The East Side Freedom Library  invites you to Sports, Social Justice, Labor and Race: The Window Opened by the Super Bowl on Wednesday, January 24 @ 6:30PM.

Join the inter-generational and multi-racial organizers of the upcoming “Take a Knee Nation” conference, which will highlight “Race, Police Violence, and the Right to Protest.”  The conference will be held in Minneapolis on Saturday and Sunday, February 3 and 4, Super Bowl weekend.  Join us for a preliminary peek at their plans — speakers, issues, activities, and protests — and learn how we can all get involved.

Read more about Colin Kaepernick and the origins of Take a Knee: https://www.thenation.com/article/colin-kaepernick-was-mocked-and-threatened-for-taking-a-knee-hes-also-winning/

The Conference is being organized by TAKE A KNEE NATION, an organization formed to continue the struggle against police violence, which was accelerated when Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee in the 2016 NFL season.

For more info on the conference, please visit: https://www.takeakneenation.com/. And for questions call 651-403-0338.

Free and Open to All. East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier Street, Saint Paul, MN 55106. [email protected]   and   651-230-3294