Transformative Jobs

Discover Community Café will create living wage apprenticeships for people overcoming barriers to employment and an invitation to become an owner of the café after completing the apprenticeship. As a worker cooperative, staff will have power and voice in decision-making and governance of the café and will be a part of sustaining living wage, dignified jobs for all employees.

*Data Source: Economic Policy Institute

Creating space for women to identify their talents and skills, Discover will encourage, equip, and celebrate apprentices as they pursue their goals and dreams. 

The Discover apprenticeship will provide:

1. Training in running all aspects of the café

2. Professional development and wrap around services chosen by apprentices

3. An encouraging community with fellow apprentices and patrons of the café

4. An invitation to become an owner of the café after completing the apprenticeship

The minimum wage has remained stagnant for decades and has inhibited those in low wage jobs from meeting their most basic needs, build wealth, and establish plans for the future. Women and people of color are overrepresented in low wage jobs, contributing to the stark racial and gender wealth gap in our state. Though California has the highest minimum wage in the country at $15/hour, it is also the state with the highest poverty level.