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    #GrabYourWallet's Anti-Trump Boycott Looks To Expand Its Reach

    Shannon Coulter, the founder of the anti-Trump boycott movement #GrabYourWallet, believes the protest is having a broader cultural impact beyond affecting a corporation's bottom line.
    by Eric Westervelt Apr 16, 2017 6 minutes

    Activists took to the streets in Washington, D.C., and several other cities Saturday — the traditional Tax Day (which officially falls on April 18 this year) — to try to pressure the president to release his tax returns. Liberal protests are fast becoming a fixture of Donald Trump's presidency.

    Trump's first full day in office kicked off with a massive Women's March. Then there were the Day Without A Woman protests.

    Next weekend, communities across America plan to hold Earth Day March for Science rallies to highlight climate science and protest proposed EPA cuts, among other issues.

    But for others, marches are not enough.

    In San Francisco, Shannon Coulter is looking to expand her national Grab Your Wallet boycott movement into a broader nonprofit aimed at corporate accountability as well as resistance to Trump. The boycott Coulter founded is aimed at Trump family products, properties and companies whose executives and board members actively support the president.

    Accidental activist

    Coulter didn't spend

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