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Pearl Jam HomeShows: Creating art and hope
When Navajo artist Sheridan Cody was laid off from his healthcare job and ended up living on the streets. He didn't know where to turn for help or who to trust. Then Cody discovered the Chief Seattle Club, an organization that teaches homeless Native Americans to create handmade jewelry to help them learn a unique handicraft and find stability.
Pearl Jam HomeShows: A home to call their own
Shawn and Tai were homeless and living in a tent. Their young daughter was in foster care. Life was rough for the young family.
Pearl Jam HomeShows: Spare a room for homeless youth
When twin brothers Tyrrell and Terrance turned 18, they aged out of the foster care system and ended up homeless. They stayed in shelters and couch surfed, all while looking for stability.
Pearl Jam HomeShows: Answering the call of homeless families in crisis
When families in housing crisis call for help, Sherry Tillman’s voice is often the first one they hear. From her small office, a teller booth in a former bank building in north Seattle, Tillman is a lifeline connecting homeless families to shelter and resources.
Good Things Happen: Senior pictures, storm troopers, sharing is caring, good signs in D.C.
Welcome to the first installment of Good Things Happen, a monthly roundup of the best real-life moments from Starbucks stores worldwide.
Going strong: Three Starbucks partners will compete in Special Olympics
Courtney Block is deaf and has limited vision – and “has always liked a challenge,” her dad says. Next week, she’ll be playing bocce ball at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games. Starbucks partners Katie Fried and Justin Hunsinger will also compete.
‘They are lifesaving’: Starbucks offers expanded benefits for trans people
Under Starbucks benefits for transgender partners, procedures historically deemed cosmetic by most employers, such as electrolysis, facial feminization, breast reduction or augmentation and more are covered by insurance in the U.S. The company worked with World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to translate their recommended standards of care into a medical benefits policy.
Closing stores, opening hearts: Starbucks partners share their responses to anti-bias sessions
More than 175,000 Starbucks partners in 8,000 stores around the United States closed their stores Tuesday afternoon for company-wide anti-bias training. Find out what it was like for them.