May 26, 2018
Starbucks will close its doors on Tuesday to train its employees in racial bias — and the world has deemed it A Day Without Starbucks.
Philly cafes are taking advantage of the day by providing an opportunity for some thoughtful conversation — and black-owned coffee shop alternatives — to keep this thing going.
A group of black coffee shop owners is hosting a roundtable called #CoffeeWhileBlack to encourage coffee drinkers to patronize their businesses instead of Starbucks, even after it reopens.
Red Bay Coffee is hosting the roundtable on Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse to discuss how to stop retail racism and how to support black-owned businesses.
So for starters, here's a list of five to try out. And here's a list of 47 across the U.S.
PLEASE SHARE: Next Tuesday—#May29 #coffeewhileblack #Philly Roundtable & Tour via @essence Livestream pic.twitter.com/OmI5btCCHj
— Red Bay Coffee Roasters (@redbaycoffee) May 26, 2018
The roundtable will morph into a tour of two other black-owned coffee shops, too. Here's all the information you need on the event.
And if you can't physically attend, Essence will be livestreaming it.
