From RV to farm field: How community groups are helping people heal after George Floyd s murder The connection between us all and being able to come together is just the first part, group leaders say real work begins, create spaces to grieve, laugh and teach. Author: Jennifer Hoff (KARE 11) Published: 9:34 PM CDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 9:54 PM CDT May 24, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Some people say the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin s trial was the first step for them in the healing process after he murdered George Floyd.
Community activists have been hard at work cultivating the many ways that there are to heal – from the performance stage to a rural farm to a wrapped recreational vehicle.
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Community, nonprofits step up to help Brooklyn Center residents Multiple organizations are distributing donated food, household supplies. April 16, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Rachel Nelson prepared barbecued chicken, burgers and hot dogs to be served Friday afternoon outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
Nelson, founder and president of Twin Cities Relief Initiative, said her group began handing out free essential items, including food, after George Floyd s killing last spring. The group s mission has expanded to Brooklyn Center aiding protesters, residents and anyone else in need since 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Potter in that suburb on Sunday.
At Brooklyn Center food giveaway, kindness and humanity come first
At Brooklyn Center food giveaway, kindness and humanity come first If you re angry and you haven t eaten, you re super angry, said the organizer of the initiative. April 17, 2021 4:38pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Rachel Nelson stood near a giant grill on the lawn of the Kenyan Community Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brooklyn Center on Saturday afternoon.
Cars stretched down N. Humboldt Avenue. About 80,000 pounds of donated food was stacked alongside 20,000 pounds of supplies: toothpaste, toilet paper, laundry detergent and feminine hygiene products. Another 46,000 pounds of food was about to arrive. Soon, the grill would be smoking with chicken legs and burgers. It was a festival of giving.