The second Prodigy Coffeehouse starts pourin today.
“We’re not just a coffeehouse," says Steph Frances, founder and executive director of."Since 2016, we’ve seen a lot of youth who felt like they were falling through the cracks, and we picked them up. We are more than a powerful workplace. We are criminal justice prevention, suicide prevention and a place of deep healing." And now that mission is expanding with the opening of a second location at 4500 Broadway on September 8; a grand-opening celebration is planned for September 23.
The youth who find Prodigy feel like misfits who are searching not only for jobs and a living wage, but also a second chance and a place to fit in, says Frances. “By definition, a prodigy is a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities," she explains."At Prodigy, young adults study the craft of coffee, and we activate their inherent greatness. They are your next-generation leaders, here to go forth and enrich the city.
After that, she decided to keep it real for the kids. “We don’t believe in interviews," she notes."Interviews are just two people sitting across the table from each other, lying to each other. It’s very intimidating.” Instead, to gain entry into the Prodigy program, interested applicants must shadow Prodigy management during a paid four-day training program to ensure mutual love and passion.
Frances admits that not all program participants are initially quite so willing. No one is ever fired for slacking off or not showing up; instead, they are removed from the schedule until they’re ready to come back. “Some have matured a bit, returned and just crushed it," she says."We never see anyone as a lost cause. Ever.”
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