Cafe Reconcile
Encyclopedia
Café Reconcile is a non-profit organization
and restaurant in Central City
area of New Orleans
, Louisiana
, USA. It was founded in 1996 by Craig Cuccia and Rev. Harry Tompson, S.J. and provides culinary and life skills training for at risk youth, allowing them to enter the hospitality and entertainment industry of New Orleans.
According to their website, "In the first four years of operation, Reconcile New Orleans’ Youth Workforce training program has successfully enrolled over 250 youth between the ages of 16 and 25 to learn basic life skills, interpersonal skills and work skills to enable and empower them to successfully enter the second-largest non-governmental workforce in New Orleans – the entertainment and hospitality industry." Also, their stated mission is "to provide at-risk youth an opportunity to learn life and interpersonal skills and operational training for successful entry into the hospitality and restaurant industries; to provide an economic development cornerstone for the blighted and declining but slowly returning Central City neighborhood, and to provide services to address unmet neighborhood needs (such as quality family-based literacy instruction for adults and children) until such time as other local organizations can establish their own programs in the community."
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
and restaurant in Central City
Central City, New Orleans
Central City is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. It is located at the lower end of Uptown, just above the New Orleans Central Business District, on the "lakeside" of St. Charles Avenue...
area of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, USA. It was founded in 1996 by Craig Cuccia and Rev. Harry Tompson, S.J. and provides culinary and life skills training for at risk youth, allowing them to enter the hospitality and entertainment industry of New Orleans.
According to their website, "In the first four years of operation, Reconcile New Orleans’ Youth Workforce training program has successfully enrolled over 250 youth between the ages of 16 and 25 to learn basic life skills, interpersonal skills and work skills to enable and empower them to successfully enter the second-largest non-governmental workforce in New Orleans – the entertainment and hospitality industry." Also, their stated mission is "to provide at-risk youth an opportunity to learn life and interpersonal skills and operational training for successful entry into the hospitality and restaurant industries; to provide an economic development cornerstone for the blighted and declining but slowly returning Central City neighborhood, and to provide services to address unmet neighborhood needs (such as quality family-based literacy instruction for adults and children) until such time as other local organizations can establish their own programs in the community."
Sources
- http://www.cafereconcile.com/index.asp
- http://www.archdiocese-no.org/cafe%20reconcile.htm
- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/01/05/off_the_streets_into_cafeacute_reconcile/
- http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1213295636120.shtm
- http://blog.nola.com/dining/2008/03/40_chefs_jackets_given_to_stud.html
- http://www.companysj.com/v211/cafereconcile.htm
- http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2004-06-22/restreview.html
- http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2008/06/new_north_carolina_restaurant.html
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3676/is_200710/ai_n21099615
- http://www.zagat.com/Verticals/PropertyDetails.aspx?VID=8&R=57667
- http://www.catholicdigest.com/article/craig-cuccia-cofounder-and-executive-director-caf-reconcile-new-orleans-louisiana
- http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/portrait_reconcile.htm
- http://www.companymagazine.org/v211/cafereconcile.htm