The Portland coffee shop that went viral for ‘SNAP breakfast’ is now building a free cafe in Gaza
Heretic Coffee Co. in Portland, Oregon responded to last fall’s SNAP cuts by offering free meals to anyone in need. It’s since donated over 11,000 free meals, supported by $400,000 in donations.
Now, owner Josh White just announced that Heretic was joining with the Humanite Peace Collective for their next fundraising campaign: raising $100,000 to build a coffee shop in Western Gaza that “will feed people every day for free, no questions asked.”
And it won’t bear the Heretic Coffee name: it’s going to be called “The DEPT. of Peace” to “put the idea of what it means for Palestinians to have peace back in the hands of Palestinians.”
Even better: Heretic and Humanite may be leading the initiative, but they are putting it fully “in the hands of the Palestinians. White told Good Good Good in an exclusive interview, “Americans cannot understand the full magnitude of what they’re going through. But what we can do is we can help build this thing.”
India has seen a significant expansion of higher education in the last decade, notably led by women
New data shows higher education in India has seen a significant expansion in the last decade as a result of a sharp increase in the number of institutions, higher enrollment, greater participation among women, and more.
The data aims to track developments and reforms in alignment with India’s National Education Policy and in pursuit of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4, which focuses on equitable education for all.
Total enrollment increased by 31.5%, and the number of students completing their higher education increased by over 24%. Notably, enrollment among women increased by 42.2% in a decade.
“There are entire neighborhoods in Gaza City that are no joke, 100%, just flatlined, completely flat in rubble. We want to rebuild, like literally physically rebuild a building and put a coffee shop in it. And that coffee shop will feed people every day for free, no questions asked.”
🏠 Art meets activism in this “freakishly small” housing campaign.
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