I was introduced to Bulldog News via UW campus activism in support of Fair Trade certified coffee. Bulldog often provided us with free coffee to serve on campus to promote Fair Trade certification and to encourage students to seek out fair trade coffee. We really appreciated their help in our endeavors, and they continue to reach out to the community through their tips-for-volunteering program and I'm sure in many other ways as well. At one point they hosted an evening discussion on politics; I'm not sure if that is still a regular thing.
Bulldog News' coffee helped me develop a liking for coffee in the first place. They serve Equal Exchange coffee and espresso at their stand, as well as Yerba Mate, hot chocolate, and sometimes lemonade or other seasonal drinks. If you have your own mug you can get a discount on your drink - with my own Bulldog News mug I get 12 oz of drip coffee for $1. Awesome.
Oh, and their selection of publications is amazing. I can spend and have spent hours in there browsing.
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