First person: A tour of the tornado zone
Makeda Zulu-Gillespie, director of outreach at the University of Minnesota's Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center, talks about how last year's tornado affected neighborhoods and people in north Minneapolis during a tour Friday, April 20, 2012.
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North Minneapolis native, Makeda Zulu-Gillespie, is the community outreach director for the University of Minnesota's Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center.
Zulu-Gillespie still lives in north Minneapolis. She took MPR's Tom Crann on a tour of the tornado zone and pointed out where cleanup has been completed -- and where there is still work to be done.
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