1951 coffee company (1951) is a non-profit organization seeking to promote the wellbeing of the refugee community by providing job training and employment to refugees while educating the surrounding community about refugee life and issues. 1951 coffees 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 refugees resettling in the greater san francisco bay area 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 75 refugees a year (60 in oakland and 15 in san diego) and through employment for 10 15 refugees annually at the flagship 1951 coffee shop loc

Job Training

In 2017, 1951s barista training programs provided immediately marketable job skills for 75 refugees (60 in oakland and 15 in san diego) and employed 15 refugees annually at the flagship 1951 coffee shop located in berkeley, ca.