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Refuge Coffee Company to Open Fourth Location in Norcross
Downtown Norcross is soon to be home to the fourth Refuge Coffee Shop in Metro Atlanta. The nonprofit organization provides competitive wage jobs, mentorship, and job training for resettled refugees and other immigrants. Refuge Coffee shops welcome people from greater Atlanta and beyond to discover the multi-textured beauty of the world. Founder and CEO, Kitti […]
Inside “the most diverse square mile in America”
Over the last four decades, the city of Clarkston, Georgia, has hosted refugees from so many places it has become known as “the most diverse square mile in America.” Dana Jacobson speaks to some refugees who call Clarkston home.
Refuge Coffee Company Opens New Location in Midtown
The Midtown Location Further Extends Clarkston-Based Nonprofit’s Ability to Serve Refugees, Connect Communities and Extend Welcome in the Heart of Atlanta The Woodruff Arts Center is now home to the newest Refuge Coffee Shop in Atlanta. The nonprofit organization provides living-wage jobs, mentorship, and job training for resettled refugees and immigrants. Refuge Coffee shops welcome […]
HLN: Coffee Truck Job Trains Refugees From All Over The World
Click here for full video We’re Refuge Coffee, a nonprofit fueled by the mission of welcome. We’re on a mission to invite our refugee and immigrant neighbors to our table through intentional job training, mentorship, and radical community support. Click here to find out more about us.
Refuge Coffee serves opportunity to refugees in Georgia
At a small coffee shop in Clarkston, Georgia, you hear that question asked in imperfect English and thick accents. The employees at Refuge Coffee know what it feels like to long for a welcoming word. So do many of their customers, who fled wars and violence around the world.
Empowering Refugees and Newcomers – Refuge Coffee
What gaps exist between resettled refugees and their communities and how might we go about bridging them? How can the simple act of spending time with one another in a common space help break down barriers?
This Coffee Company in Georgia Is Changing Refugees’ Lives—and Catering the Set of ‘Stranger Things’
It’s no coincidence Refuge Coffee launched in Clarkston, a town where the UN resettles a few thousand refugees each year. The place is a collective of the displaced, who’ve left jobs, a lifetime’s accumulation of education and wealth, to start over.
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
While most look for a place that’s convenient for coffee, people from all over are driving well out of their way to one Georgia town for what might be called a ‘world brew.’ NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports.
