Heretic Coffee may not be building a cafe in Gaza after all

Southeast Portland's Heretic Coffee is stepping back from plans to build a cafe in Gaza. The shop raised nearly $40,000 but acknowledged mistakes in their campaign pitch.
After raising almost $40K, the Southeast Portland coffee shop said in a post Thursday that they had made mistakes in pitching the campaign and would step back.
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