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November 7, 2014

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Turning The Soup Kitchen Upside Down

There must exist a paradigm, a practical model for social change that includes an understanding of ways to transform consciousness that are linked to efforts to transform structures.

– bell hooks –

Turning The Soup Kitchen Upside Down

If you’ve ever volunteered in a soup kitchen, you know the feeling of having served others. But what about those on the other side of the food line? Are they getting what they need most? Robert Egger, the founder of DC Central Kitchen, didn’t think so. He set out to train homeless people on the streets of Washington, D.C. — many of whom were drug addicts cycling in and out of a life of crime — how to cook and earn a food handler’s license. The goal was to help them trade addiction and crime for stable employment in restaurants and other food enterprises. The result has been a deepened sense of community for all. { read more }

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