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United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
Fear None Conquer All presents United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming FNCA takes pride in empowering diversified communities to accomplish goals through leadership, education, training, and legalization. To register for programming, contact FNCA at 651-508-6762 Click "Going" and share on Facebook!
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“America’s Secret War” Screening and Introduction to the Hmong Archives
“America’s Secret War” Screening and Introduction to the Hmong Archives
Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Twin Cities PBS (TPT), and the East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) on January 7 for a screening of the TPT documentary “Minnesota Remembers Vietnam: America’s Secret War,” followed by an introduction to the Hmong Archives housed at the ESFL. All are welcome to join us for either the documentary screening, […]
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History Revealed: “Moving Up, Moving Out” with Historian Will Cooley
History Revealed: “Moving Up, Moving Out” with Historian Will Cooley
Thursday, 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 […]
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Initiating Dialogue Among Members of East African Diasporas: What Roles Can People in the Diasporas Play in Promoting Peace and Justice in the Horn of Africa?
Initiating Dialogue Among Members of East African Diasporas: What Roles Can People in the Diasporas Play in Promoting Peace and Justice in the Horn of Africa?
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the next in a series of conversations among members of the East African diasporic community here in the Twin Cities. Sunday, January 12th, 2020, 11am-1pm Over the past thirty years, the Twin Cities has become the new home for thousands of East African immigrants. While they have […]
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A Live Oral History Interview with Dr. Gene Young Conducted by ESFL’s Peter Rachleff
A Live Oral History Interview with Dr. Gene Young Conducted by ESFL’s Peter Rachleff
Dr. 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 […]
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From the Monkey Mountains: Listening Parties with The Bakken Trio and Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
From the Monkey Mountains: Listening Parties with The Bakken Trio and Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
The Bakken Trio is teaming up with the highly-acclaimed puppetry ensemble Z Puppets Rosenschnoz to invite you to experience live classical music through new ears and eyes. At each of these free events at the East Side Freedom Library, the artists will lead "visual listening" drawing activities for audiences to explore one movement of From the Monkey Mountains by Czech composer and […]
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Screening and Discussion: I Am
Screening and Discussion: I Am
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 7pm I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind […]
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Screening and Discussion of “A Huey P. Newton Story”
Screening and Discussion of “A Huey P. Newton Story”
The 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 […]
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The Past is Present: The Legacy of Incarcerated Girls
The Past is Present: The Legacy of Incarcerated Girls
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation revolving around the new book, Evidence of V, by Sheila O’Connor. Thursday, January 23, 2020, 7pm In 1911, Minnesota opened a state reformatory for girls in Sauk Centre. From the beginning, the incarcerated girls were largely committed for minor status offenses, most notably immorality and incorrigibility, and […]
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A Conversation with Musician/Composer Douglas R. Ewart
A Conversation with Musician/Composer Douglas R. Ewart
Friday, January 24th, 2020, 3:00-4:30pm This interview will be live-streamed on Facebook and archived on ESFL's YouTube channel This is the first of a planned series of interviews with creative musicians who make their homes and much of their music here in the Twin Cities. It's been called "jazz" by some, "Black classical music" by others. Its […]
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The Wounds of War in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen: Escalating Threats of War with Iran with Kathy Kelly
The Wounds of War in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen: Escalating Threats of War with Iran with Kathy Kelly
Friday, January 31st, 2020, 7pm Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence (VCNV), has organized more than 70 trips to Iraq during the sanctions period and traveled to Iraq 27 times. She lived in Baghdad throughout the 2003 “Shock and Awe” bombing, and alongside people during warfare in Gaza, […]
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