Lecture/discussion
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 […]
Islam in America: “What You Always Wanted to Know About Islam and Muslims”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a three part series presented by the ISLAMIC RESOURCE GROUP OF MINNESOTA "ISLAM IN AMERICA" These presentations will introduce us to what Muslims believe. They will explore basic terminology, demographics, and the differences between religion and cultural practice. Taught by local practicing Muslims, these presentations will provide […]
A Crime to Fit the Punishment (Film screening)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a screening and discussion of the documentary film A Crime to Fit the Punishment Wednesday, October 3, 7pm In September, East Side Freedom Library screened the "underground" classic labor film, "Salt of the Earth." It was made in 1954 by blacklisted writers, directors, cameramen, and actors, who […]
Sensible Gun Reform: Exhibit Opening and Discussion of Art and Political Activism
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special art exhibit and public conversations SENSIBLE GUN REFORM WHAT DO WE NEED? WHEN DO WE NEED IT? featuring work by Melanie Bethke Last year, Florida high school students called out for national action in response to shootings at their school. Their passion and commitment seemed […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: Equity in Education
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us in celebrating We will reflect on the efforts of Latinx parents in the 1960s-1970s to promote EQUITY IN EDUCATION Sunday, October 7th, 2018 2:00PM-4:00PM We will hear from Jose Estrada about his participation in the class action lawsuit which led, finally, to "the Latino Consent […]
Discussion of Park Square Theater’s “The Agitators”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a discussion of the Park Square Theater production of THE AGITATORS Wednesday, October 10, 7PM Nothing changes if people are not talking about it. Young abolitionists when they met in the 1840s, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass were full of hopes, dreams, and a common purpose. […]
Dan Kaufman Discusses “The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics” (Book Event)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to meet Dan Kaufman and learn about his new book The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics Thursday, October 11, 2018, 7:00pm For more than a century, Wisconsin had been known nationwide for its progressive ideas and government. […]
Sensible Gun Reform: Panel Discussion on Gun Violence and the Possibilities of Reform
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special art exhibit and public conversations SENSIBLE GUN REFORM WHAT DO WE NEED? WHEN DO WE NEED IT? featuring work by Melanie Bethke Last year, Florida high school students called out for national action in response to shootings at their school. Their passion and commitment seemed […]
Diane Wilson presents “Beyond the Mentorship: Emerging Writers Reading & Discussion”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side Freedom Library invites you to a reading and conversation: Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 7 to 8:30pm Diane Wilson presents “Beyond the Mentorship: Emerging Writers Reading & Discussion” It is essential for us as a literary community to support emerging voices, but the process can be isolating and disheartening. Join Diane Wilson and three […]
Up Through the Concrete (Music)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a concert and a conversation Up Through the Concrete The final concert of Musical Ecology's 2018 Tour "Ending the War on Trees" Sunday, October 21, 2018, 4:00PM The ensemble Musical Ecology (Todd Harper, director, composer, piano), Jun Miyake (metal and bamboo flutes, tenor saxophone), Eric Coursen (percussion), […]
Tou SaiKo Lee – Journeys in the Hmong Diaspora
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special evening with St. Paul poet, Hip Hop artist, writer, and storyteller TOU SAIKO LEE JOURNEYS IN THE HMONG DIASPORA Monday, October 22, 7PM Tou SaiKo Lee is one of the Twin Cities' most appreciated storytellers. This evening, he will tell us about his recent travels […]
David Mura – “A Stranger’s Journey” in Conversation with Shannon Gibney and Ed Bok Lee
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a celebration and conversation as Shannon Gibney and Ed Bok Lee join David Mura to discuss his new book A STRANGER'S JOURNEY: RACE, IDENTITY, AND NARRATIVE CRAFT IN WRITING Wednesday, October 24, 7pm David Mura is the author […]
Staging Social Change: The Great Experiment That Was the Federal Theater Project
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a dramatic presentation: Staging Social Change: The Great Experiment That Was the Federal Theater Project Monday, October 29, 7pm It Can't Happen Here, photo: Kari Elizabeth Godfrey During the Great Depression, the federal government funded a wide range of job creation programs, which became known as the […]