Founded by three bartenders, No Us Without You provides weekly food packages to undocumented workers in L.A.
We asked 15 chefs and restaurant owners in and around L.A. to tell us how they’re doing. This is what they said.
“One of the things we asked ourselves was, who is being left behind in all this? We saw a lot of inspiring things happening for front-of-house employees in terms of GoFundMe pages and fundraisers, but it was frustrating to see no one talking about the back-of-house,” Nolasco said. “The painful truth is that in L.A., and really most of the country, 85% to 90% of those workers are undocumented and they no longer have a paycheck.
After loading up their truck at wholesale restaurant supplier Canton Food Co., the trio began assembling food packages meant to feed a family of four for a week — five pounds of rice and beans, tortillas, eggs, chorizo, potatoes, milk, fruits and vegetables. Nolasco said they’ve calculated each package costs $33 on their end, a modest price considering what it provides for families that are food-insecure.
No Us Without You launched with a goal of feeding 30 families a week, but as word spread through social media and industry connections, the group saw donations of supplies steadily flow in from produce suppliers, local restaurants and bars and supermarkets such as Northgate González. The Boyle Heights warehouse that had been Va’La Hospitality’s offices is now a de facto distribution center, where bags are packed several times each week and passed out to those in need.
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