Project: Coffee Equity Toolkit

As of the last newsletter issue, I’ve successfully sent out this newsletter twice a month for a whole year! This is pretty huge for me, as 1) I thought newsletters were too much work and 2) I tend to get “busy” and forget to follow through on personal project commitments. I took my own advice and set the tiny goal of sending it out twice a month – and here I am one year later, still sending. I also changed up the headers for this issue, from text to images for an easier section break.

Next up for me: work trip to Taiwan!

– Jenn

One of my two goals this year was to create some sort of resource for alleviating the emotional labor I was seeing performed by marginalized coffee people. After a few months of working with RJ Joseph, I’m proud to say that the resource is live!

I opted to have it be wiki-style for a few reasons. First, it’s easier to maintain. And second, the coffee community should really be able to contribute. After all, it’s for the community, by the community.

There are quite a few pages and links away from the wiki to helpful articles. After browsing around, you’re welcome to add your own pages and links. There’s an endless supply of information out there to help us make the industry more inclusive.

Check it out: Coffee Equity Toolkit.

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