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No Us Without You: feeding a family of 4 for a week with $33
When the hospitality industry shut down this spring, the men of Va’La Hospitality spent $400 at a restaurant supply store and vowed to assist undocumented restaurant workers through the Boyle Heights-based initative, No Us Without You .
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readWhen the hospitality industry shut down this spring, the men of Va’La Hospitality spent $400 at a restaurant supply store and vowed to assist undocumented restaurant workers through the Boyle Heights-based initative, No Us Without You. A “no questions asked” service, they are serving 1400 families a week with groceries, free tutoring to students, job placement, reliable transportation, and this week — Christmas toys. Othón Nolasco founded the program with his business partner, Damian Diaz.
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The full episode
6 of 6The power of giving back by baking, farming, and eating dim sum- 0:00Fighting racism with flour and sugar
- 13:19Losing legacy Chinese restaurants and stores in New York City
- 22:41Resettling refugees starting from day 1 of the pandemic
- 30:55Solving inequity and injustice in LA’s food landscape
- 41:38Farming with youth and the formerly incarcerated to feed the community
- 47:36No Us Without You: feeding a family of 4 for a week with $33You’re reading this