Labor and Equity
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East Side Housing Organizational Meeting
East Side Housing Organizational Meeting
Over the past year, a working group has formed around housing justice on the East Side of Saint Paul. We've held conversations, film screenings, meetings with public officials, and finally a housing summit in the hopes of gathering the community in solidarity around the housing issues East Siders are facing. We're at a crucial point […]
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History Revealed: “Moving Up, Moving Out” with Historian Will Cooley
History Revealed: “Moving Up, Moving Out” with Historian Will Cooley
Thursday, January 9, 2020, 7:00-8:30pm Our first "History Revealed" program of the year! In Moving Up, Moving Out (published 2018) Will Cooley discusses the damage racism and discrimination have exacted on black Chicagoans in the twentieth century, while accentuating the resilience of upwardly-mobile African Americans. Cooley examines how class differences created fissures in the black […]
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A Live Oral History Interview with Dr. Gene Young Conducted by ESFL’s Peter Rachleff
A Live Oral History Interview with Dr. Gene Young Conducted by ESFL’s Peter Rachleff
Dr. Gene Young is a first generation son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who settled in New York City where they were active as labor organizers, coming to Minnesota during the Great Depression. His mother helped organize the largely women workforce at the Munsingwear plant in Minneapolis while his father was an organizer for the Farmer Labor […]
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Screening and Discussion of “A Huey P. Newton Story”
Screening and Discussion of “A Huey P. Newton Story”
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., Day with a screening and discussion of A Huey P. Newton Story. Monday, January 20th, 2020, 7pm From a stage play in 1996 to a film in 2002, A Huey P. Newton Story has been a monument to Roger Guenveur Smith's brilliance and […]
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Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence
Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence
Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 6:30pm When our loved ones are taken away from us at the hands of Police there is little to NO support for the families (unlike other crimes committed in the community.) There is No financial support to help bury our love ones. There is No mental or emotional support to get […]
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Nagessa Dube Announces His Candidacy for the 2020 Ethiopian General Parliamentary Election
Nagessa Dube Announces His Candidacy for the 2020 Ethiopian General Parliamentary Election
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to hear Nagessa Dube announce his candidacy for the 2020 Ethiopian General Parliamentary Election. Saturday, February 1st, 2020, noon - 2pm In 2019, CAPI USA recognized Nagessa Dube with the World Refugee Day Visionary Leadership Award. They said: Nagessa Dube is a tireless advocate for the Oromo […]