A cup of coffee connects refugees and residents

There’s a theory in Latina studies, also known as mujerista theology, that revolves around the notion of “lo cotidiano,” or the quotidian.

The idea is that systemic change has the best chance of succeeding if it begins in the everyday life of women.

That is where recently opened Café Cotidiano gets its name. The coffee truck and its neighboring food truck Las Catrachitas in downtown San Antonio are run by asylum-seeking women and all proceeds benefit them and their children.

Painted blue with sweeping, white birds, the coffee truck sits near the San Antonio Mennonite Church, alongside the food…