Labor and Equity
Labor History in the Making: What’s Happening at Amazon and Starbucks
Register here to join this event on Zoom. The past month has seen extraordinary developments in labor organizing, as workers at Amazon warehouses and Starbucks coffee shops have organized in […]
History Revealed: Geographies of the Ramsey County Poor Farm, from Minnesota Territory to the New Deal
The East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to History Revealed: Geographies of the Ramsey County Poor Farm, from Minnesota Territory to the New Deal, […]
Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with Joe Berry and Helena Worthen about their new book, Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in […]
Sixth Annual Union Job and Resource Fair
Thursday, May 19, 2022 3:00 — 6:30 p.m. (We've made accommodations for rain so come rain or shine!) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 110 1330 Conway Street St. […]
FREC Learning Community: “Recognizing and Dismantling Anti-Blackness and Racism”
The Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative and the East Side Freedom Library invite you to FREC Learning Community: “Recognizing and Dismantling Anti-Blackness and Racism" with Sangay Taythi, co-founder of Tibetans for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]