The United Tastes of America is a registered charity supporting resettled refugees and asylum seekers through food social enterprise and community connections.

We are dedicated to bridging differences and fostering inclusion.

By connecting people over food we build bridges of connection, fighting racism, xenophobia and islamaphobia through engagement.

The United Tastes of America is a story of humanity, heritage and hummus.

With the US government slow to respond to the Syrian Civil War humanitarian emergency, and xenophobia on the rise, Kate McCaffrey and Melina Macall saw an opportunity to respond to this global crisis on a local level.

Driven by the desire to change the narrative from fear to friendship, they organized a traditional Jewish American Christmas feast with 200 Muslim and Jewish guests. Next, they raised funds to pay off the travel loan debt that saddled a Syrian family of six. Then came summer camp for the newly resettled families' kids.

Any visit to a Syrian home includes mandatory feasting and Kate and Melina soon realized that sharing meals would break down cultural barriers. The Syria Supper Club was born.

The two feisty and fearless activists have since served 7,500 meals and 8.5 tons of hummus across the tri-state area. They now work with resettled families from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Rwanda, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. In recognition of this expansion, the Syria Supper Club has become the United Tastes of America.

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