How Mutual Aid Efforts Help Combat Food Insecurity | Eater

"Transitioning from a primarily white collective to a primarily BIPOC collective of about 15–20 members, the café reoriented itself as a culturally relevant community resource: operating as a free-store-style distribution point that focuses on East African neighbors, offering a mostly vegan, affordable rotating menu that has featured Oromo dishes, and hosting community workdays in its garden to weave farming into programming. The café also opened its commercial kitchen to mutual aid partners to prepare hundreds of meals (supporting about 120 meals a day on days it runs) and emphasizes listening to community preferences—choosing products and menu items that actually work for residents rather than defaulting to cheaper, one-directional donations." - Luz Cruz