Coffee, Connections, and Collective Change
Broadening the Belief in the Boundless Potential of All People
In the heart of Nebraska, Rose Cat Coffee Co. is brewing more than just coffee. We're crafting a community that champions inclusivity, fosters connections, and empowers individuals with IDD.
80% of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) are unemployed nationwide.
At Rose Cat Coffee Company and Reading Society we are actively seeking to decrease that statistic one employment opportunity at a time, and designing a space where…
- Relationships are built.
- Employees feel seen, valued, included, and loved by their community.
- Employees can take pride and ownership in what they do and fully realize their own potential.
- Joy can seep into every cup of coffee served and out the doors into daily interactions with others.
- Kindness is spread and inclusion is not only talked about but felt and fully embraced.
Carefree Coffee
Enjoy a hot or cold coffee creation carefully crafted by some of the coolest baristas you’ll ever meet.
Rose Cat Reading Society
Take a book or leave a book from our large in-house library curated with inclusivity in mind. Pull up a chair, or settle into a cozy corner and escape into the land of literature.
Empowered Eats
Grab a bite from our rotating selection of treats baked exclusively by our team of empowered employees.
Champion Building
Help the Rose Cat mission seep into the Lincoln community by becoming champions of inclusivity, respect, empowerment, acceptance and changing the way people with IDD are seen and valued.
Coffee Creations
Hot Drinks: 12 oz, Cold Drinks: 16oz Regular or Decaf
Tea
Hot Drinks: 12 oz, Cold Drinks: 16oz
Extras
Customize your coffee with delightful extras.
Speciality Flavor Options: Visit us often to check out seasonal and rotating flavor options.
Empowered Eats
Come to the shop to see which of our rotating treats our bakers have cooked up
What our community says.
Exciting, innovative, and long overdue
Imagine getting up to go to work, excited to serve customers, work hard, thrilled to see co-workers, and empowered in knowing supports exist to make it a great day. The Lincoln Down syndrome community strives for this type of rare career experience. That is vision. That is hope. The new Rose Cat Coffee Co. coffee shop and bakery provides this opportunity for individuals to be their best and afford Lincoln a unique home for an amazing inclusive environment. Patrons will enter for coffee but leave with a smile from memorable interactions. Rose Cat Coffee Company’s focus is exciting, innovative, and long overdue in the state of Nebraska.
Everyone deserves a chance to feel useful and like they belong.
This opportunity is perfect for Lincoln because it will provide more inclusive options for people with disabilities. Any time inclusion can be fostered is a benefit for everyone in our community. Everyone deserves a chance to feel useful and like they belong.
The impact of this space will ripple beyond coffee and tea
Lincoln is truly a city filled with businesses that the world NEEDS more of and Rose Cat is exactly that. Brenda (as a human) & the team she is building will truly impact each human who has the privilege of walking thru their doors. The impact of this space will ripple beyond coffee and tea.
