November 2021 — A small handmade “Free Stuff Inside” cabinet sits beside a picket fence in a residential Minneapolis neighborhood, offering passersby clothing, household items, and other essentials at no cost. These volunteer-maintained boxes—modeled loosely after Little Free Pantries and similar mutual-aid projects—became common across the city in recent years as neighbors looked for practical ways to support one another. This particular cabinet shows signs of winter use, with a thin layer of snow on the ground and along the fence, emphasizing the year-round effort by residents to keep shared resources accessible. The rise of these informal exchange boxes reflects a broader culture of grassroots support systems that grew during the pandemic and the 2020 unrest. Neighbors created hyper-local networks for food, winter gear, and daily necessities, often improvising with whatever materials they had. Even a small cabinet like this served as a reliable touchpoint for people needing gloves, toiletries, or household supplies, helping strengthen the sense of community resilience in the city’s residential blocks.

November 2021 — First snowfall at the Say Their Names Memorial near George Floyd Square.

November 2021 — Free Little Food Shelf at Powderhorn Park during the first snow fall of the season.

November 2021 — The Murphy Ranks Memorial on Chicago Avenue inside George Floyd Square.

October 2021 — A rainy late October night in South Minneapolis with just 6 days left of voting after millions of dollars spent on mayoral control, public safety, and rent control ballot questions.

October 2021 — A pumpkin carving at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.

October 2021 — A Minneapolis Police squad drives down Minnehaha Ave as Open Streets finishes up.

October 2021 — “Riots Work Ya Nerds” graffiti seen during Open Streets Minnehaha.

October 2021 — A "YES ON 2" yard sign on Minnehaha Ave during Open Streets.

October 2021 — "On Minnehaha, we celebrate". The 2021 version of Open Streets Minnehaha Avenue seemed dominated by the upcoming city election with a lot of candidates in attendance and talks regarding the strong mayor, public safety and rent control ballot questions.

October 2021 — A Sheila Nezhad for Minneapolis Mayor and No Justice No Streets yard sign seen in South Minneapolis.

October 2021 — Yard signs in South Minneapolis.

October 2021 — A caretaker at George Floyd Square lights candles at the George Floyd Memorial.

October 2021 — Crowd at George Floyd Square following a vigil on what would have been his 48th birthday.

October 2021 — Paris Stevens, George Floyd's cousin, speaks at George Floyd Square on what would’ve been George Floyd's 48th birthday.

October 2021 — The George Floyd Memorial on what would have been George Floyd's 48th birthday.

October 2021 — The Pillar of Truth Deliverance Temple Drum Line making it's way down Chicago Avenue at George Floyd Square.

October 2021 — AutoZone on East Lake St open for business after being the first building to burn during the Minneapolis Uprising.

September 2021 — "Be Kind... Stay Brave!" We are all George Floyd" written on the side of a building on Nicollet Avenue in South Minneapolis.

September 2021 — "George Floyd" written on a retaining wall in South Minneapolis.

September 2021 — A flyer for The Unplugging by New Native Theatre at the site of the former Gandhi Mahal Site that burned down during unrest.

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September 2021 — Nail and Beauty Skin Care with boards as seen in South Minneapolis. Sign that reads "We are remodeling".

September 2021 — The George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square.

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September 2021 — A sign leading to the Midtown Greenway in South Minneapolis.

September 2021 — Sunset on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis.

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September 2021 — Protesters gather on what was the 3rd month anniversary from when Winston Smith was killed by law enforcement at the top of the parking ramp.

August 2021 — Signage for the Urban Farm Project at the Roof Depot site in South Minneapolis.

August 2021 — The "Raised Fist" at 38th and Columbus.

August 2021 — The Stop N Shop car wash across from the Minneapolis Police fifth precinct.

August 2021 — The Stop-N-Shop gas station across from the fifth precinct being renovated after being damaged during unrest.

August 2021 — A burned light post across the street from the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct.

August 2021 — Storefronts still covered in murals on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.

August 2021 — A Mobile Pharmacy outside what will become a new Walgreens store on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Walgreens will move into what was the Office Depot store that was damaged during the Minneapolis Uprising.

August 2021 — A car wash across the street from the Minneapolis police fifth precinct.

August 2021 — Development continuing on the I-35W & Lake Street station.

