Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! If you’re unable to catch the premiere presentation at 10am or if you’d like to watch it again (and again), the video of this reading will remain available on ESFL’s […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! If you’re unable to catch the premiere presentation at 10am or if you’d like to watch it again (and again), the video of this reading will remain available on ESFL’s […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! If you’re unable to catch the premiere presentation at 10am or if you’d like to watch it again (and again), the video of this reading will remain available on ESFL’s […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! This week we will read: THUNDER BOY JR. words by Sherman Alexie illustrated by Yuyi Morales PUG & DOUG by Steve Breen THE RABBIT LISTENED written by Cori Doerrfeld If […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! This week we will read: HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES written by Leslea Newman illustrated by Laura Cornell PEACE IS AN OFFERING words by Anette LeBox pictures by Stephanie Graegin WHEN […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! This week we will read: A RULE IS TO BREAK by john and janna THIS DAY IN JUNE by Gayle E. Pitman illustrated by Kristyna Litten DREAM BIG LITTLE PIG […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! This week we will read: 10,000 DRESSES story by Marcus Ewert illustrations by Rex Ray WHAT'S THIS? A Seed's Story by Caroline Mockford THE THREE LITTLE PIGS An Architectural Tale […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! If you’re unable to catch the premiere presentation at 10am or if you’d like to watch it again (and again), the video of this reading will remain available on ESFL’s […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! If you’re unable to catch the premiere presentation at 10am or if you’d like to watch it again (and again), the video of this reading will remain available on ESFL’s […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! This week we will read: THE GIVING TREE by Shel Silverstein JINGLE DANCER by Cynthia Leitich Smith illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu PETER'S CHAIR by Ezra Jack […]

Stories for (Little) People

This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Parents and kids, park yourselves in front of your device and enjoy great stories! This week we will read: IDEAS ARE ALL AROUND Philip C. Stead THE WORRY WARTS by Pamela Duncan Edwards illustrated by: Henry Cole If you’re unable to catch the premiere […]

Reparations: An Idea Whose Time Has Come with Dr. Yohuru Williams

The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to a special conversation with Dr. Yohuru Williams, Professor of History and Founding Chair of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas and Co-Chair of the St. Paul Reparations Study Commission. Register here to join this event […]

Free

Earth Whispers

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special afterschool performance on our beautiful front lawn Join theater artists Lindsey Samples, Rhiannon Fiskradatz, and Atim Opoka for a performance that they developed here at the East Side Freedom Library. Earth Whispers is a play made for the very young (ages 0-5, but older siblings […]

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? How can we transform the system? How is this part of the conversation about reparations? Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 6:30-8pm CT Register here to join […]

Free

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 variety of topics from American history. Enrollment is limited to ensure an intimate discussion experience. Extra copies of the books are available at the Library. […]

Free

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 of Chattle Slavery, featuring guest speaker Trahern Crews. Click this link to join this event on Zoom on Thursday, January 19th, 2022, from 4:30 pm […]

Free

Finding Our Place in the Talk about Race: A Path Toward Reclaiming Whiteness as Caring, Open and Courageous

Zoom

Join us for the next Shared Learning Community Circle Sponsored by Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative and the East Side Freedom Library Register here to join this virtual event on Zoom Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother’s Hands, writes that “White activists can deliberately reclaim whiteness. They can first call it out as the sleight of […]

Free

The Links Between Trauma, Harm and the Cycles of Violence with Crixell Shell, MS

Zoom

Join us for the next Shared Learning Community Circle Sponsored by Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative and the East Side Freedom Library Register here to join this virtual event on Zoom May guest speaker Crixell Shell will present on the links between trauma, harm and the cycles of violence. Crixell Shell, MS (she/her) is the Executive […]

Free

‘Copaganda Clapback’ Media Justice Workshop

East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

REGISTER HERE. This event is in-person, and food will be provided. To help us plan, please register! UPDATE: Our Copaganda Clapback Media Justice Workshop has been updated to address the ongoing Palestinian genocide. This training will focus on the role of media manipulation in coverage of Palestine. Our friends at Line Break Media will guide participants […]