Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women with Rose McGee & Katy Vernon's Band

Island of Discarded Women is a live show and podcast that is all about amplifying women’s voices via personal stories, social commentary, original music and special guest conversations. So excited to talk with our special guest Rose McGee, the founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie Organization and hear all about her "baketivism." And our musical guests, Katy Vernon and her band Favourite Girl will bring us to our feet with new songs underscoring female empowerment!

Sue Scott Host
Rose McGee Special Guest
Katy Vernon & her band Favourite Girl Musical Guests
Jen Santoro Rotty Guest Storyteller
Shanan Custer Actor Writer

+ More to be announced!

+ Live Real-Time Captioning available at this show. Bring your smartphones!

Creator, host Sue Scott is a veteran actor, who for 24 years was the female cast member on the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion. Since 2019, Sue has been thoroughly immersed in producing Island of Discarded Women live show & podcast. Special guest Rose McGee,founder of the Sweet Potato Comfort Pie Organization, is one of Minnesota’s 50 Over 50, and an author and facilitator whose ‘baketivism’ began in 2014 after she was inspired to bake and deliver 30 pies to those standing up for justice in Ferguson, MO following the killing of Michael Brown. Since then, her organization has been delivering comfort pies around the country to those impacted by racial trauma with what Rose calls ‘the sacred dessert of Black culture.’ Sweet Potato Comfort Pie uses creative forms of connection-building to create change. Musical guests Katy Vernon and her band Favourite Girl are proudly feminist and bold. They will be performing new songs all about women empowerment! And British-born singer/songwriter Katy Vernon, the "ukulele songbird," will share 2 powerful personal songs and the stories that inspired them.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Belvedere at Crooners, 6161 Highway 65 NE, Minneapolis, United States