August 2021 — Community space on the corner of Chicago Avenue and Lake Street where variety shows have been held along with the growing of a garden.

August 2021 — Recently re-opened Wendy's as seen from the back of the Coliseum Building. The building was destroyed by fire on May 28th.

August 2021 — The Coliseum Building on East Lake Street.

August 2021 — "Defund Police Please?" written on a street curb in South Minneapolis.

August 2021 — "Abolish Prisons" written on a bridge in South Minneapolis.

August 2021 — "Fuck Proud Boys" and "ACAB" written under a bridge in South Minneapolis.

August 2021 — The wooden "Justice For George Floyd" signs sit in front yards of many homes on Park Avenue near George Floyd Square.

August 2021 — They can't cage our rage, abolush everything flyer seen in South Minneapolis.

August 2021 — A memorial for Emmett Till at the Say Their Names Memorial near George Floyd Square.

July 2021 — "Love Hope Unity" written in a parking lot on Franklin Avenue and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis.

July 2021 — A "sun dog" at George Floyd Square. Apparently sun dogs are rare in the summer?

July 2021 — "Outreach Experts" walk the streets of Downtown Minneapolis.

June 2021 — Traffic control measures put in place at George Floyd Square about 2 weeks after Minneapolis Public Works removed street barricades. The space has been community controlled since the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.

June 2021 — The garden on Chicago Ave in George Floyd Square.

June 2021 — "The Blood Is On Your Hands" written on a private drive outside the parking ramp that Winston Smith was killed by law enforcement on June 3rd, 2021.

June 2021 — A t-shirt and sign placed at the George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.

June 2021 — The South Minneapolis Youth Garden at Chicago Ave and Lake Street.

June 2021 — Various new barricades have been placed at George Floyd Square ever since the city helped clear out barricades on June 3rd.

June 2021 — The street barricades that have been continuously added and removed at East 37th St and Chicago Avenue in George Floyd Square. Days earlier the city removed concrete barricades to open up vehicular traffic.

June 2021 — Vehicles drive through George Floyd Square three days after the city removed barricades to open it to vehicular traffic.

June 2021 — Protesters march from the location of where Dolal Idd was killed 6 months earlier by Minneapolis Police. Protesters are seeking answers to the shooting.

June 2021 — Protesters march from the Holiday Gas station at 36th Street and Cedar Ave where Dolal Idd was killed by Minneapolis Police on December 30th.

June 2021 — Street barricades at 37th and Chicago Ave. The barricades replace those the city removed days earlier in attempts to open up the street to vehicular traffic.

June 2021 — Plastic candles melting in the summer heat at the George Floyd Memorial at George Floyd Square.

June 2021 — A sign at George Floyd Square reading "Please take what u need, don't be greedy or stealing. Everything is for everybody. Take care of each other"

June 2021 — Street barricades at Columbus and 38th Street in South Minneapolis. The barricades are at the edge of George Floyd Square. They replace barricades the city removed days earlier in an attempt to open up the area to vehicular traffic.

June 2021 — The City of Minneapolis cleared out barricades at the break of dawn but as the sun set the community had set up new barricades.

June 2021 — A woman holds a "No Justice No Streets" yard sign on the day the city tried to clear out barricades around the square.

June 2021 — Minneapolis Public Works clears out new barricades that were placed on 38th Street.

June 2021 — The warming shelters used at George Floyd Square arriving at City of Minneapolis impound lots after the city opened up the area to vehicular traffic.

June 2021 — Community gathering at George Floyd Square after city officials cleared out barricades and added new barricades around the memorials.

June 2021 — Jay Webb speaks at the garden in George Floyd Square while the city is opening the square to vehicle traffic.

June 2021 — Flowers from the George Floyd Memorial in boxes as the city moves in to open up the streets.

June 2021 — Minneapolis city workers coordinate to remove street barricades around George Floyd Square. The square has been a protest zone since the murder of George Floyd.

June 2021 — City employees place concrete barricades around the location of George Floyd's murder. The area inside George Floyd Square has been a protest zone since his murder by the Minneapolis Police.

June 2021 — City employees move in to open George Floyd Square to vehicle traffic. The early morning activity took place almost a year after the area was closed after the murder of George Floyd.

