Starbuck’s action alert
On September 10, as part of the ADAPT Youth Summit, ADAPT youth held an action at the Starbuck’s located at 321 7th St., NW, in Washington, DC. This Starbuck’s is inaccessible at it’s front entrance. There is a side entrancewhere a person using a wheelchair can enter the building and get into the Starbuck’s, but that entrance is kept locked. The manager at that location was rude and called the police, but youth leaders negotiated and was able to obtain the corporate number in Seattle. In October, there was a conference call between ADAPT youth leaders and Kevin Stock, the head legal consel for Starbuck’s USA. An agreement was drafted and fax, and while Mr. Stock agreed verbally to work with ADAPT, he has managed to stall and make excuses. In response, ADAPT sent out this action alert:
ACTION ALERT: CONTACT STARBUCKS HEADQUARTERS TODAY TO DEMAND THEY WORK WITH ADAPT!!
The ADAPT youth community has been negotiating with the Starbucks corporate office in Seattle since the middle of September 2006 to improve accessibility and service to customers with disabilities at Starbucks nationwide. Kevin Stock, the head legal counsel for Starbucks USA, verbally agreed to work with us at a conference call meeting we had in early October, but has so far refused to put this commitment in writing and fax it to us. First he said he never got the agreement we sent him, then he said he’d return it “promptly”. Now he says he will “follow up”, but after three weeks of waiting, we are sick of his excuses!!
So we are starting a three-day campaign to pressure Kevin Stock to send us the fax, and we need your help!! We want to bombard him with faxes, e-mails, and calls so he gets the message that his stalling is unacceptable and that ADAPT is serious about changing things at Starbucks!!
Please call, fax, and/or e-mail Kevin Stock on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2; and FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
Phone: (206) 318-6324 (voice only)
Fax: (206) 318-0733
E-mail: kstock@starbucks.com
Tell Kevin to sign and fax the ADAPT agreement to (312) 663-0631 right away.
Thanks for your support and we’ll keep you posted on our progress!