Livelihoods in Coffee: Accessibility Series
Join the Barista Guild for a new instalment of Livelihoods in Coffee, an ongoing conversation within our community. This season, we’re talking all about accessibility.
Accessibility is the idea that our society, and every facet within it, works for everyone—however they live and interact within it. Accessibility looks different to everyone, and every perspective needs to be heard and taken into account when discussing accessibility.
This February and March, the Barista Guild has invited some incredible special guests to talk about many different areas of accessibility. We’ll be discussing challenges that disabled people face when it comes to working in the coffee industries, assistive technologies that are making a difference in many people’s lives, and deep-diving into inclusive recruitment, training, and company culture.
Join the conversation on Instagram Live @baristaguild, from February 24 every week until the end of March!
Episode #1
Accessibility in Coffee: A Conversation with Dreamers and Believers
In this episode Ali Chen gave us a brief introduction to this series about the rights of people with disabilities and kicks off this Livelihoods in Coffee Accessibility Series with Barista Guild's Chair Kathie Hilberg by introducing us to the Dreamers and Believers project. T’leya Scott works with people with a mental disability like Shavanda to help them perform in the workplace aiming to make decisions in an independently way. Later in the conversation they discuss the challenges and needs behind a work environment that is more accessible to this population whose needs are still in the process of being assimilated by society. Dreamers and Believers supports people with practical training to have a vocational development, with this it seeks a change in how the recruitment process is carried out, also making known the benefits that companies obtain when hiring people with a mental disability.
En este episodio, Ali Chen nos dio una breve introducción a esta serie sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidades y comienza la serie Livelihoods in Coffee Accessibility Series con la presidenta de Barista Guild, Kathie Hilberg al presentarnos el proyecto Dreamers and Believers. T’leya Scott trabaja con personas con discapacidad mental como Shavanda para ayudarlos a desempeñarse en el lugar de trabajo con el objetivo de tomar decisiones de manera independiente. Más adelante en la conversación, se discuten los desafíos y necesidades detrás de un ambiente de trabajo más accesible para esta población cuyas necesidades aún están en proceso de ser asimiladas por la sociedad. Dreamers and Believers apoya a las personas con formación práctica para que tengan un desarrollo vocacional, con esto busca un cambio en la forma en que se lleva a cabo el proceso de reclutamiento, dando a conocer además los beneficios que obtienen las empresas al contratar personas con una discapacidad mental.
Episode #2
Accessibilidad y medios de vida en e cafe: Cafe Cordic 21
Episode #3
Accessibility in the Coffee Industry: Cafe Seesaw
Episode #4
Divergent-Inclusive Representation Transforms Coffee
Episode #5
Overcoming Stereotypes about Disabilities
Revisit our Livelihoods in Coffee Webinar Series
Thank you so much to our hosts and special guests who joined us for our Livelihoods in Coffee webinar series where we learned about living wage and income, and how businesses can implement these into their companies and organisations. And thank you to all those who joined the conversation, one we hope will continue to grow. All four episodes of the series are available to stream on YouTube!
Stream the Livelihoods in Coffee Instagram Series
From barista unions to the custom of tipping, we’re talking about it all over on Instagram! Catch up with our most recent Livelihoods in Coffee episodes on IGTV over at @baristaguild. Give us a follow for updates on upcoming episodes, as well!
