We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits 268. A Place at The Table: Fighting Food Insecurity with Dignity, Choice + Radical Hospitality - Maggie Kane
Meet Maggie. After spending her childhood serving in soup kitchens, she felt an awakening to bring more than a meal to those who were hungry - she wanted to bring dignity, civility and friendship too. Thus, A Place at the Table was born - Raleigh's first pay-what-you-can nonprofit cafe. She's reimagining a way to feed those in need and baking equity and community into the equation. Swoon🥰👏
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Maggie’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)
- Meet the mission: A Place at the Table (11:00)
- A Place at the Table’s unique “pay what you can” model and why it is working (19:00)
- What Maggie has learned along the way of starting a nonprofit and about dignity (20:00)
- A powerful story of when she witnessed community at this organization (23:00)
- Funding this dream and partnering with the community (27:00)
- Dreams for A Place at the Table (29:00)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy in Maggie’s life (31:00)
- Maggie’s One Good Thing: Ask for help and celebrate everything. (33:00)
For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/268
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