Poverty

Addressing poverty and homelessness requires a combination of effective government policies and innovative community initiatives. Below, we examine countries that have been notably successful in the past decade (and beyond), highlighting their most impactful programs, laws, and practices. For each country, we discuss outcomes, effectiveness, scalability, and how similar strategies might be adapted in the United States.

At Beanchain, our commitment to community runs deep. Whether it's serving a meal, raising awareness, or building connections, we believe everyone can be part of the solution. Here’s how our programs—and trusted local organizations—are already making an impact—and how you can join in.

My wife Shannon and I created Beanchain as a living experiment in economic justice. It’s a worker-directed company—meaning we’re building a workplace where decisions are shared, wages are fair, and power is distributed. We’ve built in casual voting, open forums, and teams that allow people to earn more by taking on more responsibility. We’re moving steadily toward a living wage and a path to cooperative ownership.

Beanchain Coffee isn’t your ordinary coffee shop. Based in Mesa, Arizona, Beanchain is pioneering a unique model—worker-directed businesses that prioritize fairness, solidarity, and community support. If you share these values, there are plenty of meaningful ways you can get involved in supporting and furthering Beanchain’s mission.

Beanchain's core mission is ambitious and clear: to build fair, worker-directed coffee shops that genuinely serve their communities. Beyond just a place to gather, drink coffee, and work, Beanchain aims to empower its workers, fight poverty, and promote a broader cultural shift toward worker ownership and democratic workplaces.

Beanchain Coffee is a worker-directed coffee shop in Mesa, Arizona. It’s more than a café—it’s a real-world experiment proving that business can be fair, democratic, and community-focused.

TLDR one linerThe Solution Seeking System assists systems(any group of people) by identifying solutions that improve communication, connection, wisdom, leadership, or any other aspect of those systems. It creates a smooth cycle of growth and change that creates living systems that can better serve their participants.

Since we opened our doors, Beanchain has been more than a place to get a great cup of coffee. We set out to prove that a business can thrive when it puts people first—whether that’s the people working behind the counter, the neighbors who stop in every morning, or the folks who just need a place to feel welcome. If you’ve ever wondered what makes Beanchain so community-centered, here are a few of the features that shape our space and our mission every day.

Beanchain Coffee is a worker-directed coffee shop and incubator for democratic business practices, located in Mesa, Arizona. It is embracing worker cooperative principles and attempting to build a model that can serve as a bridge for other companies to use to move towards worker ownership and worker cooperative models. With the larger goal of building a Cooperative Network that can allow for scaling while ensuring local worker ownership.