1. While Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield co-founded Ben & Jerry's, they are no longer owners of the company. When they speak they do so as private citizens or as representatives of one of the organizations they are involved with like True Majority (
http://www.truemajority.org), Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities (
http://www.commondreams.org), or the Peace and Justice Center here in Burlington, VT. These organizations are working to redirect national priorities toward creative, nonviolent solutions to social problems. ...
2. That being said, Ben & Jerry's continues to support the progressive principles on which the company was founded. Ben & Jerry’s has a progressive, nonpartisan Social Mission that seeks to meet human needs and eliminate injustices in our local, national and international communities. We have long supported nonviolent initiatives that seek to achieve peace. In all of our dealings, we are guided by a mission statement which makes the community’s quality of life integral to and inseparable from our product and financial goals. ...
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