Lunch in a community cafe | Ann Fuehrer | TEDxMiamiUniversity

If I pay $15 for a $7 lunch at a Community Cafe, I help create a sustainable local economy where those with privilege pay it forward so that others with fewer resources can enjoy delicious, nutritious local food. Restaurants operating on the pay-what-you-can model are growing in popularity around the country. I describe what a cafe in our town could look like, to supplement the emergency safety net of choice pantries and free school lunches.
Dr. Fuehrer earned her Ph.D. in Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her scholarship and activism focus on applying feminist principles to the work of non-profit community agencies. She has served as the Director of the Women’s Studies Program at Miami, and was named Distinguished Educator in the College of Arts and Science in 2006.
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