The URL for this online event was chosen in recognition of the Ben Linder Cafe. It was both a very real place in León, Nicaragua and a place that has lived -- so far -- in the imagination of many Bridgewater State students who have learned about the world through coffee in this course and in our travel courses to Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
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| BSU coffee students at the site of the power plant Ben Linder was developing at the time of his death. |
It was in a hotel lobby in Granada, Nicaragua that we began to write a proposal a campus café -- a place that would educate and inspire, nourish and employ members of the campus community, just as Ben Linder's life of service has inspired so many of us. The proposal was met with great enthusiasm, until it was dismissed.
Because it is as fully aligned with the values of Bridgewater State as it was a decade ago -- sustainability, social justice, global thinking -- we have not been ready to give up on it just yet!
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