In February, Starbucks is proud to honor Black History Month and celebrate Black excellence and the many ways partners (employees) demonstrate it every day.

Rosalind Gates Brewer, chief operating officer at Starbucks, was the commencement speaker Sunday at Spelman College, 34 years after she graduated. The full circle moment was deeply meaningful for Brewer, who dared graduates to “continue to seek out education and opportunity and influence and power and truth.”

As outgoing Starbucks ceo Howard Schultz enters a new chapter in his life, he reflects on music that’s moved him throughout his life and professional career.