Sweet Potato Comfort Pie

TO ADVANCE RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY, HEAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY RACE-BASED TRAUMA AND ELEVATE MARGINALIZED VOICES AND EXPERIENCES. WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION IN THREE WAYS: BY USING THE POWERFUL BLACK CULTURAL FOOD TRADITION OF MAKING AND DELIVERING SWEET POTATO PIES: BY FACILITATING STORY-CIRCLE DIALOGUES WITH INTENTIONAL LISTENING AND AUTHENTIC SHARING; AND BY BUILDING MULTICULTURAL ALLIANCES/RELATIONSHIPS THAT DEEPEN COMMITMENT TO RACIAL JUSTICE WORK.

EIGTH ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY OF SERVICEJANUARY 15, 2022ANNUAL EVENT CELEBRATING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND CREATING BELOVED COMMUNITY THROUGH PRESENTATIONS, THE ARTS, FACILITATED CONVERSATION, AND MORE. THERE WERE MORE THAN 80+ VOLUNTEERS AND 347 ATTENDEES.ROBINSDALE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT PIE BAKE (STUDENTS)FEB 25, 2022ROBINSDALE AREA SCHOOLS WERE SERVED ROSE'S SWEET POTATO COMFORT PIE WITH THE SCHOOL LUNCH AND ROSE SPOKE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS BLACK CULTURAL FOOD TRADITION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 11362 STUDENTS SERVED.REFLECTIONS FOR 8TH ANNUAL MLK JR. PROGRAMMARCH 6, 2022THOSE WHO ATTENDED OUR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY OF SERVICE RE-CONVENE TO DISCUSS WHO THEY HONORED WITH A PIE, AND THEIR COMMUNITY HEROS. THERE WERE 57 ATTENDEES. ROSE SERVICE SCHOLAR YOUTH/ELDER MUTUAL MENTOR COHORTMAR 13 - JUL 17, 2022BLACK YOUTH/ELDERS CONNECT TO EXPLORE IDENTITY, CURRENT EVENTS, AND CAREER OPTIONS. YOUTH ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR CULTURE AND POTENTIAL CAREER PATHS, ELDERS ARE MENTORED IN TECHNOLOGY AND CURRENT EVENT VIEWPOINTS FROM YOUTH. THERE WERE 24 PARTICIPANTS.VIRTUAL HEALING TEA CIRCLE SERIESMAY 24 - JUNE 29, 2022A SERIES OF VIRTUAL STORY CIRCLES AND TEA HELD ON ZOOM. "BREATHE" COMMEMORATED THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, "UPLIFT" FOCUSED ON THE UPLIFTING STORIES OF COMMUNITY HEROES WHO WERE HONORED WITH PAST PIES, "EXHALE" CELEBRATED WOMEN AND GIRLS. THERE WERE 84 PARTICIPANTS.CHARACTER VALUES: UPHOLDING OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY PHOTO EXHIBITJUNE 17, 2022SHOWING OF OUR ORIGINAL PHOTO EXHIBIT, CHARACTER VALUES: UPHOLDING OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY. ON DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY OF THE BRECK SCHOOL, THIS EXHIBIT FEATURES PORTRAITS OF COMMUNITY HEROES, WITH BRIEF, POETIC BIOGRAPHIES THAT TELL THEIR STORIES. IT WAS ON DISPLAY FOR ONE WEEK AND THERE WERE 408 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED OUR PLAY AT BRECK SCHOOL, AND THIS WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY BY THE THEATER.KUMBAYAH: THE JUNETEENTH STORYJUNE 17, 2022MINNEAPOLIS, MN PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGINAL PLAY BY SWEET POTATO COMFORT PIE FOUNDER, ROSE MCGEE. KUMBAYAH: THE JUNETEENTH STORY TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF JUNETEENTH, AND EVENTS AROUND THE DELIBERATE WITHOLDING OF EMANCIPATION. THERE WERE 408 REGISTERED ATTENDEESJUNETEENTH JUBILEE SWEET POTATO COMFORT PIE BAKEOFFJUNE 18, 2022PARTICIPANTS CELEBRATE THIS CULTURAL FOOD TRADITION OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY BY ENTERING THEIR SWEET POTATO COMFORT PIE. WINNERS RECEIVE AWARDS, AND TELL THE STORIES OF THEIR UNIQUE SWEET POTATO COMFORT PIE RECIPE. LOCAL BIPOC LEADERS PARTICIPATE AS TASTERS/JUDGES. THERE WERE 21 PARTICIPANTS.KUMBAYAH: THE JUNETEENTH STORYSEPTEMBER 16, 2022DULUTH, MN PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGINAL PLAY BY SWEET POTATO COMFORT PIE FOUNDER, ROSE MCGEE. KUMBAYAH: THE JUNETEENTH STORY TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF JUNETEENTH, AND EVENTS AROUND THE DELIBERATE WITHOLDING OF EMANCIPATION. THERE WERE 412 REGISTERED ATTENDEES.