Month: November 2022

A community healing from the inside out — 11 years post tragedy

“Devastation doesn’t last, but determination does” Melodee Colbert Kean stepped into her role as Mayor of Joplin, Missouri when the devastation was overwhelming.   In October of this year, I traveled to Joplin to visit the space and reconnect with former mayor and Firesoul, Melodee. Together, we walked through the space, in silence occasionally broken…