Virtual
The Kaleidoscope Project: An Afro-Asian Creative Reflection II
This event is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Humanities Center and Department of African American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota. Watch via Facebook Live! Patti Kameya | Antonio Duke | Chavonn Williams Shen | Rebecca Nichloson | Ty Chapman | Rebecca Song The Kaleidoscope Project is a three-part creative writing and intercultural discourse […]
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 […]
What the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters’ Strikes Can Suggest About Meeting the Challenges Faced by Today’s Labor Movement
ESFL is delighted to be participating in this year's San Francisco LaborFest 2021. Most of their wonderful programming is online this year, so you can participate, too. Please follow this link to see what else is on tap. The 1934 July Minneapolis Teamsters' strikes were part of a mass movement of workers in the United […]
Mindful Self-Compassion
East Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]
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 […]
Mindful Self-Compassion
East Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]
Mindful Self-Compassion
East Side Freedom Library invites you to explore workshops in “Mindful Self-Compassion” with Patricia Enstad. Eastsider Patricia Enstad, a licensed social worker and teacher, will provide a lively introduction to the practices of Mindful Self-Compassion. She writes: “As we consider the important tasks that lie ahead, we will need to support our action with compassion […]
A Book Launch Virtual Event with Christine Stark and Mona Susan Power
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to A Book Launch Virtual Event with Christine Stark and her new book, Carnival Lights and Mona Susan Power and her new book, A Council of Dolls. Register to join this event on Zoom or watch it live streamed on ESFL's Facebook page. Chris Stark is an award-winning […]
Reparations Reading Group: What Can We Learn From Other Cities?
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to join our monthly reading & conversation. Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 6:30-8PM Register here to join this event on Zoom. Earlier this year, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution committing to racial healing through the exploration of reparations for […]
History Revealed: Turning Points
The East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to our monthly "History Revealed" program featuring Greg Poferl and his memoir, Turning Points: Never Give Up On Anyone, Especially Yourself. Register here to join the event on Zoom or watch it live streamed on ESFL's Facebook page. We are especially excited […]
Labor History Film Discussion: Plutocracy IV
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to join our monthly Labor History Film discussion Plutocracy IV: Gangsters for Capitalism Register here to join this event on Zoom. For the past several months, we have been working our way through Scott Nobles' series of documentary films, produced by Metanoia Films and made available for free […]
Labor History Film Discussion: The Bisbee Deportation of 1917
Register to join this event on Zoom (this event will not be live streamed to ESFL's Facebook page). Three years ago, the Arizona town of Bisbee marked the 100th anniversary of its darkest day, the day when local authorities rounded up 1200 immigrant miners, loaded them on a train, and shipped them into the desert, where they […]
Labor History Film Discussion: Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our monthly Labor History Film Discussion: Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire. Register here to join this event on Zoom. For the past five months, ESFL community members have been watching and discussing Scott Noble's powerful series of documentary films, titled "Plutocracy." In September, we come to the end […]
Book Talk: Brains Explained
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation of Brains Explained, a new book by Alie and Micah Caldwell! Register here to join this event on Zoom or watch it live streamed on ESFL's Facebook page. Curious about how billions of neurons make up your consciousness? How anxiety hijacks your body? Whether AI […]
Animate (Presentation and Discussion)
The East Side Freedom Library and "On Stage" invite you to Animate (Presentation and Discussion)! Update: This event will no longer have an in-person component. Instead, join the event using this Zoom link. Animate rehearsals / Kate Fuglei, Photo credit: Mixed Blood Theatre Join us on Zoom for a stimulating theater presentation and discussion led […]
Mai Der Vang for “Yellow Rain” with Kao Kalia Yang
This event will be streamed for free via Crowdcast. Register here to attend! SubText Books and East Side Freedom Library are pleased to present a virtual event to celebrate the release of Yellow Rain by Mai Der Vang (Graywolf Press) on Friday, October 1st at 7:00 PM. Mai Der Vang will be in conversation with […]
Book Talk: Watershed
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a discussion of the new book, Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress, featuring author Ranae Hanson and discussants Sarah Degner-Riveros, Chelsea DeArmond, and Sam Grant. Register here to join this event on Zoom. This conversation will also be live-streamed to ESFL's Facebook page. Watershed explores […]
Book Talk—The Great Evil: Christianity, The Bible, and the Native American Genocide
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation by Dr. Chris Mato Nunpa, The Great Evil: Christianity, The Bible, and the Native American Genocide. Register here to join this event on Zoom. This event will also be live-streamed to ESFL's Facebook page. In this account of the history between Indigenous Peoples and the […]
Black Rain: A Forty-Year Struggle Helps Connect the Dots from Trinity to Hiroshima to Fukushima and Points Between
Register here to join this event on Zoom. This event will also be live streamed to ESFL's Facebook page and available for later viewing on our YouTube channel. On July 14 this year, the Hiroshima High Court delivered a stunning victory to aging sufferers of “black rain” fallout from the atomic bomb: it recognized them […]
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 […]