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

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