Labor and Equity
Using the United Nations to Advance Human Rights in Ethiopia: Progress and Next Steps
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe 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 […]
Women and Labor’s Democracy
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe 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 […]
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis & The Hmong Community
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMob 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 […]
Screening and Q&A: “Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lending”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSponsored 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 […]
Screening and Discussion: “When Justice Isn’t Just”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesCome 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 […]
Logan’s Law Advocate’s Meeting
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSaturday, 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 […]
From Precious Knowledge to Political Action: Continuing the Struggle for Ethnic Studies
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMonday, November 4th, 5-8pm Dr. Curtis Acosta was a high school teacher for nearly 20 years in Tucson, where he developed and taught Chicanx/Latinx Literature classes for the renowned Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District. Curtis was featured in the documentary Precious Knowledge. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Language […]
Community Journalism: Training & Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for a Journalism of Color training, learning how to use journalism as a tool for building community power and to report on social change work. Journalism of Color emphasizes: Disrupting traditional narratives about historically-marginalized communities and systems of oppression Elevating the voices and experiences of historically-marginalized communities Writing for and by historically-marginalized communities […]
East Side’s First Housing Summit
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesTuesday, November 12, 2019, 7pm Since March, many of us have been meeting, discussing, listening, and learning about housing inequality here on the East Side. The inequality stems from systemic racism, low wages, an aging population and the need for more education. As we’ve learned more, we have become more motivated to work on these […]
Mohamed’s Dream: A Book and a Look at a Difficult but Hopeful Piece of St. Paul History
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMohamed Fofana was one of two 10-year-olds killed in a landslide May 22, 2013 during a fossil-hunting trip to Saint Paul's Lilydale Park. His family and other community members are working to complete a West African school and medical clinic that honors his wishes to help others expressed in drawings and a school report done […]
The East Side Freedom Library’s Labor Open House
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library's Labor Advisory Committee and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 Women's Committee invite you to The East Side Freedom Library’s Labor Open House! Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 5pm - 8pm (Short Program at 6pm) The East Side Freedom Library—a Labor Hall for the Community—is excited to open our doors to […]
Community Journalism: Training & Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for a Journalism of Color training, learning how to use journalism as a tool for building community power and to report on social change work. Journalism of Color emphasizes: Disrupting traditional narratives about historically-marginalized communities and systems of oppression Elevating the voices and experiences of historically-marginalized communities Writing for and by historically-marginalized communities […]
Saving Ethiopia from Potential Civil War, Ethnic Cleansing, or Genocide: A Conversation
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, December 15th, 2019, 11am - 1pm Please join members of diverse Ethiopian communities as they discuss recent developments in Ethiopia which threaten growing internal conflicts. What can people in the diaspora do to encourage peace? What can we all do to bring about peace and justice in the Horn of Africa and throughout the […]
East Side Housing Organizational Meeting
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesOver 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 […]
History Revealed: “Moving Up, Moving Out” with Historian Will Cooley
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThursday, 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 […]
A Live Oral History Interview with Dr. Gene Young Conducted by ESFL’s Peter Rachleff
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesDr. 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 […]
Screening and Discussion of “A Huey P. Newton Story”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe 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 […]
Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, 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 […]
Nagessa Dube Announces His Candidacy for the 2020 Ethiopian General Parliamentary Election
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe 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 […]
“Hungry Translations: Relearning the World through Radical Vulnerability” with author Richa Nagar and commentators Elizabeth Sumida Huaman and Ajay Skaria
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSaturday, February 8, 2020, 2 - 4pm Join us in discussion of a fearless new approach to the search for poetic and social justice. Experts often assume that the poor, hungry, rural, and/or precarious need external interventions. They frequently fail to recognize how the same people create politics and knowledge by living and honing their […]