Join us for an evening of live performances! This Soul Food Monologues performance will take place in-person, outdoors, at the outdoor space next to Moon Palace Books in Longfellow Minneapolis.

Wednesday May 19, 2021 || 7:00pm CST

Location: In-Person AND Virtual

3032 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406

The Soul Food Monologues: Stories of Food and Justice features Twin Cities food justice organizers and University of Minnesota students sharing their relationship to food’s tangled history in our community. Performers will share their engagement with mutual aid and food as a tool for organizing during the uprisings for justice for George Floyd during a global pandemic. Renowned Food Justice Activist LaDonna Redmond directs a courageous and soul-searching process to bring out their stories.

Produced by LaDonna Redmond, this performance of Soul Food Monologues is organized by History for the Future and Climates of Inequality, a project of the Humanities Action Lab.

Soul Food Monologues Producer:

LaDonna Redmond

Writing Workshop Participants + Performers:

David Ly

Maricella Xiong

Jenean Gilmer

Patricia O’Leary

Acoma Gaither

The Soul Food Monologues live performance was hosted in the outdoor open lot at Moon Palace Books in South Minneapolis. The event was also live-streamed to a remote audience on Zoom.

Produced by LaDonna Redmond, this performance of Soul Food Monologues is organized by History for the Future and Climates of Inequality, a project of the Humanities Action Lab.

Supported by:

🔸 Thinking Food: Radically Reimagining Food Studies in the Twin Cities

🔸 Minnesota Transform, a Mellon Foundation Higher Education Grant Initiative

🔸 University of Minnesota Heritage Studies and Public History Program