MINNEAPOLIS — After living with the effects of gang violence in north Minneapolis for 16 years, Princess Titus hungered to change her neighborhood.
Her son, Jessie McDaniel, belonged to a gang. Her other son, Anthony, had been shot and killed by a gang when he was 16.
After Anthony’s murder, Titus said, her family struggled. “Jessie and I weren’t doing good in grieving,” Titus said. “We couldn’t really look at each other, because I look like his brother to him, and he looks like his brother to me.” They grew distant.
Titus felt a change was needed on the north side. She searched for a way to express her grief, Minnesota Public Radio News (https://bit.ly/1MN50lo ) reported.
She started cooking.
She had the idea to invite her north side neighbors to cook and eat with her.
Soon Titus was serving meals to people in her neighborhood to talk about the change they wanted to see in north Minneapolis. In the process, she and McDaniel reconnected.
