Labor and Equity
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Conversation with Labor Historian & Activist Scholar Peter Cole
Conversation with Labor Historian & Activist Scholar Peter Cole
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with labor historian and activist scholar, Peter Cole, Professor of History, Western Illinois University, presenting his new book DOCKWORKER POWER. Dockworkers have power. Often missed in commentary on today's globalizing economy, workers in the world's ports can harness their role, at a strategic choke point, […]
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Screening and Discussion of “Coming Home”
Screening and Discussion of “Coming Home”
The East Side Freedom Library and the Circle of Support and Accountability Program of the Minnesota Department of Corrections invite you to watch and discuss "Coming Home." Coming Home is a documentary film focused on five people returning back to their Vermont communities from prison. The film focuses on the innovative COSA program (Circle of […]
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Using the United Nations to Advance Human Rights in Ethiopia: Progress and Next Steps
Using the United Nations to Advance Human Rights in Ethiopia: Progress and Next Steps
The East Side Freedom Library and our Oromo Neighbors invite you to: Using the United Nations to Advance Human Rights in Ethiopia: Progress and Next Steps A Conversation with Amy Bergquist Advocates for Human Rights Sunday, October 13, 2019, 10am – 12pm Amy Bergquist coordinates The Advocates for Human Rights' advocacy at the United Nations […]
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Women and Labor’s Democracy
Women and Labor’s Democracy
The Growth of Women's Leadership and Transformation of the Labor Movement in the Turbulent Years (1922-1945) by Elizabeth Faue Professor of History, Wayne State University Tuesday, October 15th, 2019, 7pm The U.S. labor movement went through its most turbulent and transformative period during the years between World War I and the end of World War […]
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Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis & The Hmong Community
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis & The Hmong Community
Mob 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 […]
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Screening and Q&A: “Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lending”
Screening and Q&A: “Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lending”
Sponsored by MN for Warren Monday, October 21, 2019, 7pm When Hurricane Katrina ravaged America's Gulf Coast, it laid bare an uncomfortable reality—America is not only far from the world's wealthiest nation; it is crumbling beneath a staggering burden of individual and government debt. Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American […]
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Screening and Discussion: “When Justice Isn’t Just”
Screening and Discussion: “When Justice Isn’t Just”
Come join your local community for the Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute's monthly Peacebuilding Film Series! This event is free and open to the public. This Month's Feature Film: "When Justice Isn't Just" Directed by Oscar-nominee David Massey, this dynamic documentary explores why so many unarmed people of color have been shot and killed by police […]
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Logan’s Law Advocate’s Meeting
Logan’s Law Advocate’s Meeting
Saturday, October 26th, 2019, 10am-12pm We will gather together to talk about our legislative mission for Logan's Law! We are excited to come together and use all of our resources to ensure this bill gets passed! Please let us know if you are able to make it so we can reserve a room to hold […]