Please join us in this HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE!

Where: Starbucks, 23rd and Jackson in the Central District When:  Wednesday June 13th, 5:30pm

On Saturday night, there was a large community meeting at New Hope Baptist Church to plan a response to the most recent killing of an unarmed black man (Aaron Roberts).  The People's Coalition for Justice has issued a set of demands, including an elected police review board and an end to racial profiling.  They have also announced a boycott of Starbucks at 23rd and Jackson, starting this Wednesday, June 13, at 5:30 pm.  Their intention is to address the question of economic justice, and to require that businesses that do business in their community JOIN THE COMMUNITY in calling for police accountability.

As you know, Friends of the Earth and Organic Consumers Association is targeting Starbucks for the following:

~ for refusing to guarantee that their products do not contain rBGH and other genetically engineered ingredients. ~ for not brewing and seriously promoting Fair Trade coffee. ~ for allowing low wages and unjust labor practices on the coffee plantations of their suppliers. ~ for not following through on a previous agreement to improve the working conditions on the coffee plantations which supply them with coffee.

The Starbuck's International Protest is scheduled for June 25-29, 2001.

The timing of these two efforts offers us an incredible opportunity to connect the struggles for justice of one local community of color and the struggles for justice and sustainability around the world. Please remember that this is EVERYONE'S issue! Please join us in the boycott line this Wednesday evening, June 13, at 5:30 pm, at the Starbucks at 23rd and

Jackson, in the Central District of Seattle.

THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DIVIDED!  Only when we stand together can we make a difference.