Lecture/discussion
School’s No Place for Kids
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSaturday, November 9th, 2019, 10am-12pm Join Speaking Out for a performance and workshop at ESFL. School’s No Place for Kids is a short play about how a spirited child and […]
Challenges and Prospects of the Democratization Process in Ethiopia
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, November 10th, 11am-1pm The Twin Cities is home to many communities—Oromo, Eritrean, Amharic, Somali—whose roots lay in the Horn of Africa. For decades, this region has been a site […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear 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 […]
A Clan of Our Own: Coming Out Experiences of Gay Hmong Men
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, November 20, 2019, 7pm Growing up as a gay Hmong, Brian Xiong couldn’t find any gay books written about gay Hmong coming out experiences, or just gay Hmong representation […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear 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 […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear 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 […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear 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 […]
History Revealed: Slavery’s Reach
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to a presentation and discussion of Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State, featuring historian Christopher Lehman in […]
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 […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear 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 […]
Courthouse Art Project: Update & Input
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMonday, December 16, 2019, 7pm We are in the midst of a period in which historical monuments, markers, and murals have become focal points of community discussions across the country. […]
Who Decides Who is Hmong?: A Conversation
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, December 28th, 1-3pm Join the artists of the "Being Hmong" exhibit in a conversation about the complexities and tensions of "being Hmong" in the United States. Who decides who […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear 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 […]
“America’s Secret War” Screening and Introduction to the Hmong Archives
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin 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 […]
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 […]
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?
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe 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 […]
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 […]
From the Monkey Mountains: Listening Parties with The Bakken Trio and Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe 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 […]
Screening and Discussion: I Am
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThursday, 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 […]
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 […]