Starbucks to Close All Stores Nationwide for Racial-Bias Education on May 29

All Starbucks stores are trained and applied to approximately 175,000 US partners (employees).

The course is designed by nationally recognized experts and can be used by other companies

Philadelphia (17th April 2008) - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today that it will close more than 8,000 US stores in the US on 29 May to prevent discrimination. Racial prejudice education at our shop This training is offered to approximately 175,000 partners (employees) nationwide and becomes part of the new partner's enrollment process.

"Over the past few days I have come to Philadelphia with the leadership team, listen to the community, understand what is necessary to make mistakes and solve the problem," said Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson. I was doing it. " Although limited to Starbucks, we promise to be part of the solution Closing our shop for racial bias training is a trip of the journey and all of the community Level company and partner dedication is necessary. "

All Starbucks stores and headquarters will be closed on Tuesday afternoon of May 29. Meanwhile, partners pass training programs to deal with hidden prejudices, promote conscious inclusion, prevent discrimination, and make everyone feel safe and popular at Starbucks stores .

Howard Schulz's chairman who joined Philadelphia's Starbucks senior executives like Johnson and met with community leaders and Starbucks partners said, "We reaffirm our commitment to learn from our mistakes and create a safe and comfortable environment for every customer."

This course is the founder and executive director of the Equality Justice Initiative, Sherrilyn Ifill, Executive Director Brian Stevenson, including the chairman of the National Association for the development of the legal defense and education foundation of the colored people, the Board of Directors Director, Heather McGhee, President of the Demonstration, former US Attorney General Eric Holder, and Jonathan Greenbright, CEO of Anti-Defamation Federation. Starbucks advises these experts to monitor and review the effectiveness of the measures we have taken.

Earlier this week, Starbucks offers a safe and comprehensive environment for customers and partners, and in order to make important reforms as necessary to ensure that stores always fulfill our mission, training and practice I started reviewing. And value.

Upon completion, the company will provide educational materials for use by employees and leaders to other companies, including Licensee partners.

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On May 29, more than 8,000 Starbucks stores in the US closed their racial prejudice training courses. Starbucks will use this training as a public relations worker and arrest two black customers at Philadelphia Starbucks and will deal with the anger of the manager who will prevent such incident from happening in the future. Unfortunately, training of racist prejudice often fails, especially when an inexperienced trainer completes. Indeed, Starbucks is a well-known training host that is not an experienced comprehensive and comprehensive training expert, like Hip-Hop Star Common or Starbucks, and has not experienced discrimination-free training .