“I’ll open my own coffee shop, not just for Asian Americans but for those who feel othered”, says Jackie Nguyen, founder of Café Cà Phê, Kansas City’s first Vietnamese coffee shop. Situated in a predominantly white city and state, Jackie’s cafe aims to bring light to and create a safe space for the celebration of Asian American identity in the Midwest.
As the new year starts, we’d like to share some of what we accomplished in 2022. We are fortunate to be a growing company, not just in dollars and units sold, but in building opportunities for our team, our customers, our community, and other stakeholders. As a people first company, it is imperative that we strive to have a positive impact on people and our planet.
I started the Two Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization in 2013, with a mission to create opportunities for people of every ability to connect, work, grow, and thrive. We do business as Two and Company where we have a regular café and shops in the heart of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
With pumpkin spice season in full swing, it has us thinking back to summer with a bit of wistfulness. It’s the perfect moment to share a remarkable program that Torani was lucky to support this past summer.
SHE-CAN is a non-profit that empowers young women from post conflict countries with education and mentorship. To date, they’ve helped 103 young women from Cambodia, Liberia, Rwanda, Guatemala, and other nations attend U.S. colleges, where they are surrounded by a network of supportive mentors, and build the skills to eventually return home and become powerful change agents.
In 2020, we established the Torani Café Opportunity Fund to help those struggling to maintain their businesses
Profits from online purchases of Coffeehouse Favorites will go to the Torani Cafe Opportunity Fund, supporting foodservice workers and small business owners.
