owned firm that could be named a key partner, but talks stalled, and Sherwin-Williams has refused to return to the negotiating table. Since that disagreement, the SCLC and the BCG have held protests. They called in Dr. Steele from the national office of the SCLC to lead the campaign. Since the protests, Sherwin-Williams has awarded numerous contracts to minority-owned firms, but the company refuses to return to the negotiating table to name a Black-owned firm as a key partner, and that is why the protests continue and Rev. Sharpton has been called in to lend his support.

This is great news for our movement and for all Black residents of this city, Edwards said.

Our national leaders understand what is at stake and that is why they are joining with us. We want our local leaders to follow their lead. This is the only way to end poverty and close the wealth gaps. The Sherwin-Williams project is the most vivid example of why these problems persist.

Added Dr. Steele, Business as usual is no longer acceptable. We want to see what the nine white partners are earning. Like Selma is to the right to vote, Cleveland will become the battleground for economic justice. With Rev. Sharpton joining our effort, we are sure this campaign will gain national momentum.

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