Teresa Goines
Teresa Goines | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Westmont College |
| Occupations | Founder and CEO of Old Skool Cafe Youth Run Supper Club |
| Website | www |
Teresa Moore Goines is a social entrepreneur and former juvenile corrections officer who founded the Old Skool Cafe, a nonprofit, youth-run supper club in San Francisco, California.
Life and education
Goines was born in Tucson, Arizona. In 1997 she received a degree in psychology from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.[1][2] Goines then spent two years working as a juvenile corrections officer at Los Prietos Boys Camp.[3] Then, she quit her job and moved to Mexico to learn the language and culture, but she later returned to San Francisco. There, she worked in the Mission District gang prevention program until it lost its funding.[4][5]
In 2005, Goines founded Cora Jean's Old Skool Cafe, a youth-run supper club and internship program that provides its interns with training in culinary arts, entrepreneurship and conflict resolution. In an interview, she explained that the program aims to provide a second chance to young people with criminal records who are willing to change. The program, which is called after Goines' mother, offers a variety of job opportunities, such as event management, cooking, dishwashing and performing as singers or dancers.[6][7][8] The project began as a home cooking class in her apartment in Potrero Hill.[9]
By 2012, it had developed into a brick-and-mortar restaurant located in a former church in San Francisco.[10][11]
Awards and honors
In 2006 Goines received the San Francisco Foundation Koshland Bayview Fellowship Award and is a listed member of the Koshland Committee.[12]
She was awarded the 2008 Jefferson Award and the 2009 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award for her project Old Skool Cafe.[13]
References
- ↑ Budd, Ken (2025-12-09). "Serving Skills for Troubled Youth". The Saturday Evening Post. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ "At Teresa Goines' Old Skool Cafe, Dignity, Agency and Hope Are on the Menu". The San Francisco Standard. 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ "Old Skool Cafe serves up soul food and unique mission at Chase Center". Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ Davis, Laura Joyce (2013-07-03). "A Youth-Run Supper Club That's Wowing San Francisco". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ "Feeling Body, Mind, and Soul". Westmont College. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ Moody, Shelah (2008-10-19). "Volunteer helps youth get skills, paycheck". SFGATE. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ adesanyai (2016-10-14). "Old Skool Café | October 14, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS". Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ staff • •, NBC Bay Area (2025-01-17). "Restaurant hiring at-risk youth receives $350K grant". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ Wells, Madeline (2025-04-05). "One of SF's most unique dining experiences is a 1920s-themed supper club". SFGATE. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ Newman, Marina (2025-04-06). "At Old Skool Cafe, at-risk youth run Bayview restaurant where they 'find their spark'". Mission Local. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ Hirsch, By Jesse (2011-05-19). "Old Skool Cafe gives at-risk kids look at industry". SFGATE. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ "Koshland Program". The San Francisco Foundation. 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ "Old Skool Café Receives 2009 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award". Retrieved 2026-08-19.