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looking at how the community has transformed the site of George Floyd’s killing 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis and at the people behind its transformation. It is the culmination of reporting over several months, and a partnership with South High School to engage neighborhood youth in telling their community’s story.
All summer, Isak Douah, volunteered to work security at the intersection where Floyd died. Seeing the trauma there, he decided to develop a mobile app to connect people in his community to mental health care.Photo by Awa Mally
Isak Douah, 22, grew up in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis and graduated from South High School in 2016. He went on to go to the University of Amsterdam to study fashion design. Prior to leaving for college, he spent a lot of time doing work as a youth organizer.