Networking with the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility
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.
That’s a Wrap: Holiday Giving Program
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.
Community + Comfort with TXA TXA
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.
Remote Together at Daisies
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.
Election Week Detox with TXA TXA Supper Club
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!
Wrapping up SIS24 Chicago
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!
Join us at Social Innovation Summit
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!
18C x All Together Now! Cheeseboard 101
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.
Celebrating Caleb Gardner, National Book Lovers Day, and “No Point B”
Community Partners recently gathered to celebrate the launch of 18 Coffees co-founder Caleb Gardner’s new book, “No Point B.
Summer Swap Meet
18 Coffees recently hosted our first-ever Community Partner Swap Meet to support our 2022 focus on sustainability.
Txa Txa Summer Supper Club
18 Coffees collaborated with food pop-up Txa Txa Club in Chicago neighborhood Logan Square to bring Community Partners together through cuisine and culture.
Tackling Energy Management with Elisa Haggarty
Energy management tools and tips from conscious leadership coach and 18 Coffees Community Partner Elisa Haggarty.
Corporate Culture in a Remote and Hybrid World
18 Coffees hosted a casual Coffee Break conversation discussing the realities of corporate culture in a remote and hybrid world. Here’s what Community Partners found most interesting.
Recap: Mental Fitness Workshop
Conscious Leadership Coach and 18 Coffees Community Partner Elisa Haggarty gave an interactive workshop exploring three foundational tools to help build emotional confidence, and boost mental fitness, and enhance agility in the face of change.
Our Focus for 2022
18 Coffees’ focus in 2022 is sustainability, but not just in the environmental sense — we’re focusing on building sustainable relationships with work culture, pandemic life, each other, and beyond.
Exploring the Future of Hybrid Work
As we creep toward post-pandemic life, there’s one question on everyone’s mind: will hybrid work last? To find an answer, 18 Coffees hosted a collaborative conversation between employee engagement experts Suzanne Mehta of Cushman & Wakefield, Chester Lantin of Walker Sands, and Ashley Zak of WPP.
Georgia Update & Letter Writing Party with Swing Left
All eyes are on Georgia as control of the Senate hinges on the outcome of the two runoff elections on January 5th. That’s why 18 Coffees is partnering with Swing Left to provide an opportunity to reach millions of Georgia voters and make the final stride to win blue this election season.
On Tuesday, Nov 24, join us for an intimate discussion with Swing Left’s Political Director
Training Capstone Challenge
A cohort of Community Partners just wrapped up their six-week training program, where they met weekly to learn or refine skills for making change, like strategy, facilitation, and project management.
The Community Partner cohort culminated in a capstone community challenge for ACIRAH Health — a health tech company working to provide access to clinical trials for African Americans.
18 Coffees at the Drive-in
It was so great to see so many of you at our drive-in a couple of weeks ago! Putting together this event, seeing so many smasks (smiles covered in masks), and seeing the excited response from all of our Community Partners was heartwarming, to say the least. Here’s a recap in photos…
Getting #VoteReady with Vote.org
Over the past couple of months, Community Partners have volunteered their time and talent to develop a vote-by-mail social toolkit. The response was incredible and everyone on the Vote.org team has been very appreciative of the tireless efforts by our Community Partners. Part of the VBM toolkit includes a #VoteReady campaign…