But a recent meeting that the retailer intended to keep quiet between CEO Brian Cornell and members of the Congressional Black Caucus Diversity Task Force blew up publicly after the Black Press discovered the session, and the CBC later put Target on blast. It is no longer acceptable to deliver promises to our communities in private without also demonstrating those values publicly.”A Target official told Black Press USA that they preferred that the meeting be kept confidential. However, Lauren Burke of Black Press USA was present when Cornell and a contingent of Target officials arrived at the U.S. Capitol last month. The NNPA is a trade association that represents the more than 200 African American-owned newspapers and media companies known as the historic Black Press of America. The coalition has demanded that Target restore and expand its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and increase investment in Black-owned businesses and media.