The hospitality table · Tukwila, WA
Café gratis y una cálida bienvenida.
Respect, dignity, and warmth, one cup of coffee at a time.
Weekday mornings, 9 a.m. to noon
On the sidewalk on Interurban Ave S in Tukwila, in front of the Fairway Center, where community members check in with ISAP.
“When I see you here, I don’t feel alone.”
What happens at the table
Every morning the office has been open since December 2025, volunteers have set up a table on the sidewalk outside the business park in Tukwila, as close to the ISAP office as we can legally be. Community members come to that office for required check-ins with a contractor of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
People arrive tired, anxious, scared, or just worn out by the process. We can't change what happens inside. We can offer respect, dignity, and a warm welcome: a hot cup and a friendly face on the way in and on the way out.
Many community members have to come back every two weeks or every month. So the table has become a place where familiar faces are greeted by name, and where our immigrant neighbors know someone is glad to see them again.
Hot coffee or tea, poured by a volunteer, with cream and sugar as you like. Pan dulce and fruit, and juice and cold water from the cooler when it's hot out.
Juice and animal crackers for children who come along with their parents, and sometimes a coloring book or a mini stuffed animal.
A friendly face, a little conversation, and maybe some talk about whose team is winning.
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Volunteer
A morning at the table is simple: pour coffee and tea as people walk up, hand a juice box to a toddler, and offer a smile and a listening ear. Showing up, week after week, is most of it.
Give
Everything on the table comes from your gifts, and we're grateful for every one.
We're not a 501(c)(3), so gifts aren't tax-deductible and we can't give a tax receipt.
Families at the table sometimes need more: a month of rent, a ride, a place to park a car. See what's needed now.
From the table
Hospitality, Migrant Justice, and Café Gratis. Hear how the table began, what we've learned on that sidewalk, and how to join a morning shift.
Bloedel Hall, Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle
After a summer of toy giveaways, coolers of cold drinks, and World Cup games watched on phones, the circle at the table keeps growing.
A volunteer from Seattle University wrote about the table, the people who stop by, and why a cup of coffee matters here.
Read the articleEn español
Café Gratis es una mesa de hospitalidad atendida por voluntarios en Tukwila, Washington. Desde diciembre de 2025, cada día que la oficina está abierta, recibimos a los miembros de la comunidad que llegan a sus citas en la oficina de ISAP.
¿Necesita ayuda legal o un plan para su familia? Recursos en español.
¿Quiere ayudar? Inscríbase como voluntario o haga una donación.
No somos una organización 501(c)(3), así que las donaciones no son deducibles de impuestos y no podemos dar un recibo para los impuestos.