1951 Coffee Company

I don’t know how I missed 1951 Coffee Company in Berkeley, which is on a regular route that I take as I head up to Memorial Stadium to watch Cal Bear football.  (Please do not ask about the Cal/USC game yesterday, which was a painful endeavor for me.). 

1951 Coffee’s name is built off of the 1951 Refugee Convention and it supports refugees and.  As its website states,

“1951 Coffee Company, founded in 2015, is a non-profit specialty coffee organization that promotes the well-being of the refugee community in the United States by providing job training and employment to refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders while educating the surrounding community about refugee life and issues.

Our name is derived from the UNHCR’s 1951 Refugee Convention which first defined and set forth guidelines for the protection of refugees. In the spirit of this convention, 1951 Coffee works with refugees to help them overcome the unique barriers they face in seeking and sustaining employment.” (bold added).

For background on the creation of 1951 Coffee Company from UNHCR, click here.  The Facebook page is here.  Want to order coffee and support refugees?  1951 Coffee takes mail orders.  Click here.

KJ