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[email protected] Like us on Facebook! Follow Us on Twitter page 3 page 6 page 13 Facebook.com/TheCircleNews @TheCircleNews JULY 2020 CELEBRATING FORTY YEARS VOLUME 41, ISSUE 7 Covid/protests bring food shortages and community support Residents comes together to protect Little Earth Housing Complex BY HANA BROADBENT e all remember In that first week, Little Earth where we were was showing up with large num- Wwhen we heard bers of over 100 residents who about the death of George were on every street that sur- Floyd. It’s a moment in time rounded the housing. One night, that touched every corner of a day or two after the rioting Minneapolis, and the Little started, a group of peaceful pro- Earth of United Tribes was no testors were making their way exception. onto Cedar Ave from 26th. “I woke up to Facebook one Residents let them know they day and saw the video. I knew were entering a private commu- something was going to happen nity and managed to reroute them after that,” said Little Earth res- away. ident, Estella LaPointe. “I was The residents were facing East Heidi Inman, a volunteer at the NACDI Free Market, unloads donated food items at the pop-up food shelf in home when I saw the Target and on 26th St., moving protestors the All My Relations Arts gallery, 1414 E.