Jubilee Co-op Cafe serves free vegan meals
"Attendees of the cafe are greeted by Rev. Sunny Kang at a sign-in table decorated with informational pamphlets on the environmental and spiritual benefits of a plant-based diet. Once they register with their name and email address, they’re encouraged to grab their free meal and sit among other attendees throughout the courtyard. At each table are students gathered around, eating, working, and talking."
As a freshman at USC, this project taught Adrian about the history of USC and its Office of Religious and Spiritual Life in the process. Adrian interviewed Senior Associate Dean of Religious Life Rev. Jim Burklo and Dean of Religious Life Varun Soni, prior to the opening of this reinstated vegan cafe. They then attended the opening, where they were greeted warmly and struck up a conversation with fellow attendees.
Before there was the Jubilee Co-Op Cafe, there was the Good Karma Cafe, based in the United University Church building that had since been bought by the University and was in the process of being renovated for the University's School of Dramatic Arts. The Good Karma Cafe closed amid the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Jubilee Co-Op Cafe was created to "continue in the same spirit" according to Rev. Burklo.
The full article can be read at: https://dailytrojan.com/2022/03/01/jubilee-co-op-cafe-serves-free-vegan-meals/
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