Northside Stories is a collaboration between Appetite For Change and members of North Minneapolis aiming to tell their narratives. These individuals are Northside community legends who have and continue to pave the way for their neighbors. Here, we interview Spike Moss, a freedom fighter born and raised in the Jim Crow South. Alongside Mahmoud El-Kati and Verlena Matey-Keke, he helped co-found The Way, a non-profit community center that provided a safe space for Black youth in North Minneapolis that they could call home. Although The Way closed in 1984, he continues to advocate for his community in Northside to this day.

Northside Stories is a grant project proudly supported by the Minnesota Legacy Fund.

– Appetite For Change is a North Minneapolis non-profit organization that uses food as a tool to build health, wealth and social change.