Lecture/discussion
Boat Folding Circle and Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and The Floating Library invite you to: Boat Folding Circle and Discussion Sunday, May 20th, 2018, 1-4pm Learn how to fold a simple paper boat and help build a collection of 1,000 paper boats as part of poet and book artist Anh-Hoa Thi Nguyen’s paper memorial commemorating the lives lost […]
Forging the Farmer-Labor Coalition
Rice Street Library 1011 Rice St, St Paul, MN, United StatesForging the Farmer-Labor Coalition Thursday, May 24th, 2018, 7pm "The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library rolls out its Untold Stories series each May for Labor History Month. The series focuses on workers’ rights, with programs that challenge audiences to question what we know of labor history, while lifting up workers’ efforts to organize, […]
Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition A Symposium in Honor of Peter J. Rachleff June 8th and 9th, 2018 Professor Peter Rachleff recently retired from Macalester College after 32 years of hard labor. Today, Peter and his partner Beth Cleary are establishing The […]
Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition A Symposium in Honor of Peter J. Rachleff June 8th and 9th, 2018 Professor Peter Rachleff recently retired from Macalester College after 32 years of hard labor. Today, Peter and his partner Beth Cleary are establishing The […]
Ethical Leadership: What It Is And How To Practice It
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to learn about: Ethical Leadership: What It Is And How To Practice It A presentation by Chad Weinstein, author of Thinking Aloud: Reflections On Ethical Leadership Monday, June 11th, 2018, 7:00pm In a time of astonishing individualism, the capacity and commitment to connect and empower others are more […]
Community Film Screening on Public Education
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Community Film Screening on Public Education Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 5:30-8:00pm "Our communities need more conversation about education, schools, and learning. Come watch several powerful short films, hear from local educators/youth/advocates, and have shared conversation about the role of public education in a democratic society and how […]
Juneteenth: The Anniversary of the End of Slavery in the U.S.
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us in commemorating: JUNETEENTH: THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE U.S. by considering the present reality of PRISON LABOR IN MINNESOTA Monday, June 18th, 2018, 7:00pm Filiberto Nolasco Gomez is an investigative journalist and Editor of Workday Minnesota. His work focuses on workers […]
Reading and Discussion: Dianna Hunter, Author of Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a reading and discussion: Dianna Hunter Author of Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Tuesday, June 19th, 2018, 7:00pm “Dianna Hunter is author of the book and radio series Breaking Hard Ground: Stories of the Minnesota Farm Advocates. She taught writing and women’s and gender studies […]
Discovering Jean Follett: From the East Side of St. Paul to New York City
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to learn about a St. Paul artist whose work is just being unearthed, organized, analyzed and appreciated: Discovering Jean Follett: From the East Side of St. Paul to New York City Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 7:00pm Jean Francis Follett (1917-1990) was a prominent American artist, highly respected by […]
After Philando: Have protests changed?
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join in a conversation: After Philando: Have protests changed? Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 7 to 8:30pm Two years ago, hundreds of Minnesotans protested the police killing of Philando Castile during a traffic stop. Dozens of protesters were arrested blocking Interstate 94 and outside the Governor's Mansion. Since […]
Inside Iran with Medea Benjamin
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to meet one of the global peace movement's strongest voices Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK presents her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Friday, July 13th, 2018, 7:00pm Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK […]
29:11 – A Story of Reconciliation
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special evening of song and conversation about South Africa, truth, reconciliation, and justice, with 29:11 A Story of Reconciliation Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 7 to 8:30pm 29:11 consists of youth from the Cape Flats region of Cape Town, South Africa. These townships were originally created by […]
Nostalgia, Memory, and Hmong American Culture
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to an original presentation: Nostalgia, Memory, and Hmong American Culture Thursday, August 9, 2018, 7pm How do two distinct cultures, Hmong and American, meld together to form one? To what extent do Hmong Americans sense the weight of this identity? As a Hmong American, Jim Vue explores the […]
Book Discussion: I Knew We Wuz Poor
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with local author, Calvin Roetzel, about his new book I Knew We Wuz Poor Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 7pm With stories, original poetry, and vivid prose, this book views the Great Depression through childhood memories. Evoking pain and joy, bitter failures and euphoric successes, it […]
Film Screening: Salt of the Earth
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to extend your Labor Day celebration by viewing the rarely seen classic film SALT OF THE EARTH Tuesday, September 4, 7pm In 1954, a group of filmmakers, writers, and actors who had been expelled from Hollywood during the Red Scare came together to make a film about a […]
Interpreting History Through Monuments: Who Gets To Decide?
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to explore: Interpreting History Through Monuments: Who Gets To Decide? Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 7pm Saint Paul resident Dan Cornejo, a city planner and urban designer, participated in the April 26, 2018 opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, a monument which honors […]
Let’s Talk with Hmong Women: Motherhood
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together invite you to participate in a conversation on: MOTHERHOOD Thursday, September 13th, 2018, 6:30pm-8:00pm All of these conversations are free and open to all. Let’s Talk with Hmong Women is a community engagement program of Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together (HWAT). Our hope […]
Community Conversations: Understanding & Addressing Implicit Bias
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and Restorative Justice Community Action invite you to Community Conversations: Understanding & Addressing Implicit Bias with Dr. Raj Saturday, September 15, 2018, 10am-1pm About Dr. Raj Dr. Raj is Assistant Professor in the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University and is the 2016 […]
Learn about the Mental Health Unit of the St. Paul Police Department
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, in collaboration with the Community Engagement Department of the St. Paul Police Department, invite you to learn about: The Mental Health Unit of the St. Paul Police Department a presentation by Sgt. James Sipes, MHU Coordinator Monday, September 17, 2018, 7pm In an effort to work more effectively with community […]
Borders, Stories, and Transformation (Book Event)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join a very special conversation with women writers whose experiences cross and straddle borders BORDERS, STORIES, AND TRANSFORMATION Friday, September 28, 2018, 7pm This conversation will feature: Sisonke Msimang and her new book ALWAYS ANOTHER COUNTRY. Ms. Msimang grew up in Zambia, Kenya and Canada, before coming to […]