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Rondo Resilience: Healing Through Community
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We journey to St. Paul's historic Rondo community, exploring resilience, healing, and hope through conversations with residents at the 825 Arts Community Barbecue.
• Rondo was once a thriving, tight-knit, middle-class Black community until Interstate 94 construction in the 1950s-60s demolished over 700 homes and 300 businesses
• Despite this systemic destruction, the community continues organizing, fighting, and reconnecting
• Young adults describe recovery as having a supportive community of people who look like them and can provide accountability
• Residents express concern about the lack of mental health resources available to Black community members
• Multiple interviewees emphasize that recovery means peace, harmony, and the ability to gather without outside interference
• The founder of Rondo Double Dutch shares how the simple activity creates magic by bringing together people experiencing hardships with children and community members
• Young people offer wisdom about confidence, singing, dancing, and believing in oneself
• Recovery extends beyond substance use to include reclaiming stolen histories, homes, and hopes
• Community gathering, storytelling, and collective joy emerge as powerful medicine and acts of resistance
Visit the links in the description to learn more about the Rondo community and their ongoing efforts to reconnect and rebuild.
#RondoResilience
#BlackHistoryMatters
#CommunityHealing
#HistoricRondo
#MentalHealthEquity
#HealingThroughStorytelling
#CulturalRecovery
#ReclaimOurRoots
#BlackJoyIsResistance
#RondoDoubleDutch
#CollectiveHealing
#ArtsAndHealing
#RacialJusticeMN
#RebuildRondo
Chapters
1. Welcome to Historic Rondo (00:00:00)
2. Rondo's History and Interstate 94 Impact (00:02:04)
3. Finding Connection at the Community Barbecue (00:04:11)
4. Community Voices on Recovery (00:08:34)
5. Recovery through Love and Confidence (00:14:34)
6. Hope and Resilience Beyond Substance Use (00:18:20)
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