Voices of Rondo Youth Podcast

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 Recording Arts, including  a trailer for the documentary titled Rondo: Beyond the Pavement. This documentary showcases the stories of Rondo community members, providing a look into the devastation that the I-94 interstate caused, as well as the beauty that existed before it. The youth council moves into talking about The Great Migration, which created northern Black communities such as Rondo. This episode features a clip from a High School for Recording Arts trip to Clarksdale, Mississippi with shocking revelations about the Hopson Plantation to be expanded on in the next episode. Stay tuned to see what they found!  Key Words: Rondo Systemic Racism Rondo: Beyond the Pavement Prosperity Study Urban Renewal Urban Planning Highway Interstate August Wilson Roy Wilkins Tony Stone Black Excellence Displacement Devastation Community Gentrification High School for Recording Arts Reconnect Rondo Transportation Racial Covenants Redlining Jim Crow Plessy v. Ferguson Red Summer of 1919 Great Migration Federal Housing Administration Segregation BIPOC Black America White America I-94 St.Paul, Minnesota Clarksdale, Mississippi Colonialism Generational wealth Sharecropping