Kafenia offers welcome, refuge, and real human connection in an ever more virtual world. Our community is inspired by diverse voices from village cultures who understand the value of relationship. We weave ourselves into a Village of all Together, listening and sharing our voices, stories, cultures, visions, callings, through circles and creative community offerings. In the process, we build a more humane, interconnected Silicon Valley & a more peaceful, inclusive world.
Our weekly gatherings for heart-centered connection and support are on hold for the Summer after moving to "Zoom" during the COVID Spring.
Our weekly gatherings for heart-centered connection and support are on hold for the Summer after moving to "Zoom" during the COVID Spring.
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KAFENIA COVID RELIEF
Our civic engagement guide has practical things you can do to help and summarized in our PA Weekly column.
Led by Kafenia friends, we are partnering closely on 2 efforts
that came together within a week of sheltering in place:
1) Edu-Kits: educational and practical support for children & their families living in RVs in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto & Mountain View (with Evelyne/Karat School Project).
DONATE AT KSP.
2) #FOTM: a rent fund for neighbors whom our government excludes from unemployment & COVID relief (with Sarahi/Dreamers Roadmap & Live in Peace).
DONATE AT LIVE IN PEACE
Contact Barbara to learn more or help out! BarbaraWeinstein2@gmail.com
#FirstOfTheMonth Campaign Update
Thanks to an outpouring of support from hundreds of donors and our community’s
rapid mobilization, we've reached our revised goals and are pleased to announce the accomplishments to date:
$2,100,000 raised
500+ donors
stabilizing at least total 320 families for 3 months
East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City & beyond
KAFENIA COVID RELIEF
Our civic engagement guide has practical things you can do to help and summarized in our PA Weekly column.
Led by Kafenia friends, we are partnering closely on 2 efforts
that came together within a week of sheltering in place:
1) Edu-Kits: educational and practical support for children & their families living in RVs in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto & Mountain View (with Evelyne/Karat School Project).
DONATE AT KSP.
2) #FOTM: a rent fund for neighbors whom our government excludes from unemployment & COVID relief (with Sarahi/Dreamers Roadmap & Live in Peace).
DONATE AT LIVE IN PEACE
Contact Barbara to learn more or help out! BarbaraWeinstein2@gmail.com
#FirstOfTheMonth Campaign Update
Thanks to an outpouring of support from hundreds of donors and our community’s
rapid mobilization, we've reached our revised goals and are pleased to announce the accomplishments to date:
$2,100,000 raised
500+ donors
stabilizing at least total 320 families for 3 months
East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City & beyond
It's an impressive accomplishment - and double our original goal! - but there's much more to do. Our community has thousands of hardworking families who have been laid off due to COVID from their jobs as nannies, housekeepers, gardeners, restaurant workers, healthcare works, and other service workers. They're people in our network who want nothing more than to stay healthy and safe and get back to work as soon as possible. But that's impossible for many now with the economic downturn and shelter-in-place that could continue for months.
Now is the time to pull together and build our Village of All Together.
Kafenia is working with non-profits
Live in Peace and Dreamers Roadmap to help our neighbors
and strengthen our community.
Please join us.
- To help with rent, go to Live in Peace and
donate generously to the COVID Emergency Fund.
- To help with Kafenia operations for the campaign,
donate to Kafenia Peace Collective.
If you'd like to learn more about the campaign team and how you can help, send email to Barbara Weinstein (barbaraweinstein2@gmail.com).
For press inquiries, please contact Valerie Demicheva (vdemicheva@gmail.com).has
Now is the time to pull together and build our Village of All Together.
Kafenia is working with non-profits
Live in Peace and Dreamers Roadmap to help our neighbors
and strengthen our community.
Please join us.
- To help with rent, go to Live in Peace and
donate generously to the COVID Emergency Fund.
- To help with Kafenia operations for the campaign,
donate to Kafenia Peace Collective.
If you'd like to learn more about the campaign team and how you can help, send email to Barbara Weinstein (barbaraweinstein2@gmail.com).
For press inquiries, please contact Valerie Demicheva (vdemicheva@gmail.com).has
Thank you on behalf of our 'Village of All Together', which we need now more than ever before.
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About The Kafenia:
Normally (except during COVID!) we are a physical place for our global humanity
- deep connection, friendship, and food in Silicon Valley.
We are looking for a sustained, permanent home that blends food, culture and civic engagement.
Status:
We've gone virtual! We're continuing to host weekly gatherings to bring people together and support each other during the COVID crisis. And our COVID team is connecting people who want to help out with those in need. We're focusing especially on East Palo Alto, where the need is great and resources are limited.
Who are we?
The Kafenia Peace Collective is growing a community of "bridge builders" with roots around the world who stand for a Silicon Valley & world where everyone is included and thrives. We call this a "Village of All Together." (Inspired by this.)
We do this by creating a village-spirited cross-cultural deeply connective HOME BASE (right now, temporary, but eventually permanent) from which we can grow this spirit, share our cultures, prototype new inclusive paradigms and wreak some loving creative havoc in SV. You are welcome!
What is the Kafenia?
The Kafenia is a reimagining of the traditional Greek kafenio where men shared food, friendship and social and political life together. My grandfather had a kafenio at 16th and Folsom in San Francisco in the 1930s to keep the village alive in a bustling metropolis - but it was only for men. Now, as his granddaughter, Mary Jane, whose father was a WW2 refugee and who has done peacebuilding around the world, I am reimagining it as a multicultural village in Silicon Valley- with women front and center. (see World Pulse story.)
Normally (except during COVID!) we are a physical place for our global humanity
- deep connection, friendship, and food in Silicon Valley.
We are looking for a sustained, permanent home that blends food, culture and civic engagement.
Status:
We've gone virtual! We're continuing to host weekly gatherings to bring people together and support each other during the COVID crisis. And our COVID team is connecting people who want to help out with those in need. We're focusing especially on East Palo Alto, where the need is great and resources are limited.
Who are we?
The Kafenia Peace Collective is growing a community of "bridge builders" with roots around the world who stand for a Silicon Valley & world where everyone is included and thrives. We call this a "Village of All Together." (Inspired by this.)
We do this by creating a village-spirited cross-cultural deeply connective HOME BASE (right now, temporary, but eventually permanent) from which we can grow this spirit, share our cultures, prototype new inclusive paradigms and wreak some loving creative havoc in SV. You are welcome!
What is the Kafenia?
The Kafenia is a reimagining of the traditional Greek kafenio where men shared food, friendship and social and political life together. My grandfather had a kafenio at 16th and Folsom in San Francisco in the 1930s to keep the village alive in a bustling metropolis - but it was only for men. Now, as his granddaughter, Mary Jane, whose father was a WW2 refugee and who has done peacebuilding around the world, I am reimagining it as a multicultural village in Silicon Valley- with women front and center. (see World Pulse story.)