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The Freedom Cafe, Durham specialties

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See hours above! Perform for Freedom Open Mic Nights every Wednesday from 7PM to 10PM We are located at 10 Mill rd. Durham, NH in the basement of the Lighthouse building. We have two 20 min. parking spots available on site. For longer stops, paid parking is available in the nearby UNH C-Lot (free after 6 PM). We are a short walk from downtown Durham and the UNH campus. Get Involved: For our café and our model to work, we need volunteers who have a passion for social activism—and good coffee and good tea! We need both Freedom Drinkers and Freedom Workers to get this vision off the ground and moving to help end human trafficking. Freedom Drinkers are our passionate customers who choose to get their coffee and tea from the Cafe, and wish to be informed of Cafe events and on-goings. Requesting to be a Freedom Drinker will put you on an e-mailing list that will give occasional updates and keep you in the loop! Freedom Workers are our passionate volunteers who help make this Cafe run smoothly. One of the main roles of our Freedom Workers is operating our café from behind the counter as baristas. If you or your organization would like to commit to a regular shift, please contact us at sean@freedomcafedurham.org. We also have need for people to take on “behind the scenes” work, such as maintenance upkeep for our café space, Marketing, Accounting, Event planning, Outreach, and Non-Profit partner research. Let us know what your interests are and what your talents are, and we can help you find a role on our team. For people committed to the vision of our café with time to give, we have several internship positions available. Contact us for more info at sean@freedomcafenetwork.org There is no required time commitment to be a Freedom Worker. We ask that you come to a General Training Meeting and to receive training for whatever your role is. The Freedom Café at UNH is a part of the Freedom Café Network (freedomcafenetwork.org). Our goal is to not only be successful in Durham, NH, but to have the model of the Freedom Café spread to every local community with a passion for educating people about human trafficking and helping to end this injustice. Contact us if you want to explore bringing a Freedom Café to a place near you. Just send an e-mail to sean@freedomcafenetwork.org and we'll get you set up! Our Coffee and Tea We are passionate about good coffee and good tea. We have a commitment to sourcing our products from local companies that can provide us with quality (organic/locally sourced) and conscientiously traded (Fair Trade or direct traded) products. We also want our café to be a place where café beverages are appreciated and explained. We do not have to-go cups. This is a place to get a drink that was brewed for you in front of your eyes, have a seat, and strike up a conversation (or read!). But if you have to get Freedom Café on-the-run, we ask that you bring your own to-go mug. We make our coffee with the Aerobie Aeropress (http://aerobie.com/products/aeropress.htm) We supply our coffee from local coffee roasters who focus on Direct and Fair Trade sources. Our main supplier is CQ Coffee Roasters in Bedford, NH. (http://cqcoffeeroasters.com/) We supply our tea from White Heron Tea (http://www.whiteherontea.com/) Regular Events at the Freedom Café Perform For Freedom Nights: Wednesday Nights 7-9 This is a great venue for students and locals to perform. One hour of scheduled 20 minute performances, a second hour of open mic. Coffee and tea will be served. Let us know if you’d like to sign up as a performer! Art Galleries by local artists. The Freedom Café will be hosting art openings and galleries with art on consignment. Part of the artist proceeds will go toward the cause of ending human trafficking. Let us know if you would like to showcase your work. Seminar Series on human trafficking and the issues surrounding it. More info forthcoming. Let us know if you have an idea for a guest lecturer or educational event on human trafficking. Stay up to date on all upcoming events on our Facebook page. If you would like to donate to the Freedom Cafe, you can do so through our Paypal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8E5QZB9Q4BXX4