Lecture/discussion
“Day of Remembrance”: Minnesota’s Role in Incarceration and Transcendence
The East Side Freedom Library and the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League invite you to join us for "Day of Remembrance": Minnesota's Role in Incarceration and Transcendence. Register here to join this event on Zoom. Eighty years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which led to the […]
Reparations Reading Group: What Can Advocates for Reparations Learn from Japanese-Americans’ Experiences?
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly reading/discussion, What Can Advocates for Reparations Learn from Japanese-Americans' Experiences? Register here […]
Atacama (Theater Discussion)
The East Side Freedom Library and Full Circle Theater invite you to a discussion of Atacama. Register here to join this event on Zoom! Join us for an in-depth theater […]
Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with Joe Berry and Helena Worthen about their new book, Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in […]
Brownbody’s Tracing Sacred Steps: Talk to the Artists
THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE BOTH IN PERSON (ON OUR LAWN) AND ZOOM! Join Brownbody and the East Side Freedom Library on Tuesday, May 31 for a conversation with Deneane […]
History Revealed: Dejsiab: From My Liver to Yours
A conversation with author Mai Neng Vang about her new book Dejsiab: From My Liver to Yours History Revealed Series Thursday, June 9, 2022, 7:00 pm CT In partnership with […]
History Revealed: Grasshoppers in My Bed
Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs, Minnesota Farm Girl, 1877 Terry Swanson and Peggy Stern History Revealed Series Thursday, August 4, 2022, 7:00 pm In partnership with the Ramsey Country […]
History Revealed: Land Acknowledgments, Land Back, and the 10,000 Lakes
Land Acknowledgments, Land Back, and the 10,000 Lakes: Indigenous History in Minnesota Dr. Jacob Jurss History Revealed Series Thursday, August 11, 2022, 7:00 pm CT In partnership with the Ramsey […]
History Revealed: A Shared Community
The East Side Freedom Library, the Ramsey County Historical Society, and the Ramsey County Library invite you to History Revealed: A Shared Community: Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota, […]
Reparations Reading Group: Racism and Healthcare
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly conversation about reparations. Racism and Healthcare How did it get this way? […]
Give to the Max Day 2022: A Conversation with Roger Guenveur Smith of Otto Frank at East Side Freedom Library
Join us for our Give to the Max Day event on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 5:30 pm CT. Please register here to join this event on Zoom. The East […]
Reparations Reading Group: The Federal Government and Lawmaking About Slavery
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly Reparations Reading & Discussion Group, The Federal Government and Lawmaking About Slavery […]
Reparations Reading Group: Reparations in St. Paul: Which Way Forward?
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to our monthly Reparations Reading & Discussion Group Reparations in St. Paul: Which Way Forward? […]
History Book Club: Swede Hollow
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1 PM - 2:30 PM CT Online event The Roseville History Book Club meets monthly with East Side Freedom Library representatives for discussions on a wide […]
FREC Learning Community: St. Paul’s Response to Address Reparations for American Descendents of Chattle Slavery with Trahern Crews
The East Side Freedom Library and the Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative invite you to this month's FREC Share Learning Community Circle, St. Paul's Response to Address Reparations for American Descendents […]
Weaponized Whiteness: The Constructions and Deconstructions of White Identity Politics
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation WEAPONIZED WHITENESS: THE CONSTRUCTIONS AND DECONSTRUCTIONS OF WHITE IDENTITY POLITICS Thursday, January 26, 2023, 7 pm Register here to join […]
NEA Big Read Study Group No. 3: Immigration, Identity, and the Arts
Immigration, Identity, and the Arts at East Side Freedom Library February 5, 2023 12 PM - 1:30 PM CT Hosted by ACF Director of Artist Support, Carolina Heredia, this event […]
FREC Learning Community: Based on Book “We’re Not Ok”: Black Faculty Experiences & Higher Education
The East Side Freedom Library and the Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative invite you to this month's FREC Shared Learning Community Circle, Based on Book "We're Not Ok": Black Faculty Experiences […]
Capital’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long 19th Century
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation CAPITAL'S TERRORISTS: KLANSMEN, LAWMEN, AND EMPLOYERS IN THE LONG 19TH CENTURY Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 7 pm Register here to […]
The Road Not Taken: Pearl McGill and the Promise of Inclusive Unionism, 1894-1914
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a labor history discussion The Road Not Taken: Pearl McGill and the Promise of Inclusive Unionism, 1894-1914 A conversation with labor historian […]