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Barb’s connects communities

Bon Appétit has been offering baked artisan bread and other bakery items brought by Homeboy Industries at Barbara’s Place and Davenport Dining Hall.

Homeboy Industries is a youth program that offers high-risk adults and former gang members several programs to benefit their well-being, such as mental health counseling, education classes, tattoo removal and employment.

This partnership accurately practices the University’s mission statement of community and diversity. The mission statement reads, “the University promotes the goal of community within a context of diversity. Therefore, it encourages students to understand and appreciate the diversity of cultures that exists locally, nationally, and internationally.”

The partnership between Bon Appétit and Homeboy Industries is an outstanding way for students to see firsthand how inclusivity is beneficial for all types of communities and gives students the opportunity to appreciate and understand different cultures.

From this partnership, students are able to see that communities go beyond the stereotypes attached to them.

Homeboy Industries proves there is positive potential for former gang members, whether it be through working towards a better life by baking pastries or helping their community.

This aspect of diversity is something the University should be immensely proud of and deserves more publicity than the letter-sized announcement placed at the register at Barb’s.

The Campus Times would like to applaud Bon Appétit’s partnership with Homeboy Industries and the statement it makes for the University. We feel it portrays the mission statement well and opens minds.

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