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Mother’s Day Freedom Fundraiser
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Socialist Feminist Branch of the TCDSA invite you to a: Mother's Day Freedom Fundraiser Tuesday, May 8th, 7-9pm "Every cent raised will go directly to the MN Freedom Fund to raise bail for incarcerated mothers. Stop by anytime between 7 PM and 9 PM for an evening of […]
CANCELED “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a very special event: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO A DEATH IN THE FAMILY "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn me 'Round" An Evening with Civil Rights Veteran Hollis Watkins Thursday, May 10, In 1961, at age 19, Hollis Watkins became the first Mississippian to join […]
Climate Justice in St. Paul
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and MN350 invite you to: Climate Justice in St. Paul Monday, May 14th, 6:30-8pm Connect with St. Paul neighbors who care about climate justice in our community and who want to be part of the just transition to renewable energy for everyone. All are welcome! Topics for this month’s meeting include: […]
Collaborating with ESFL in Events, Media, & Community Engagement
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAre you interested in collaborating with us on events and community activities? Please join us in deepening our programming through participating and taking leadership in any of the following projects: Event Promotion & Evaluation Greeting Event Attendees Assisting with Sign-ins Collecting Event Surveys Recording Library Events Editing Podcasts Media and Communications Posting Images on Social […]
Studying History, Growing the Future
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Studying History, Growing the Future Saturday, May 19, 2018, 10:30am - 1pm Join us to celebrate the teachers and students who have developed History Day projects here at the East Side Freedom Library. Since November, a team of dedicated teachers has provided a Saturday morning […]
Boat Folding Circle and Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and The Floating Library invite you to: Boat Folding Circle and Discussion Sunday, May 20th, 2018, 1-4pm Learn how to fold a simple paper boat and help build a collection of 1,000 paper boats as part of poet and book artist Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen’s paper memorial commemorating the lives lost […]
Collaborating with ESFL in Events, Media, & Community Engagement
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAre you interested in collaborating with us on events and community activities? Please join us in deepening our programming through participating and taking leadership in any of the following projects: Event Promotion & Evaluation Greeting Event Attendees Assisting with Sign-ins Collecting Event Surveys Recording Library Events Editing Podcasts Media and Communications Posting Images on Social […]
Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition A Symposium in Honor of Peter J. Rachleff June 8th and 9th, 2018 Professor Peter Rachleff recently retired from Macalester College after 32 years of hard labor. Today, Peter and his partner Beth Cleary are establishing The […]
Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition A Symposium in Honor of Peter J. Rachleff June 8th and 9th, 2018 Professor Peter Rachleff recently retired from Macalester College after 32 years of hard labor. Today, Peter and his partner Beth Cleary are establishing The […]
Community Film Screening on Public Education
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Community Film Screening on Public Education Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 5:30-8:00pm "Our communities need more conversation about education, schools, and learning. Come watch several powerful short films, hear from local educators/youth/advocates, and have shared conversation about the role of public education in a democratic society and how […]
Let’s Talk with Hmong Women: Patriarchy
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together invite you to participate in a conversation on: PATRIARCHY Thursday, June 14th, 2018, 6:30pm-8:00pm This is the first in a four-part series of conversations, led by members of Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together. All of these conversations are free and open to all. […]
Juneteenth: The Anniversary of the End of Slavery in the U.S.
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us in commemorating: JUNETEENTH: THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE U.S. by considering the present reality of PRISON LABOR IN MINNESOTA Monday, June 18th, 2018, 7:00pm Filiberto Nolasco Gomez is an investigative journalist and Editor of Workday Minnesota. His work focuses on workers […]
Collaborating with ESFL in Events, Media, & Community Engagement
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAre you interested in collaborating with us on events and community activities? Please join us in deepening our programming through participating and taking leadership in any of the following projects: Event Promotion & Evaluation Greeting Event Attendees Assisting with Sign-ins Collecting Event Surveys Recording Library Events Editing Podcasts Media and Communications Posting Images on Social […]
The Voices of St. Paul’s Immigrant Youth
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special reading curated by Green Card Voices The Voices of St. Paul's Immigrant Youth Thursday, June 28th, 2018, 7:00pm In 2017 Green Card Voices met with 30 immigrant students from St. Paul's LEAP High School and began a process which would turn them into published authors. […]
Collaborating with ESFL in Events, Media, & Community Engagement
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAre you interested in collaborating with us on events and community activities? Please join us in deepening our programming through participating and taking leadership in any of the following projects: Event Promotion & Evaluation Greeting Event Attendees Assisting with Sign-ins Collecting Event Surveys Recording Library Events Editing Podcasts Media and Communications Posting Images on Social […]
After Philando: Have protests changed?
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join in a conversation: After Philando: Have protests changed? Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 7 to 8:30pm Two years ago, hundreds of Minnesotans protested the police killing of Philando Castile during a traffic stop. Dozens of protesters were arrested blocking Interstate 94 and outside the Governor's Mansion. Since […]
Climate Justice in St. Paul
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and MN350 invite you to: Climate Justice in St. Paul Monday, July 16th, 2018, 6:30-8:00pm St. Paul Climate Justice meets monthly to connect with people who care about climate justice in our community and to identify local priorities for organizing and direct action. We are affiliated with MN350, part of […]
29:11 – A Story of Reconciliation
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special evening of song and conversation about South Africa, truth, reconciliation, and justice, with 29:11 A Story of Reconciliation Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 7 to 8:30pm 29:11 consists of youth from the Cape Flats region of Cape Town, South Africa. These townships were originally created by […]
Slow Roll St. Paul – East Side
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and Slow Roll St. Paul invite you to: Slow Roll St. Paul - East Side Wednesday, July 25th, 5:30-7:30pm Join us on Wednesday, July 25th for a Slow Roll St. Paul group bike ride in the St. Paul East Side neighborhood! All ages and abilities welcome. Youth under the age […]
Our Mnisota: Growing Our New Public DNA
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesOur Mnisota: Growing Our New Public DNA Thursday, July 26th, 2018, 6-9pm East Side Freedom Library hosts a workshop/gathering/healing process organized by Voices for Racial Justice. They say: "How do you communities of color and Indigenous communities stay united even when systems are trying to divide us? Let's gather to share food, conversations, and healing." […]