“We’re going to set an example by showing people that we can bank Black, we can buy Black, we can support Black, and this is how we make change in our communities.”
Eduardo Lowe’s coffee company, Koinonia, has100 percent of its June profits to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which is also providing bail and legal support. He chose the organization based on recommendations from Black friends and community leaders.
Koinonia, which means “community” in Greek, has already donated $500 in advance, and plans to donate more this week.Lowe, who is half-Latino and half-white, lives and works in a gentrifying Black neighborhood. Instead of opening a storefront, which he thought could exacerbate gentrification, he operates a pop-up stand that rotates through local businesses, many of which are Black-owned. For the time being he’s moved to online sales, and is now back to pre-pandemic sales levels. “A few businesses are kind of getting a backlash for standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. I’ve noticed that I’ve lost a few followers,” he said. “I'm okay with it. I think our society is extremely consumeristic and capitalistic… you don’t want to lose followers, you don’t want to lose business, you don’t want to lose money. So you’re not willing to make really bold statements and express how you feel.” JenChan’s, a Southern and Asian comfort food restaurant that only opened last fall, has struggled to return to pre-pandemic traffic and is running on a shoestring budget. That said, it shut down for two days to allow employees—a majority of whom are Black—to march in the protests or to take time to process. Employees were paid.who co-owns the restaurant with her wife, Jen. “I’m not going to choose business over people’s lives. This is just way too important, and we’ve had way too many opportunities like this to do something as a country.” Systemic racism and discrimination has benefited white people throughout history, and the onus has only been on Black Americans to fix it, Chan says.By Arvin Temkar
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