Cultural Work
Book Reading and Author Q&A: Nuj Yob: The Hmong Jungle Book
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Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]
A Special Evening with Ola Larsmo (Walking Tour + Reading)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the University of Minnesota Press invite you to a special event, featuring Swedish author Ola Larsmo and his new book SWEDE HOLLOW: A NOVEL Thursday, October 10, 2019 4:30pm – A Walking Tour of the Immigrant History of the East Side 6:30pm – A Reading and Book-Signing with Ola […]
Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]
Immigration, Community, and Archives on St. Paul’s East Side (Walking Tour and Discussion)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSaturday, October 19th, 2019, 10am-1:30pm The East Side Freedom Library is honored to host the annual gathering of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. The gathering will feature a walking tour by ESFL's Peter Rachleff and presentations on creating immigrant archives by Marlin Heise (Hmong Archives) and Kosol Sek (Khmer Legacy Museum). While we walk, we will explore […]
Le Voyage at ESFL (Music)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSaturday, October 19th, 2019, 7:30pm The music of Le Voyage is rooted in, but not bound by, the blues and jazz tradition. Steve Hirsh, Donald Washington, Matt Trice, and Richard Studer ignore genre as they explore the possibilities for connection and communication in sound. Le Voyage performs regularly around the Twin Cities and is excited […]
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis & The Hmong Community
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMob Ntsws Qhuav Ntawd Peb Haiv Hmoob Sunday, October 20, 2019, 7PM In 2018, iDream.tv and collaborating artists worked with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and members of the Hmong TB Advisory Group to produce three videos to address the increase in the rise of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR – TB) in Minnesota, a […]
Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]
Connecting Communication for Hmong Women (Half-day workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHow do we honor and belong fully to our families and communities while also honoring and belonging fully to ourselves? Sunday, October 27 from 1 - 5 p.m. $25 per person To register, contact Bea at [email protected] or 651-387-8440 Connecting Communication, aka Nonviolent Communication, is a practical model for moving from blame and judgment to […]
Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]
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 1. Greeting event attendees 2. Assisting with sign-ins 3. Collecting event surveys 4. Recording Library events 5. Editing podcasts Media and […]
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 1. Greeting event attendees 2. Assisting with sign-ins 3. Collecting event surveys 4. Recording Library events 5. Editing podcasts Media and […]
The Work of the Karen Weavers’ Circle
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSaturday, November 9, 2019, 3 - 6PM The Karen Weavers' Circle was created by women who wanted to revive, maintain, and pass on traditional weaving. They weave together weekly and teach their folk art to youth in St. Paul and Roseville public schools. This exhibition will showcase traditional pieces and demonstrate the weaving process. Pieces […]
Challenges and Prospects of the Democratization Process in Ethiopia
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, November 10th, 11am-1pm The Twin Cities is home to many communities—Oromo, Eritrean, Amharic, Somali—whose roots lay in the Horn of Africa. For decades, this region has been a site of political upheaval. Ethnic and religious minorities have faced particular challenges, as have political activists who have sought to create progressive change. One consequence of […]
A Clan of Our Own: Coming Out Experiences of Gay Hmong Men
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, November 20, 2019, 7pm Growing up as a gay Hmong, Brian Xiong couldn’t find any gay books written about gay Hmong coming out experiences, or just gay Hmong representation in general. He remembers checking out gay resource books from Minneapolis Public Library, City Pages newspaper, or gay lifestyle stories online during his high school […]
Horn of Africa: Crisis and Prospects for Peace
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAmbassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis is President of Eri-Platform, an international civil society association working to promote dialogue on vital national, regional and international issues impacting Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. Eri-Platform works to foster understanding of, respect for and commitment to rule of law, human rights and democratic principles. Educated at the University of […]
Rebuilding the Eritrean Economy
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAmbassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis is President of Eri-Platform, an international civil society association working to promote dialogue on vital national, regional and international issues impacting Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. Eri-Platform works to foster understanding of, respect for and commitment to rule of law, human rights and democratic principles. Educated at the University of […]
Readings from “What God is Honored Here?”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWhat God Is Honored Here? is a literary collection of voices of Indigenous women and women of color who have undergone miscarriage and infant loss, experiences that disproportionately affect women who have often been cast toward the margins in the U.S. Powerfully and with brutal honesty, they write about what it means to reclaim life […]
Being Hmong: Exhibit Opening and Dialogue
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, December 8, 2019, 1-3pm Please join us at the Freedom Library for our BEING HMONG exhibit opening and talk with artists about creating spaces where being Hmong can be explored through personal stories and created artwork. All ages are welcome and encouraged to join. This event is free and open to the public. Mark […]
History Revealed: Slavery’s Reach
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to a presentation and discussion of Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State, featuring historian Christopher Lehman in the ongoing series, “History Revealed." Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7pm From the 1840s through the end of the Civil War, leading Minnesotans invited slaveholders and […]