Grief, healing and sweet potato pie with Dr. Joi Lewis and Rose McGee
Days after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Rose McGee sat in her Golden Valley home, watching the news, wondering what she could do to help.
Something told her to make some pies and bring them there. She went to her kitchen and got to work.
Those pies turned into Sweet Potato Comfort Pie: A Catalyst for Caring and Building Community.
And they’re more than pies. They’re a way to bring people together, to make positive change where they are.
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“Ms. Rose McGee is a movement,” says Dr. Joi Lewis, a visionary community speaker and healer and founder of the Healing Justice foundation.
In Minnesota Now’s latest “Share the Mic,” Lewis interviewed McGee about grief, healing and — what else — sweet potato pie.
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