Welcome to the members-only section of the 18 Coffees website!

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If we haven’t met IRL or virtually yet, I’m Community Director Jessica Ivetich, here to make your 18 Coffees experience run as smoothly as possible.

We hope you’re as excited as we are about participating in Community Partnership. Dig in and explore the benefits of being a Community Partner below, and as always, please don’t hesitate to let me know if you need anything.

Jessica Ivetich
Content + Community Director, 18 Coffees
jessica@18coffees.com
@Jessica Ivetich on Slack

Latest News

News
Networking with the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility
Caleb Gardner
Networking with the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility
Caleb Gardner

Start the new year with an opportunity to meet new people! Join us for this free in-person networking event to reboot your social impact network and connect with social and environmental impact leaders from across the Chicago area. 

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Caleb Gardner
That’s a Wrap: Holiday Giving Program
Robin Kasner
That’s a Wrap: Holiday Giving Program
Robin Kasner

Thank you to all of the Community Partners who donated gifts to two Chicago families of four this year! Collectively, Community Partners donated 30 gifts to two low-income families in need, including necessity items like blankets and winter coats to puzzles and art kits for children.

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Robin Kasner
Community + Comfort with TXA TXA
Robin Kasner
Community + Comfort with TXA TXA
Robin Kasner

Following this year’s election news, we took time to focus on being together as a community and in comfort food courtesy of TXA TXA Supper Club. Thanks to all Community Partners who joined us. Check out photo highlights from the event.

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Remote Together at Daisies
Robin Kasner
Remote Together at Daisies
Robin Kasner

Join Community Partners for a remote together session at Daisies in Logan Square on Tuesday, Oct 22 10AM - 1PM. Bring your laptop to work from their cafe or stop by and say hi for lunch.

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Election Week Detox with TXA TXA Supper Club
Robin Kasner
Election Week Detox with TXA TXA Supper Club
Robin Kasner

18 Coffees is teaming up with TXA TXA for another supper club Thursday, Nov 7! Join us to destress from this year’s election week. Creative Culinary Studio, TXA TXA, will give us their interpretation of a five-course ‘comfort food’ dinner at their creative studio in Logan Square. Tickets are $95 per person and include dinner and a welcome cocktail. Purchase your tickets by Oct 24!

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Wrapping up SIS24 Chicago
Robin Kasner
Wrapping up SIS24 Chicago
Robin Kasner

18 Coffees wrapped up a busy two days working with Landmark Ventures at their flagship conference — Social Innovation Summit (#SIS24). In addition to catching up with past and current clients and meeting some of the incredible summit speakers, we loved catching up with Community Partners like Michaela Shapiro, Lauren Long, Laura Sofia Cardozo and Megan Christenson in person!

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Robin Kasner
Join us at Social Innovation Summit
Robin Kasner
Join us at Social Innovation Summit
Robin Kasner

18 Coffees is working with one of our clients, Landmark Ventures, on their flagship conference — Social Innovation Summit (#SIS24). The summit is taking place June 4-5 at the JW Marriott Chicago, and we’d love to see Community Partners there!

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Robin Kasner
18C x All Together Now! Cheeseboard 101
Robin Kasner
18C x All Together Now! Cheeseboard 101
Robin Kasner

18 Coffees is partnering with our favorite, funky little restaurant, wine & cheese counter, All Together Now, for a hands-on workshop. Join us to learn how to make a cheese board that looks as good as it tastes.

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Robin Kasner
Celebrating Caleb Gardner, National Book Lovers Day, and “No Point B”
Jessica Ivetich
Celebrating Caleb Gardner, National Book Lovers Day, and “No Point B”
Jessica Ivetich

Community Partners recently gathered to celebrate the launch of 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner’s new book, “No Point B.

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Summer Swap Meet
Jessica Ivetich
Summer Swap Meet
Jessica Ivetich

18 Coffees recently hosted our first-ever Community Partner Swap Meet to support our 2022 focus on sustainability.

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Get Involved

 
Get Involved
ACLU Know Your Rights
ACLU Know Your Rights

PROJECT STATUS: Open

18 Coffees is partnering with the ACLU for our 2025 Community Partner project. We’ll be focusing our professional skill sets and donating our time to support their critical Know Your Rights initiative. Sign up to help now!

