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Howard Schultz joins the company.

LGBTQ+ partners meet informally, which will go on to become one of the company’s first Partner Networks.

The Starbucks Foundation is established to support youth literacy programs.

“Pour Your Heart Into It” releases and becomes a bestseller.

Our first two Community Stores open in Los Angeles and New York City.

We commit to hiring 10,000 veterans and military spouses by November 2018.

The Pride flag atop our Seattle headquarters for the first time.

The first partners enroll in the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

We commit to hiring 10,000 Opportunity Youth by 2018.

We open our first Military Family Stores.

We launch the Pathway to Admission program, expanding the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

We set a new goal of 25,000 Starbucks College Achievement Plan graduates by 2025.

Our first signing store opens, in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Our Community Store opens in Ferguson, Mo.

We broaden our health insurance options to include gender-affirming procedures for transgender partners.

The Starbucks Inclusion Academy program launches, and on-the-job training program for people with cognitive and physical disabilities.

We commit to hiring 10,000 refugees by 2022.

We commit to hiring 100,000 opportunity youth by 2020.

We commit to hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2025.

Howard Schultz leaves the company, becoming chairman emeritus.

Reaches goal of hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses six years early, commits to hiring 5,000 more each year.