We are a nonprofit community think tank advancing equity in food, beverage, and hospitality through community-informed research, education, and programming.
📍Los Angeles | New York City
Joined October 2019
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After 16 months of research and writing the toolkit for The Neighborhood's Table is finally here! It contains 20+ strategies that owners & workers of hospitality businesses in gentrifying areas can use clearly organized by the stage of their business. bit.ly/tnttoolkit
In our latest educational post, we're breaking down what feminist food justice is. The most important thing to note is that it is not just about women - it is inclusive, focusing on intersectionality and ensuring everyone's right to nutritious food. #FeministFoodJustice✊
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Jenny Dorsey from @StudioATAO chats with @janelle_cpp about the necessity of disrupting tokenism in journalism and the future of food media.
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🔍 Interested in guiding our programming at Studio ATAO?
💕 Join our Board of Directors!
🌟 Shape future initiatives, reimagine think tanks, and make social impact accessible.
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📣Join us on Discord for an AMA with Jaya Saxena (@jayasax), brilliant food & culture writer and correspondent at @Eater. From May 23-25, ask Jaya your questions about food writing, labor organizing @vox_union, witchcraft, and more! Sign up here: discord.com/invite/HbzCX52Mc…
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@StudioATAO is bringing their Hospitality Worker Town Halls to NYC in partnership with @queerfood_! Join them in workers examaining existing issues in the hospitality industry and brainstorm solutions rooted in transformative justice.
RSVP here: bit.ly/nycworkertownhall
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@StudioATAO is hosting a Hospitality Worker Town Hall in NYC on May 8th with @queerfood_ It's an open forum for hospitality workers to discuss industry issues and brainstorm solutions rooted in transformative justice. RSVP here: bit.ly/nycworkertownhall.
📣 NYC hospitality workers! Join Studio ATAO and
@queerfood_ for our 2nd Hospitality Worker Town Hall on May 8th at Yondu Culinary Studio from 2-4 pm ET! ✊🏽Let's build the future of hospitality together. Register at: studioatao.org/event-details…
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it's inspiring to speak with organizers in food and hospitality who see feeding their communities as a key step towards equity and justice. I loved this conversation I had with @chefjennydorsey of @StudioATAO on the role restaurants play in gentrification
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"Our current system is determined to profit at the expense of not only our bodies, but our souls. It asks us to sacrifice our humanity to sustain an oppressive class structure. redemption."
Listen to or read my latest op-ed with @StudioATAO:
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Our Ask Me Anything featuring @kimofinternet is now LIVE!
Kim is the co-founder of @omsom, a loud & proud Asian food brand, & is also a BDSM educator working to break down stigmas & barriers.
Join us and ask Kim your qns here: discord.com/invite/HbzCX52Mc…
Next week (Feb 28 – Mar 2) on our Ask Me Anything series on Discord, we’re featuring @kimofinternet!
Kim is the co-founder of @omsom, a loud & proud Asian food brand, & is also a BDSM educator working to break down stigmas & barriers.
Ask your qns here: discord.com/invite/HbzCX52Mc…
To ask Kim a question, sign up for our Discord using the link below, head to the “Ask Me Anything” channel, and post a question. Kim will answer questions from Feb 28 – Mar 2, so mark your calendars!
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We are seeking emerging writers to contribute to our monthly newsletter. If you have a critical social justice analysis on a topic within the food, bev, & hospitality industry - pitch at [email protected]
We pay $150 a piece, & welcome messy ideas that we can develop together!
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Also, big plug to @StudioATAO's free Gentrification Toolkit, which Jenny and I spent most of our interview talking about. It's full of great tools and discussion topics for restaurant and media folks to reflect on their role in changing neighborhoods
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"Take a close look at how we eat, and it reveals hidden parts of who we are."
From culinary school, to the Food Network, to Harvard — master's candidate and @StudioATAO Founder @chefjennydorsey is working to educate and empower people through food.
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The politics of food is a difficult but necessary subject to discuss. As you eat with your friends & family tonight we hope you’ll find ways to interrogate the stories of food we hear & then repeat. Food is integral to how we build identity & forms the basis of American history.
Do you love to plan, host, and facilitate community outreach events in the FBH industry?
We are hiring a Head of Events to create new in-person events nationwide and host our Hospitality Worker Town Halls!
Full job description below:
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We are looking for a volunteer with UI/UX experience to help make our website more user-friendly!
This will be a one-time project & your recommendations will make a major impact on our digital presence!
Please send us an email at [email protected] if you are interested.
The toolkit is housed in @NotionHQ and we have tried to make the interface as user friendly and accessible as possible. If you donated to our crowdfund last year, your donation went towards making this toolkit a reality. We couldn’t have done it without you and we’re so grateful!