Refuge Coffee Co.

Holiday Shopping Refuge wants to help you check holiday shopping off of your to-do list! Our online shop is officially open and full of new products, perfect for everyone on your list! Swipe up on our stories or tap the link in our bio to shop.

We are excited to announce that Auburn Ave Research Library, Refuge Coffee and Read 4 Unity will be presenting the winter mini-talk on "African-American Museums as Neighborhood Cultural Centers", featuring APEX Museum's founder, Mr. Dan Moore, Sr. The APEX Museum is the oldest Black History Museum located in the city of Atlanta. It was founded in 1978 by Dan Moore Sr., a veteran filmmaker, who was inspired by the life of Dr. Benjamin Mays. During this event, you will hear f...rom Mr. Moore as he takes us through the journey of APEX museum, including challenges along the way alongside hopes and dreams for the future. Please join us for this event via Zoom. Hosted and moderated by Priscilla Dickerson, Senior Librarian from Auburn Avenue Research Library. Date/Time: Friday, Dec 11, 2020 from 7 PM ET Please register at the link in bio. This event is FREE, however, donation to the APEX museumis highly appreciated! We look forward to seeing you there!

We want to thank YOU for coming to our Holiday Market this past Saturday! We were blown away by the incredible turnout and support. At Refuge, we are passionate about supporting our neighbors: artists, small business owners, friends. Thank you for being a part of that with us! Thank you @clairtadeo_photography for capturing the Market so beautifully!

TODAY is the day!! The purpose of our Holiday Market is to create a place where refugee, and local start-up business owners can showcase and sell their goods. We seek to foster a sense of welcome and inclusion while engaging those connected to and invested in the global Clarkston Community and beyond. Here are a few last minute details: * In order to be as safe and open-air as possible, there will be no tents this year. ... * It's going to be cold, so bundle up! * The Market will spill onto our block of Market Street to make room for social distancing (parking map below). * Did we mention that there are 60 vendors?? * So, come hungry and ready to shop! * And, if you can't come in person, check out our Online Holiday Market here. * For more details, check out our Facebook page. Shop safe. Support local. Support global.

We're pleased to announce that we have received a grant award of $2000 from the Catholic Foundation of Georgia. We're honored to be entrusted with these funds to support job-training and mentorship for resettled refugees. Many thanks to Catholic Foundation of North Georgia!

Once upon a time there was a dead-end job. A necessary job where chickens are slaughtered, scalded, de-feathered, beheaded, eviscerated, and chilled. A job that paid the rent and put food on the tablebarelybut tricked people into its tempting lair of survival, its exhausting drone of long commutes; a job that numbed minds while it numbed fingers and kept hard workers mute under its spell. There once was a woman who chose this job because the alternative was no job. She’d fl...ed the dragons of armed conflict in her home country, only to find another dragon here in ours: the dragon of a dead-end job. She did not lack the will to work or the aptitude to learn a new language and skills; she simply lacked an opportunity. She lacked the opportunity to work while also breathing and dreaming. Lack of workplace opportunity is a fierce dragon. It breathes the fire of unemployment and the stealthier fire of under-employment. When this dragon rears its head, the assets of a communityits peoplenever get the chance to shine. Combined with the dragon of COVID-19, the lack of opportunity multiplied. Add - help us slay more dragons in 2021 with your yearend gift! (link in profile) Thanks @rossboone for this amazing graphic!