Labor and Equity
Art and Activism: A Conversation Between Keith Christensen and Mike Alewitz
Register here to join this event on Zoom. After registering, you will receive the link to join. Since our founding in 2014, the East Side Freedom Library has centered art as a means of story-telling, education, and building solidarity. We have long been inspired by the work of Mike Alewitz and Keith Christensen, two visual […]
Stories We Wear (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a creative writing, reading, and discussion workshop, Stories We Wear. This event will be held in person at ESFL. Depending on the weather and number of people, the workshop will take place on ESFL’s lawn. If we meet inside, masks and proof of vaccinations are required for […]
Reparations Reading Group: What Can We Learn from California?
People line up to speak during a Reparations Task Force meeting at Third Baptist Church in San Francisco, April 13, 2022. The American Prospect. The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to a discussion, Reparations: What Can We Learn from California? Register here to join this event […]
Nikkei with Disabilities
The East Side Freedom Library, the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League, and Tsuru for Solidarity MN invite you to a panel discussion, Nikkei with Disabilities featuring Selena Moon, Atsuko Kuwana, Chuck Aoki, and Karen Tani. Register here to join this event on Zoom. Selena Moon is a Japanese American historian and writer who researches […]
Starbucks Workers Organize: A New Chapter in American Labor History?
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a panel discussion, Starbucks Workers Organize: A New Chapter in American Labor History? Register here to join on Zoom. The pandemic has set the stage for the most exciting union organizing drive in the past 50 years. This drive is based in industries which were not part […]
History Revealed: Land Acknowledgments, Land Back, and the 10,000 Lakes
Land Acknowledgments, Land Back, and the 10,000 Lakes: Indigenous History in Minnesota Dr. Jacob Jurss History Revealed Series Thursday, August 11, 2022, 7:00 pm CT In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting, register on Zoom here.After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]
History Revealed: A Shared Community
The East Side Freedom Library, the Ramsey County Historical Society, and the Ramsey County Library invite you to History Revealed: A Shared Community: Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota, a presentation by Dr. Dionicio Valdes, Professor Emeritus of History, Michigan State University. Register here to join this event on Zoom. Professor Dionicio Valdes directed […]
Labor Solidarity Picnic
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFor more than a hundred and twenty years, American workers have come together in early September to celebrate Labor Day as an expression of unity and solidarity. We need such a celebration now more than ever. The East Side Freedom Library family is putting together music, entertainment, […]
Wage Theft: What It Is and How to Fight It
Register here to join this event on Zoom. Wage theft is when your employer doesn’t give you, the worker, what they owe you. “Sometimes it is easy to spot, like when an employer fails to pay overtime and instead pays the normal rate of pay,” says Jonathan LaCour, founder and managing attorney of California firm […]
Reparations Reading Group: Racism and Healthcare
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly conversation about reparations. Racism and Healthcare How did it get this way? How can we transform the system? How is this part of the conversation about reparations? Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 6:30-8pm CT Register here to join […]
Reparations Reading Group: The Federal Government and Lawmaking About Slavery
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly Reparations Reading & Discussion Group, The Federal Government and Lawmaking About Slavery Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 6:30 pm Register here to join this event on Zoom. LEFT: An 1844 photograph of John Peter Van Ness, an […]
Reparations Reading Group: Reparations in St. Paul: Which Way Forward?
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly Reparations Reading & Discussion Group Reparations in St. Paul: Which Way Forward? Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 6:30 pm Register here to join this event on Zoom. KSTP-TV News recently reported: “Minnesota’s Capitol City is joining a growing […]
FREC Learning Community: St. Paul’s Response to Address Reparations for American Descendents of Chattle Slavery with Trahern Crews
The East Side Freedom Library and the Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative invite you to this month's FREC Share Learning Community Circle, St. Paul's Response to Address Reparations for American Descendents of Chattle Slavery, featuring guest speaker Trahern Crews. Click this link to join this event on Zoom on Thursday, January 19th, 2022, from 4:30 pm […]
Weaponized Whiteness: The Constructions and Deconstructions of White Identity Politics
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation WEAPONIZED WHITENESS: THE CONSTRUCTIONS AND DECONSTRUCTIONS OF WHITE IDENTITY POLITICS Thursday, January 26, 2023, 7 pm Register here to join this event on Zoom. Weaponized Whiteness by Fran Shor interrogates the meanings and implications of white supremacy and, more specifically, white identity politics from historical […]
NEA Big Read Study Group No. 3: Immigration, Identity, and the Arts
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesImmigration, Identity, and the Arts at East Side Freedom Library February 5, 2023 12 PM - 1:30 PM CT Hosted by ACF Director of Artist Support, Carolina Heredia, this event will feature Latin American and ACF composer awardees in conversation about documenting the shift in experiences through generations. This event will feature ACF McKnight Visiting […]
Capital’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long 19th Century
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation CAPITAL'S TERRORISTS: KLANSMEN, LAWMEN, AND EMPLOYERS IN THE LONG 19TH CENTURY Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 7 pm Register here to join this event on Zoom. Through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, employers and powerful individuals deployed a variety of tactics to control ordinary […]
The Road Not Taken: Pearl McGill and the Promise of Inclusive Unionism, 1894-1914
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a labor history discussion The Road Not Taken: Pearl McGill and the Promise of Inclusive Unionism, 1894-1914 A conversation with labor historian Dr. Janet Weaver Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7pm Register here to join this event on Zoom. At the East Side Freedom Library, we like to […]
History Revealed: Strike! Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law
Strike!: Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law Dr. William D. Green History Revealed Series Thursday, March 23, 2023, 7:00 pm In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation on Zoom Register here to join this event on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]
Celebrate May Day with the East Side Freedom Library: A Panel Discussion with Workers Who Have Organized Minnesota’s Leading Cultural Institutions
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesRegister to attend in-person or virtually via Zoom The past year has seen new energy and passion flow into the labor movement, much of it from young workers in industries which have never been unionized before. Across the country and locally, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Half Price Bookstore, and Amazon workers have organized, struck, and, in […]
Labor Day Solidarity Picnic 2023
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin the East Side Freedom Library on Saturday, September 9th, to share food, drink, and music, and help plan our future! American workers have celebrated Labor Day for more than 140 years. This has been an occasion to honor our history, build solidarity and community in the present, and look towards a better future. We […]