We Are Force Majeure is an enamel lapel pin that can be worn by coffee professionals who disagree with the SCA's choice to use the Deferred Candidacy Policy (DCP) to justify holding coffee competitions in Dubai, where some LGBTQ baristas may feel unsafe. 

This pin project is a collaboration between three DC-based coffee professionals: Sarah Rice Scott, Lenora Yerkes and Dawn Shanks. Designed by Lenora Yerkes, this pin was created with baristas participating in upcoming coffee competitions in mind. The choice as to whether or not to compete is a personal one, but choosing to compete, judge or volunteer should not equate support of the SCA DCP decision. 

It is our hope that these pins foster a sense of community at upcoming coffee competitions, a sort of silent nod to one another while competing, volunteering, calibrating, or cheering everyone on. We Are Force Majeure, and the folks behind it, believe in the power of coffee competitions to create and kindle community in specialty coffee, and love the competitive baristas who make these games great. 

These pins will be sold at cost by We Are Force Majeure, and the artwork used to create the pin will be available to other creative coffee professionals under a Creative Commons license (to wit: we're collaborative with other makers, as long as they're not attempting a huge profit or any mass merchandising). 

You can request pins here.