Moncton cafe owner who overcame homelessness hopes community support will save business
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As a teenager, Emily Flint experienced homelessness for three years.
She describes those days feeling “broken, for a lack of better words.”
“I just started doing drugs and hanging out with other drifters,” she said, adding that she would couch surf and sleep in a friend’s garage while in Alberta.
Back then, Flint didn’t have a place to go to find support or a feeling of safety. She says that is what’s motivated her to open up her Moncton, N.B. cafe to those who are experiencing the same struggles.
“That’s a huge incentive as to why I do what I do,” she said. “Because I think of all the times that I would stand at the bus terminal just waiting to get on the bus and have a bunch of dirty looks just for existing.”
Flint is the co-owner of The Groggy Fog Cafe, which is located just down the road from Harvest House, the Humanity Project and other centres that offer resources to homeless people. The cafe is also queer-friendly, and gladly opens its doors to all.
Flint says it’s not rare for people to stop by, and share a meal.
“We have no problem making sure everybody who comes in who’s hungry … is fed. And as long as people are respectful of us, we will respect them and make sure they’re fed and clothed,” she said.
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