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Shaping the Oromo Narrative for Ethiopia
Shaping the Oromo Narrative for Ethiopia
In the past year and a half, there has been great political change in Ethiopia. What have been the consequences for Oromo people? How is Ethiopia’s relationship with Eritrea, with Somalia, with Sudan, changing? How is the Horn of Africa changing? What roles have Oromo people played in shaping these changes? How are these changes […]
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Ranked Choice Voting Education
Ranked Choice Voting Education
Monday, October 7th, 2019, 7pm Do you understand ranked choice voting? What will it mean in this election? How can you use it? The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a workshop on Ranked Choice Voting Education, presented by Mai Yee Chang, Community Organizer with FairVoteMN. FairVote Minnesota is a nonprofit, nonpartisan grassroots organization […]
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Screening and Discussion of “Coming Home”
Screening and Discussion of “Coming Home”
The East Side Freedom Library and the Circle of Support and Accountability Program of the Minnesota Department of Corrections invite you to watch and discuss "Coming Home." Coming Home is a documentary film focused on five people returning back to their Vermont communities from prison. The film focuses on the innovative COSA program (Circle of […]
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Using the United Nations to Advance Human Rights in Ethiopia: Progress and Next Steps
Using the United Nations to Advance Human Rights in Ethiopia: Progress and Next Steps
The 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 […]
Why #standwithkashmir: A Co-learning Forum
Why #standwithkashmir: A Co-learning Forum
Sunday, October 13th, 2019, 1:00-4:00pm Kashmir - the most militarized region in the world - saw about 38,000 troops added to its soil about a month ago. What is the India-Kashmir conflict, and how can we understand it as a global struggle for justice? Join us in actively listening to a teach-in video where two […]
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Women and Labor’s Democracy
Women and Labor’s Democracy
The 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 […]
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Where You Live Matters: Homes as a Route to Health Equity in the Built Environment
Where You Live Matters: Homes as a Route to Health Equity in the Built Environment
A Workshop on Achieving Justice in the Built Environment Conducted by the National BlueGreen Alliance’s Building Clean Team Thursday, October 17, 2019, 6:30 – 8pm Learn about the inextricable connection between health and housing and how where you live can have a profound impact on your health outcomes Understand the disproportionate burden of pollution and […]
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Immigration, Community, and Archives on St. Paul’s East Side (Walking Tour and Discussion)
Immigration, Community, and Archives on St. Paul’s East Side (Walking Tour and Discussion)
Saturday, October 19th, 2019, 10am-1:30pm The East Side Freedom Library is honored to host the annual gathering of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. The gathering will feature a walking tour by ESFL's Peter Rachleff and presentations on creating immigrant archives by Marlin Heise (Hmong Archives) and Kosol Sek (Khmer Legacy Museum). While we walk, we will explore […]
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Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis & The Hmong Community
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis & The Hmong Community
Mob 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 […]
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Screening and Q&A: “Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lending”
Screening and Q&A: “Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lending”
Sponsored 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 […]