Joseph Pool, Rollins College ’26 founded Breaking Bread to help students find common ground and foster meaningful conversations through connections over the dinner table. Inspired by culinary diplomacy—a practice throughout history of using food to unite people—Pool started the student club as a faculty/student research project after taking several food-related courses with religion professor Yudit Greenberg. The club launched with 80 students at its first dinner event and has doubled in size, gaining support and grant funding. Breaking Bread is not only creating space for productive conversations but also empowering students to step up, inspire their peers, and make a difference.
Hear Joseph Pool be interviewed about the work by local news, WESH2 News Orlando.
Video credit: Rollins College, YouTube channel
Photo credit: Zach Stovall/Rollins College
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