Buy some baked goods, battle racism
Denver bakers join international campaign
Lots of us don’t know what to do to show our support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Here’s something easy — and delicious.
Eight metro Denver bakeries have joined forces with Bakers Against Racism to raise money for organizations fighting racism. Now through Wednesday at 11:59 p.m., customers can shop online from any of the participating bakeries through the Rebel Bread website and get their goodies at a pickup party on Saturday, June 20.
The Bakers Against Racism campaign started with three chefs in Washington, D.C., calling for bakers nationwide to sell cookies, cupcakes, bread and more for the fundraiser. In a June 4 Instagram post, organizers wrote, “We are armed to fight racism with the tools we know how to utilize, our
FOOD.” By June 9, thousands of bakers signed up in 42 states and 15 countries.
Zach Martinucci, co-founder and owner of Rebel Bread, on Monday told The Denver Post that each Denver bakery chose an organization to donate to and a treat to sell. He’s making sourdough bread and family-style bagels “as big as your head,” for $6 to $8, with proceeds going to Black Lives Matter 5280.
“I was trying to figure out how to respond to everything going on,” Martinucci said. “It felt like a great project, with our online store and large team, and we acted quickly to get this going.”
In addition to the sourdough bread and bagels, customers can shop for these items from Denver-area bakeries through the Rebel Bread website (rebelbread.square.site):
• Ruby Jean Patisserie is selling two cookie sandwiches (chocolate caramel and strawberry creme) for $8, with proceeds going to ACLU Colorado);
• Sugar Bakeshop is selling half a dozen summer cupcakes for $18, with proceeds going to Higher Heights for America;
• The Long I Pie Shop is making honey flower pies for $28, with proceeds going to the Center for Black Equity;
• A Denver Pastry Chef’s Collab Box filled with cookies, brownies and cupcakes goes for $24, with proceeds going to Black Lives Matter 5280;
• Proceeds from an assorted cookie box for $18 from Three Seeds Bakery go to the National Black Food & Justice Alliance.
Sorry, Port Side’s cinnamon rolls benefiting the Black Feminist Project and BLM cookies from Cāk, to benefit the Black Visions Emergent Fund, are already sold out.
For pick-up, Rebel Bread will open up its courtyard and parking lot in the Denver Design District on June 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Martinucci said customers can come for curbside pickup with prepackaged orders, or they can participate in a socially distant gathering with more baked goods and coffee from Slow and Steady.