[Episcopal Peace Fellowship press release] The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) thanks Starbucks Coffee for changing company policy and now asks customers not to bring weapons inside their coffee houses.

“Nineteen months ago on Valentine’s Day 2012, we launched a nation-wide boycott of Starbucks due to its gun-friendly policy of allowing any weapon to be taken inside … We rejoice in Starbucks’ change of heart. Thank you,” said the Rev. Allison Liles, EPF executive director. “Thanks as well to the National Gun Victims Action Council who first invited EPF to join the Starbucks Boycott,” she said.

“We also mourn the needless death of 13 more innocents in our nation’s capital Navy Yard slaughter Sept 16. Sensible gun regulations must be passed in our US Congress and every state legislature this fall. That is the goal of our ongoing ‘Make a Noise’ against gun violence events taking place in several parishes and schools during September.

The EPF gun violence webpage – http://epfnational.org/what-about-guns – details aspects of the Pray, Study & Act initiative and includes a stunning sermon on the Newtown Slaughter at the top of the Study section. Please write Rev. Liles to get started with your event at epf@epfnational.org

Link to The Guardian’s article on Starbucks No Weapon Zone –http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/18/starbucks-no-more-guns-stores

The Episcopal Peace Fellowship has championed peace, nonviolence and social justice issues since its founding on Armistice Day 1939. Read more about EPF – http://epfnational.org