May 2021 — Police officers gather at the Third Precinct on the 1 year anniversary of the burning of the precinct. The Minneapolis Police announced over the radio the precinct had been compromised at 10:14pm on May 28th, 2020.

May 2021 — A "now hiring" sign up at the AutoZone that's being rebuilt. The AutoZone was the first store to be lit on fire during the 2020 Minneapolis uprising.

May 2021 — Say Their Names Cemetery with candles on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

May 2021 — Candles displayed with the names of victims of police violence at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.

May 2021 — The community gathered at George Floyd Square on the 1 year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.

May 2021 — Food being grilled at Rise and Remember 2021 at George Floyd Square. The event is held on the anniversary of George Floyd's murder at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.

May 2021 — The community sits on rooftop billboards watching Common perform with The Sound of Blackness at George Floyd Square on the 1 year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. George Floyd Square has been community controlled since May 26th, 2020.

May 2021 — Grammy award winning Common performs the hit song “Glory” with Sound of Blackness at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

May 2021 — Common performs the hit song “Glory” with Sound of Blackness at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

May 2021 — The fist at George Floyd Square during Rise and Remember 2021.

May 2021 — Performers on stage at George Floyd Square on the 1 year anniversary of Floyd's murder.

May 2021 — A child raises her fist during a performance of Common at George Floyd Square during Rise and Remember 2021.

May 2021 — The community gathered at 38th and Chicago (George Floyd Square) throughout the day on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

May 2021 — Jaylani Hussein(CAIR-MN) speaks at 38th and Chicago (George Floyd Square) on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

May 2021 — The community gathered on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder.

May 2021 — The community gathered at 38th and Chicago (George Floyd Square) throughout the day on the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

May 2021 — Community gathered at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his George Floyd's murder.

May 2021 — A community medic dances with one of George Floyd's family members on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.

May 2021 — George Floyd’s aunt Angela Harrelson speaks to the crowd at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.

May 2021 — Large crowd gathering at George Floyd Square on the 1-year anniversary of his murder.

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May 2021 — Save the Boards to Memorialize the Movement exhibited 87 of the almost a thousand boards they've saved at Phelps Park, next to George Floyd Square.

May 2021 — Save the Boards to Memorialize the Movement exhibited 87 of the almost a thousand boards they've saved at Phelps Park, next to George Floyd Square.

May 2021 — Save the Boards to Memorialize the Movement exhibited 87 of the almost a thousand boards they've saved at Phelps Park, next to George Floyd Square.

May 2021 — The community gathers to watch a screening of the movie "Mayor" at The People's Way at George Floyd Square.

May 2021 — A Daunte Wright mural on West Lake Street.

May 2021 — Progress being made at the apartment building that was burned down mid-construction during the May 2020 riots.

May 2021 — "1 Down 3 to go!"

May 2021 — "Roll Skate Bounce" event at George Floyd Square.

May 2021 — The sun sets behind The Peoples Way at George Floyd Square.

May 2021 — The front of the Chicago Fire Arts Center at the George Floyd Memorial in South Minneapolis.

May 2021 — Straw fencing around the former Gandhi Mahal building in South Minneapolis.

May 2021 — The Wendy's getting close to re-opening almost a year after it was destroyed by fire during unrest.

April 2021 — A sticker on a light pole inside George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis.

April 2021 — Written on the former gas pumps at the Speedway gas station at George Floyd Square: "they could give every one shelter, clean water, healthy food, but instead they bomb other countries. fuck trump fuck obama"

April 2021 — A Daunte Wright memorial at George Floyd Square. Daunte Wright was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center Police on April 11th, 2021.

April 2021 — Crowds at George Floyd Square following a guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

April 2021 — The community gathers at George Floyd Square after Chauvin is found guilty of murder.

April 2021 — George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. "No justice no street".

April 2021 — George Floyd Square late night camp fire in April 2011. The area continues to be a place of protest.

April 2021 — George Floyd Square on the evening after the Derek Chauvin murder case was handed over to the jury. This 4 block area has been community controlled since George Floyd's May 25th, 2020 murder.

April 2021 — The National Guard stand outside a heavily fortified Minneapolis Police Fifth Precinct.

April 2021 — Protesters gather outside the residence of Governor Tim Walz to protest the treatment of protesters over the last week.