Coffee & Connections
Where Coffee Meets Compassion, & Connections Change Lives
Where Coffee Meets Compassion, & Connections Change Lives
Where lived experience, ethical leadership, and shared healing come to the table. Every seat honors a voice committed to trust, dignity, and community-first growth.
First Name Last Name — Voice of lived military service, healing, and advocacy for those left behind.
First Name Last Name — Focused on compassion-driven care and reshaping access to emotional safety.
First Name Last Name — Uplifting creative paths to healing through storytelling, movement, and expression.
First Name Last Name — Holding space for caregivers, kinship communities, and intersectional family healing.
First Name Last Name — Bridging real-world experience with governance that centers dignity over data.
Ben “The Beanfather” Riley — Believed in the mission before the doors opened. Founder of The Coffee Veteran, a business built to support disabled veterans and single mothers through community-powered coffee.
Your Stories of Triumph, Healing & Survival
I tried to die to make someone care.
Now I live to make sure no one feels alone again.
I survived what never should’ve happened.
So now I build what never existed—a space that sees the whole person before the crisis.
“I came here not knowing if I’d be believed.
Now I tell others—this café gave me a place to exhale.”
— Guest, El Paso
“I’ve battled PTSD and addiction.
Coffee & Connections didn’t ask for paperwork—they asked how I was. That changed everything.”
— Guest, Unknown
“I tried to push what happened to me in the back of my head, away from my forethoughts,
but I realized that talking about situations helps with the healing.
Don't be afraid to speak about what you silently go through.”
— Jas J, El Paso
Share your story, reflection, or message of hope. Your page may help someone finally feel seen.