Teaching and Learning
Breaking Barriers: History Day Learning Center Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Day is a priority for us at the East Side Freedom Library. Our rich collections are organized around labor, immigration, African American, and social justice movement history and include not just historical studies but also poetry, fiction, visual art, drama, music, film, and autobiographies in these areas. We have more than 20,000 books in […]
Reading “Capital”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the East Side Study Collective invite you to participate in reading Capital, a reading and discussion process over four months. February – May 2020 In a rapidly heating world beset with resurgent ethno-nationalisms and right-wing authoritarianism, ever-continuing settler colonial projects of elimination, and the “bad infinity” of endless capital expansion where […]
Breaking Barriers: History Day Learning Center Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Day is a priority for us at the East Side Freedom Library. Our rich collections are organized around labor, immigration, African American, and social justice movement history and include not just historical studies but also poetry, fiction, visual art, drama, music, film, and autobiographies in these areas. We have more than 20,000 books in […]
“Stolen” with Author Richard Bell
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation of "Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home" with author Richard Bell, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland. Monday, February 24, 2020, 7pm In 1825 in Philadelphia, the supposed cradle of liberty, five young, free black boys fell into the […]
Public Scholarship and Community Engagement: A Site Visit to the East Side Freedom Library
Friday, February 28, 12-2pm Continuing Metro's history as a "university without walls" and working to build robust relationships with the communities that we serve, we will gather at the East Side Freedom Library to learn about its resources, programming, and opportunities it has for community-engaged teaching, learning, and research. As it notes on its webpage, "the East Side […]
Breaking Barriers: History Day Learning Center Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Day is a priority for us at the East Side Freedom Library. Our rich collections are organized around labor, immigration, African American, and social justice movement history and include not just historical studies but also poetry, fiction, visual art, drama, music, film, and autobiographies in these areas. We have more than 20,000 books in […]
A Six Session Course: Immigration and the Making of St. Paul
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Public Schools Adult and Community Education Program invite you to participate in this learning opportunity Wednesdays, 6-8PM, March 4th - April 8th Explore the role of immigrants in the making and remaking of Saint Paul. We will cover the 1840's through current times touching first on: […]
Breaking Barriers: History Day Learning Center Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Day is a priority for us at the East Side Freedom Library. Our rich collections are organized around labor, immigration, African American, and social justice movement history and include not just historical studies but also poetry, fiction, visual art, drama, music, film, and autobiographies in these areas. We have more than 20,000 books in […]
Teach In: Iran—What Americans Need to Know
Sunday, March 8, 2020, 1-3pm *Rescheduled from February 9 The United States has come dangerously close to war with Iran, but most Americans can't locate Iran on a map. This two-hour program combines a slide show presentation of photos by recent visitors from Minnesota to Iran with presentations by academic experts. A panel discussion and […]
A Six Session Course: Immigration and the Making of St. Paul
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Public Schools Adult and Community Education Program invite you to participate in this learning opportunity Wednesdays, 6-8PM, March 4th - April 8th Explore the role of immigrants in the making and remaking of Saint Paul. We will cover the 1840's through current times touching first on: […]
Breaking Barriers: History Day Learning Center Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Day is a priority for us at the East Side Freedom Library. Our rich collections are organized around labor, immigration, African American, and social justice movement history and include not just historical studies but also poetry, fiction, visual art, drama, music, film, and autobiographies in these areas. We have more than 20,000 books in […]
Reading “Capital”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the East Side Study Collective invite you to participate in reading Capital, a reading and discussion process over four months. February – May 2020 In a rapidly heating world beset with resurgent ethno-nationalisms and right-wing authoritarianism, ever-continuing settler colonial projects of elimination, and the “bad infinity” of endless capital expansion where […]
A Six Session Course: Immigration and the Making of St. Paul
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Public Schools Adult and Community Education Program invite you to participate in this learning opportunity Wednesdays, 6-8PM, March 4th - April 8th Explore the role of immigrants in the making and remaking of Saint Paul. We will cover the 1840's through current times touching first on: […]
Zoom: Marx’s “Capital” Reading Group
MN, United StatesFor the May 9th meeting, we will cover Chapters 15 (second half) through 24. Here Marx further develops his discussion of collective labor and class formation begun in the previous few chapters and fleshes out his thinking on wages and the production of surplus value. These chapters, which engage with how capital distinguishes "productive" and […]
“Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future” Tom O’Connell in Conversation with Ricardo Levins-Morales
How have crises created opportunities for progressive social change? What kinds of opportunities are being created by the crises we are experiencing now? What work is being done, on the ground, to develop transformative solutions to deep-seated economic, social, and political problems? Join Tom O’Connell, former Metro State University professor and KFAI radio talk-show host, […]
National History Day “Zoom Room”
This event will occur weekly on Saturdays from December 12th through April 24th The East Side Freedom Library is offering a National History Day “Zoom Room” where experienced mentors will provide guidance and access to resources for students engaged in History Day projects. We encourage students to make initial contacts with us by email at […]
National History Day “Zoom Room”
This event will occur weekly on Saturdays from December 12th through April 24th The East Side Freedom Library is offering a National History Day “Zoom Room” where experienced mentors will provide guidance and access to resources for students engaged in History Day projects. We encourage students to make initial contacts with us by email at […]
National History Day “Zoom Room”
This event will occur weekly on Saturdays from December 12th through April 24th The East Side Freedom Library is offering a National History Day “Zoom Room” where experienced mentors will provide guidance and access to resources for students engaged in History Day projects. We encourage students to make initial contacts with us by email at […]
National History Day “Zoom Room”
This event will occur weekly on Saturdays from December 12th through April 24th The East Side Freedom Library is offering a National History Day “Zoom Room” where experienced mentors will provide guidance and access to resources for students engaged in History Day projects. We encourage students to make initial contacts with us by email at […]
National History Day “Zoom Room”
This event will occur weekly on Saturdays from December 12th through April 24th The East Side Freedom Library is offering a National History Day “Zoom Room” where experienced mentors will provide guidance and access to resources for students engaged in History Day projects. We encourage students to make initial contacts with us by email at […]