Richard Reeve Created: April 25, 2021 11:03 PM
From the deaths of George Floyd and Daunte Wright to the trial of Derek Chauvin, traumatizing is a word many are using to describe the past year in Minnesota.
But now other words include hope and healing as a growing number of groups and organizations work to accelerate change.
“I felt a sigh of relief, but I feel the fight isn’t over,” said Daemeah Kareeah of Minneapolis. “It’s the pain and trauma that just doesn’t seem to go away.”
But on Sunday afternoon, not far from George Floyd square, there was a gathering that included music, games and even a sense of hope.
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Despite an elevation below 900 feet, Decorah feels like a mountain town, a nook hiding more than an hour from any interstate. Limestone cliffs and clear streams dodged the last glaciers. (Northeast Iowa is part of the Driftless Area, rolling hills that also ripple into Minnesota and Wisconsin.)
Here, visitors will find refined paddling strokes, fly-tying, radical conservation efforts and brewing (with precision that has birthed beers voted No. 1 in the world). You can also explore the town s heritage through Nordic festivals and events at Vesterheim, The National Norwegian-American Museum. Then there s Luther College, a liberal arts school founded 150 years ago by Norwegian immigrants.
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.
Peyton Scott Russell s “Icon of a Revolution” is a huge portrait of George Floyd s face in shades of grey, black and white spray paint. A single tear drops from the corner of his eye. This 12-by-12-foot plywood structure is mounted on two-by-fours and looms over the space in the square and is a beacon for visitors to stop and take pictures.