We are a loosely-organized group of volunteers who have been serving free meals in the People's Park neighborhood of Berkeley for 20 years.

Description:
The name reflects our origin in the Catholic Worker movement. We do not have a house or even an office, and we have no formal connection with any church or denomination. We have three part-time employees who restock the kitchen and fill in when volunteers are short. Volunteers do 60% of the work.

History:
Dorothy Day House volunteers served meals on Telegraph Avenue during the struggle to keep People's Park a park, later moving a trailer into the park -- the People's Cafe -- where they served meals in defiance of the city and the university. Now we depend on funding from the city to pay for food, kitchen, and the church dining room we rent near the campus.

Contact people:

Kessy Gbenedio, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Bill Smock, Volunteer, (phone), (email)

Address:

P.O. Box 12701/1931 Center Street Berkeley, CA 94712

Web Site: None specified

Directions:

1931 Center Street, where our kitchen is located, is in the center of Berkeley between Milvia and Martin Luther King.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Berkeley BART,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5   Nearest Bus Stop: 15, 1 minute walk