Voices of Rondo Youth Podcast

The ReConnect Rondo Youth Council visit with members of the Rondo Community to elevate their voices on the why Juneteenth matters.

Welcome to the first episode of the second season of the Voices of Rondo podcast: Faces of Youth. In this episode, we highlight youth perspectives by hearing the voices of students who live and go to school in the Rondo area. The Youth Council hosted an event at the High School for Recording Arts, facilitating group discussions about gentrification and displacement, which have been defining strugg...

Welcome to the sixth episode of the Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: Words from the Director The Reconnect Rondo Youth Council interviews the Director of ReConnect Rondo Keith Baker.

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: Dismissal of Community Voices The Rondo Youth Council delves into a Minnesota Department of Transportation report on rethinking I-94 and discusses the many plans for changing a stretch of the highway. The council explores the concept of induced demand and how the expansion of highways may not suffice. Studies conducted by R...

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: Gentrification Stories from Rondo to Treme The Rondo Youth Council delves into the effects of gentrification on communities like Rondo and Treme. This episode also explores methods cities can use to minimize gentrification. The council showcases interviews with folks such as the Mayor of Brooklyn Center April Graves, a for...

Welcome to the third episode of the Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: Displacement of America. The Reconnect Rondo Youth Council delves into the various ways African Americans have historically faced displacement. They examine the correlation between violent events like the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, and the subsequent effects of infrastructure projects s...

Welcome to the second episode of The Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: The Blues Highway. The Rondo Youth Council picks up where they left off in the previous episode, digging deeper into their findings at the Clarksdale's Hopson Plantation, the creation of northern Black communities through The Great Migration, and connections between places like Clarksdale and Rondo, whether that be thr...

Get to know The Voices of Rondo youth council podcast with the first ever episode: Introducing Rondo. The podcast is hosted by the ReConnect Rondo Youth Council, who dive into the systemic racism behind the U.S. Transportation System, highlighting its generational effects on the Rondo community in St. Paul, Minnesota. This episode features numerous clips created by students at High School for Reco...

Welcome to the third episode of the Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: Displacement of America. The Reconnect Rondo Youth Council delves into the various ways African Americans have historically faced displacement. They examine the correlation between violent events like the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, and the subsequent effects of infrastructure projects s...

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: Dismissal of Community Voices The Rondo Youth Council delves into a Minnesota Department of Transportation report on rethinking I-94 and discusses the many plans for changing a stretch of the highway. The council explores the concept of induced demand and how the expansion of highways may not suffice. Studies conducted by R...

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Voices of Rondo youth council podcast: Gentrification Stories from Rondo to Treme The Rondo Youth Council delves into the effects of gentrification on communities like Rondo and Treme. This episode also explores methods cities can use to minimize gentrification. The council showcases interviews with folks such as the Mayor of Brooklyn Center April Graves, a for...

Get to know The Voices of Rondo youth council podcast with the first ever episode: Introducing Rondo. The podcast is hosted by the ReConnect Rondo Youth Council, who dive into the systemic racism behind the U.S. Transportation System, highlighting its generational effects on the Rondo community in St. Paul, Minnesota. This episode features numerous clips created by students at High School for Reco...