EAST LANSING, Mich. — Starbucks locations on campus at Michigan State University (MSU) will close at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, to allow team members to participate in company-wide racial-bias education. This includes Starbucks stores at 1855 Place, Wells Hall and Eli Broad College of Business as well as the Proudly Serving Café at Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.
Training is being provided to nearly 175,000 partners across the country in response to a recent incident at a company-operated store in Philadelphia. Starbucks corporate office will provide training materials to licensee partners designed to address implicit bias, promote conscious inclusion, prevent discrimination and ensure everyone inside a Starbucks store feels safe and welcome. Additionally, partners are given the option to use existing diversity and inclusion training materials provided by their organization.
The Division of Student Life and Engagement regularly offers diversity and inclusion workshops, including sessions focused on implicit bias and microaggressions, building an inclusive workplace and addressing identity-based encounters. Training provided on May 29 will further enhance the knowledge and skills of Culinary Services team members, reaffirming what they’ve learned in past workshops.
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