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This Cafe Chain is on a Mission to Give Foster Youth Jobs — and to ‘Normalize Kindness’ [imprintnews.org]

 

By Sara Tiana, October 28th, 2021, Imprint News

Nestled in posh Santa Monica, La La Land Kind Cafe may appear from the outside to be yet another bougie coffee shop. Its ceremonial grade matcha drinks feature lavender, beetroot and rose saffron. Lattes in shades of baby blue, lavender and sea-green boast butterfly pea flower, CBD and cardamon.

But there’s a key ingredient at the cafe affectionately known as La La: Many of the young people making and serving the rock candy and bamboo teas and toast with white truffle burrata have grown up in foster care, childhoods that often lack the guidance and support needed to make it in the world of work and independence.

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