Labor and Equity
Solidarity Not Charity: Twin Cities Mutual Aid Organizers Community Panel and Q&A
This event will be live streamed to ESFL's Facebook page The uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd included an inspiring blossoming of mutual aid practices, networks, and visions across the Twin Cities. This live panel discussion features community members active in mutual aid organizing in the Twin Cities. Roxxanne, […]
Labor History Reading Group—Racism and Class Struggle in 1960s-1970s Industrial America: Black Workers, the Auto Industry, and Detroit
A conversation with historian Jordan T. Camp Register here to receive the Zoom link and reading for this event This month, ESFL is providing multiple opportunities to explore the experiences of African American workers in US history and the complex interactions between race and class. For our monthly Labor History Reading Group, we are reading […]
Twin Cities JACL Day of Remembrance
Free registration: tinyurl.com/DOR2021 The Twin Cities JACL is commemorating the 79th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 with a "Day of Remembrance" program that will be presented on Zoom. The program includes the screening of "Conscience and the Constitution," an hour-long, award-winning PBS documentary that tells the story of the draft resistance movement at […]
History Revealed: Hope in the Struggle: A Conversation with Dr. Josie Johnson and Tish Jones
Register here to receive the Zoom link for this event In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society How did a Black woman from Texas become one of the most well-known civil right activists in Minnesota? After seven decades of speaking up and standing up, of fighting for fairness in voting, housing, education, and employment, […]
Community Journalism Training & Discussion
Join us for a community journalism training training, learning how to use journalism as a tool for building community power and for reporting on all that your community has to offer. This training will introduce participants to community journalism through a discussion-packed, experiential two-hour training. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the role that […]
What’s Going On At Hillcrest? Part 1
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesRegister here for the Zoom link The Hillcrest Golf Course is a major redevelopment project that will begin in the near future on the East Side of Saint Paul. What is going to happen at the site? How has the community been engaged? How might this connect to reparations work? Join us for a presentation […]
Labor History Reading Group + Film: Exploration of Southern Women Textile Workers
The East Side Freedom Library invites you a special version of our Labor History Film and Reading Group for March 2021 The Uprising of ‘34 the award-winning documentary by George Stoney available to be viewed on Vimeo between March 5 and March 19 and a conversation on Tuesday, March 16, at 7pm, via Zoom with […]
What’s Going On At Hillcrest? Part 2
Register here for the Zoom link The Hillcrest Golf Course is a major redevelopment project that will begin in the near future on the East Side of Saint Paul. What is going to happen at the site? How has the community been engaged? How might this connect to reparations work? Join us for a presentation […]
Free Papers with Mary Moore Easter
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special evening with Mary Moore Easter and her new poetry collection Free Papers: Inspired by the Testimony of Eliza Winston, A Mississippi Slave Escaped to Freedom in Minnesota in 1860. Register here to join the event on Zoom or watch live on ESFL's Facebook page. Mary […]
Reparations Reading Group: Black Lives Matter and the Case for Reparations
Black Lives Matter and the Case for Reparations: Past, Present, and Future Featuring Dr. Yohuru Williams Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas For more than a year, Trahern Crews, of Black Lives Matter St. Paul and the national Green Party, […]
Online Screening + Discussion of “Do The Right Thing” with Trilingua Cinema
Join Trilingua Cinema for a free online screening and discussion of Do The Right Thing. Free Registration: http://bit.ly/right-thing About: Perhaps no other film speaks more directly to our current cultural moment than Spike Lee's seminal work, released more than 30 years ago. Exploring the lives and communities that comprise the diverse, vibrant neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, […]
Labor History Reading Group: Driving While Brown
Tom O’Connell will interview this new book’s authors, Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffle-Block, followed by an open conversation. Driving While Brown documents Arizona’s relentless immigration crackdowns, which were championed by Arpaio who became the nation’s most notorious immigration enforcer. The authors interviewed the sheriff, victims of his policies, his loyal supporters, and his tenacious […]
Screening + Discussion—9to5: The Story of a Movement
The East Side Freedom Library and the IBEW Local 292 Women’s Group, as part of our celebration of Administrative Professionals’ Day, invite you to a screening and discussion of 9to5: The Story of a Movement. Register here for the Zoom link for this event or watch live on ESFL's Facebook page. This new documentary from […]
From Hurt to Healing: An Intergenerational Activity Book
Register here to receive the Zoom link for this event. How do we move from hurt to healing? The murder of George Floyd and the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic brought together young people and elders in a three-month Zoom conversation focused on healing from trauma. Elders shared stories of how they persevered in their […]
Book Talk: A Pandemic Nurse’s Diary
With author Nurse T, Publisher Tim Sheard, and local reader/discussants from the frontlines of healthcare work Register here to join the event on Zoom or watch live on ESFL's Facebook page. "An exhilarating read that takes you right to the front lines of the pandemic and the heroes risking and putting their own lives in […]
Reparations Reading Group—After the Chauvin Verdict: What Next in the Struggle for Racial Justice?
Register here to join the event on Zoom. The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd inflicted additional layers of trauma on many of us, but it came to a dramatic conclusion which has left us asking: “What is the next step in the struggle for racial justice?” […]
Labor History Film Discussion—Plutocracy: Part 1: Divide and Rule
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our monthly Labor History film discussion: PLUTOCRACY: PART I: DIVIDE AND RULE Register here to join the event on Zoom. Plutocracy is the first documentary to comprehensively examine early American history through the lens of class. A multi-part series by filmmaker Scott Noble, Part I focuses on the ways in which the American people have […]
Mutual Aid Drive
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesOn Saturday, May 22nd the East Side Freedom Library, DocumentingMN and Connections 2 Independence will host a mutual aid drive as part of our efforts to create systems of empowerment for East Siders and bring attention to the Foster Care system as part of Foster Care Awareness Month. We're providing perishable and nonperishable goods, a […]
Book Talk: The Southern Key with Mike Goldfield
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWatch this event live on ESFL's Facebook page or register here to join on Zoom. We are excited to combine a discussion of an important new labor history book with our monthly labor history reading group. THE SOUTHERN KEY is a significant contribution to our analysis of the role of race, racism, and region in […]
Imagining Now! How can we make the housing market work for us?
Do we have to stay stuck in a loop with increasing rents and stagnant wages? The East Side Freedom Library will host a community conversation with activists and advocates working on alternative housing models. We’ll spend time hearing about cooperative housing, tenant opportunity to purchase act (TOPA), land trust models and public banks before getting […]