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Community to Family Holiday Giving with Christopher House
Community to Family Holiday Giving with Christopher House

PROJECT STATUS: Complete

Did you know that more than 4,100 low-income individuals are enrolled in Christopher House programs, where the average annual income for a family is less than $19,000? This holiday season, let’s all chip in as an 18 Coffees community to help make the holiday season a little brighter for two families of four in the Chicago area.

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Supporting Refugee Work Opportunities
Supporting Refugee Work Opportunities

Project Status: Complete

Led by Community Partner, Kathleen Murphy Toms, 18 Coffees Community Partners came together to help fill out Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications for Venezuelan refugees in Chicago who need to be able to work.

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Reimagining a resource library with She Should Run
Reimagining a resource library with She Should Run

Project Status: Complete

18 Coffees Community Partners outlined a comprehensive resource library helping She Should Run — a non-profit encouraging more women to run for office — reach their goal of inspiring 250,000 women to join their community by 2030.

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Scaling Fundraising Efforts with How to Report a Hate Crime
Scaling Fundraising Efforts with How to Report a Hate Crime

Project Status: Complete

18 Coffees volunteers are helping How to Report a Hate Crime — a grassroots organization producing web content and physical booklets that contain resources for reporting hate crimes in multiple languages — prepare to scale fundraising efforts ahead of 2023.

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Celebrating “Humans of Public Service”
Celebrating “Humans of Public Service”

Project Status: Complete

18 Coffees members collaborated to support fellow Community Partner Brian Whittaker's passion project, Humans of Public Service, ahead of project launch in May 2022.

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Measuring impact with the Obama Foundation
Measuring impact with the Obama Foundation

Project Status: Complete

Over a period of three months, Chicago-based Obama Foundation enlisted 18 Coffees to generate a framework that measures impact generated by the Obama Presidential Center and the organization’s five-year strategic plan.

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Radical generosity with GivingTuesday
Radical generosity with GivingTuesday

Project Status: Completion

Community Partner volunteers joined the 18 Coffees team to support GivingTuesday on the organization’s annual Day of Generosity.

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Sponsored Family Holiday Program
Sponsored Family Holiday Program

PROJECT STATUS: Complete

Did you know that more than 4,100 low-income individuals are enrolled in Christopher House programs, where the average annual income for a family is less than $19,000? This holiday season, let’s all chip in as a collective 18 Coffees community to help make the holiday season a little brighter for two families: the Jimjimo family of 5 and the Hale family of 3.

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Vote.org Help Desk
Vote.org Help Desk

PROJECT STATUS: Complete

With so much misinformation around the Vote By Mail process, Vote.org is looking for support for their Help Desk to respond to voters across the country. You'll be given talking points to frequently asked questions to then personalize and send to drive clarity.

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Upcoming Events

 

Member Boosts

 
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Mentorship Program

Building peer-to-peer relationships

The 18 Coffees Mentorship program offers an opportunity to work with fellow Community Partners towards crafting industry connections, career advancement, career transition, or skill acquisition.

If you’re interested in becoming a mentor or mentee, please complete the below:

Become a mentor

Become a mentee

 

Peer Councils

Join other Community Partners in one of our Peer Councils. Groups of partners spend time discussing important issues that affect the workplace and the world. Councils focus on areas of action within topics like DEI, sustainability, and ethics in technology.

Training & Career Development

Learn from practitioners and industry experts.

Hear directly from skilled practitioners and industry experts, challenge yourself to think in new ways, and expand your foundation of competitive skills relevant to today’s professional environment.

Each workshop consists of a facilitated presentation and discussion, hands-on exercises, and resources for continued learning. Training modules have covered topics like:

  • Facilitating for Digital Engagement 

  • Leading with Empathy 

  • Designing for Equity

  • Change Leadership

RSVP for upcoming events in the events calendar above or email Jessica for more information.