1951 Coffee Company

1951 COFFEE COMPANY, FOUNDED IN 2015, IS A NON-PROFIT SPECIALTY COFFEE ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE WELL-BEING OF THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TO REFUGEES, ASYLEES, AND SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA HOLDERS WHILE EDUCATING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY ABOUT REFUGEE LIFE AND ISSUES. 1951 COFFEE'S NAME DERIVES FROM THE 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION WHERE THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) DEFINED AND SET FORTH ITS FIRST GUIDELINES FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES. THESE GUIDELINES WERE FURTHER EXPANDED IN THE 1967 REFUGEE PROTOCOLS, GIVING THE UN A GLOBAL MANDATE. 1951 COFFEE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 2015 IN THE SPIRIT OF THESE CONVENTIONS TO GIVE THE REFUGEES ASSISTANCE IN STARTING THEIR NEW LIVES THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING COFFEE INDUSTRY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A BARISTA TRAINING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES IMMEDIATELY MARKETABLE JOB SKILLS FOR DOZENS OF REFUGEES EACH YEAR AND THROUGH EMPLOYMENT AT 1951'S BRICK AND MORTAR COFFEE SHOP LOCAT