November 18, 2016 – Rochester, Minn. — Karen Edmonds announced today that Project Legacy received an significant grant of $7,500.00 from Associated Bank to sustain and continue positive change made by formerly gang-involved and refugee youth.
Read MoreThe Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced an equity grant totaling $150,000 for fiscal year 2017 to Project Legacy, a program of Olmsted Outreach.
Read More…Girls who have been involved for three years talk about the shift that occurred internally for them when they realized they had to break connections with their families — end the emotional ties and break with the gang that their families expected them to die for. A girl takes the talking piece and says:
Read More…We talk about trauma, the effects of abuse, the rage, the difficulty
trusting. I talk to them about their fighting and self-hatred. A girl who was planning a fight earlier rolls onto her side and looks at me.