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Ben & Jerry’s responds to Trump administration with Pecan Resist ice cream flavor

The company’s co-founders denounce the president’s ‘regressive agenda’

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Ben and Jerry’s newest flavor Pecan Resist (Washington Blade photo by Mariah Cooper)

Ben & Jerry’s unveiled its brand new flavor Pecan Resist, the company’s call-to-action-movement against the Trump administration, on Tuesday morning in D.C.

Co-foundersĀ Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, CEOĀ Matthew McCarthy and representatives from the organizations Honor the Earth, Womenā€™s March, Color of Change and Neta were in attendance to celebrate the Limited Batch flavor. Ben & Jerry’s will be donatingĀ $25,000 to all four organizations.

Artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez, who was also in attendance, designed the artwork on the pint. InsideĀ the pint is chocolate ice cream with white and dark fudge chunks, pecans, walnuts and fudge-covered almonds.

ā€œThe company cannot be silent in the face of President Trumpā€™s policies that attack and attempt to roll back decades of progress on racial and gender equity, climate change, LGBTQ rights, and refugee and immigrant rights ā€“ all issues that have been at the core of the companyā€™s social mission for 40 years,ā€ Ben & Jerryā€™s said in a statement.

 

 

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PHOTOS: New York City Pride Parade

Annual LGBTQ march held in Manhattan

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The 2024 New York City Pride Parade was held on June 30. (Washington Blade photo by Daniel Truitt)

The 2024 New York City Pride Parade wound through the streets of Manhattan and past the historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday, June 30.

(Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt)

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PHOTOS: Fredericksburg Pride

Fourth annual LGBTQ march and festival held in Virginia town

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The 2024 Fredericksburg Pride March wound through the streets of Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

The fourth annual Fredericksburg Pride march and festival was held at Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, June 29. The event began with a march around downtown Fredericksburg beginning and ending in the park.

(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)

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PHOTOS: Goodwin Living Pride

Senior living and healthcare organization holds fourth annual march at Falls Church campus

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Drag artist Crimsyn marches alongside residents and supporters at the fourth annual Goodwin Living Bailey's Crossroads community Pride march on June 25. (Photo courtesy of Goodwin Living)

The senior living and healthcare organization Goodwin Living held its fourth annual community Pride march around its Bailey’s Crossroads campus in Falls Church, Va. with residents, friends and supporters on Tuesday, June 25. Following the march, a drag brunch was held with performances by drag artists of SADBrunch: Crimsyn, Sapphire Dupree and Evon Dior Michelle.

(Photos courtesy of Goodwin Living)

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