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Describe the Cooperacion Santa Ana's event will benefit the community by featuring the community benefits vibrant, traditional, and cultural art of coffee cultivation and production as of this event well as the local arts and culture of collectivism and resilience that has created the worker -owned cooperative movement in Santa Ana. These strong community assets help to increase a sense of cultural identity and appreciation for Santa Ana's community -minded residents. Beyond a delicious beverage, coffee serves as a powerful symbol of collaboration and empowerment within the cooperative movement, fostering community spirit and economic justice one cup at a time. La Milpa Cafe, a worker -owned cooperative bakery and cafe, will lead an interactive discussion about the source of the coffee at the event: a small coffee farm in La Sierra Norte de Oaxaca. During a demonstration of traditional coffee preparation, La Milpa Cafe will share the history of coffee in our communities and their worker cooperative. Coffee -based beverages and desserts from the cooperative will be available during the event for all attendees to enjoy, free of charge. SALSA Food Hub, a worker -owned urban farming cooperative, will host an educational presentation on coffee bean cultivation and composting coffee grinds for the event participants. SALSA will facilitate a special kid -friendly workshop for families to practice vermicomposting: the use of worms to support the decomposition of coffee grinds and other compost materials. Each family will receive a vermicomposting kit to take home and use. Careshare OC, a worker -owned childcare cooperative, will be on -site to facilitate safe, and unique arts and crafts -making activities with the children at the event. These activities will include using coffee grounds to paint and make DIY flowerpots with coffee compost starters for their new succulent plants. The presentations and story -telling discussions will help increase community knowledge of traditional cultural practices surrounding the cultivation and uses of coffee. It will also inform the participants about now cooperative businesses in Santa Ana. Residents will also share stories about their dreams of building a business and how it will impact the local economy, uplift their culture, and build a more vibrant future for Santa Ana. Local artists will provide music and decorations for the event. Cooperacion Santa Ana anticipates at least 50 Santa Ana residents in attendance, highlighting Santa Ana's rich arts and culture centering on the traditional art of coffee. The event will be advertised using designs created by a local artist and these designs will uplift the culture of collectivism of worker - owned cooperatives. These designs celebrate and promote the indigenous roots of coffee cultivation and consumption alongside the backdrop of cooperativism and how it flows throughout the local Santa Ana economy. Stickers with these designs will be distributed for free at the event. Local photographer Felipe Ramirez will also capture photographs from the event so that its impacts can be shared with a wider audience. Amount Requested 6124.0