Affiliated Universities
Interested in joining the Network? Check out how some other campuses have gotten involved
UC Santa Cruz
CAN is currently located at UC Santa Cruz. All liaison either currently are or at some point were faculty or graduate students involved at UCSC. This is also the first campus where we've served our coffee in the Dining Hall. The Friends of CAN student group is the real heart and work force of the organization. They meet weekly to organize events, campaigns and projects that promote social justice and sustainability at UCSC and beyond. Check out the case study for more info about how it all started...
Cabrillo Community College
Our partnership with Dining Services at Cabrillo rose out of student interest. Students went to their dining services provider and told them that rather than seeing corporate coffee on their campus, they wanted something more sustainable and local. Today we serve CAN coffee alongside our partners, the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company. We’re also working on expanding the academic opportunities, like field studies and courses, to Cabrillo students.
Evergreen State College
Dr. Martha Rosemeyer is a graduate of UCSC's Agroecology Program where she was first introduced to the Community Agroeoclogy Network. Her knowledge and experience of the affects of the coffee crisis gained while studying under Dr. Steve Gliessman were a key motivation for her role as faculty sponsor of undergraduate internships in our partner communities. She is now faculty in ecological and tropical agriculture at Evergreen in Olympia, Washington.
University of Vermont
As CAN’s co-Executive Director, Ernesto Mendez plays a huge role in the Network, especially with regards to the Participatory Action Research program. Dr. Mendez was also a graduate student at UCSC and is our Research Liaison for our partner community of Tacuba, El Salvador. He is currenlty a faculty member in the Plant Sciences and Enviornmental Studies Departments at University of Vermont. Students at UVM have participated in 2 week field courses in Tacuba, El Salvador and Agua Buena Costa Rica.
UC Berkeley
Students from different environmental groups on campus like Steam and SAFE have sponsored CAN educational events on their campus and have sold CAN coffee at their on-campus farmers market.
There are lots of different ways YOU can take action to promote greater solidarity with coffee producing communities and support an alternative trade system. Interested? Check out the CAN on your campus page for more information and don’t hesitate to contact us at coordinator@canunite.org
