On the Left Bank: St Paul Socialist Poetry Zine Launch Party!
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to “On the Left Bank: St Paul Socialist Poetry Zine Launch Party!” with author and publisher David Ackos. Saturday, July 9, 2022, 4:30pm on ESFL's beautiful front lawn On the Left Bank is a new leftist lit mag produced right here in our community. Join us for the […]
Reparations Reading Group: What Can We Learn from California?
People line up to speak during a Reparations Task Force meeting at Third Baptist Church in San Francisco, April 13, 2022. The American Prospect. The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to a discussion, Reparations: What Can We Learn from California? Register here to join this event […]
The Labor Movement: Race, Gender, and Class—The Energy of New Organizing
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our monthly Labor History discussion, The Labor Movement: Race, Gender, and Class—The Energy of New Organizing, a conversation with historian Jenny Carson, Associate Professor of History, Toronto Metropolitan University. Register here to join this event on Zoom. Dollie Lowther Robinson, New York City, undated, Sam Reiss, ACWA […]
History Revealed: Daybreak Woman
Daybreak Woman Jane Lamm Carroll History Revealed Series Thursday, July 14, 2022, 7:00 pm In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting, register on Zoom here.After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions, please email [email protected] A […]
History Book Club: Neither Settler nor Native
ZoomThe Roseville History Book Club meets monthly with Clarence White, Associate Director of the East Side Freedom Library, for discussions on a wide variety of topics from American history. Enrollment limited to insure an intimate discussion experience. Extra copies of the books available at the Library This month we’ll talk about the first chapter of Neither […]
Taking the Venereal out of Venereal Disease: The 1930s Public Health Campaign against Syphilis and Gonorrhea
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a presentation and conversation: Taking the Venereal out of Venereal Disease: The 1930s Public Health Campaign against Syphilis and Gonorrhea - with Erin Wuebker, Professor of History and Women’s & Gender Studies, Queens College, City University of New York. Register here to join this event on Zoom. […]
FREC Shared Learning Community Circle: A Conversation with Tony Carr
The Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative and the East Side Freedom Library invite you to the monthly Shared Learning Community Circle, A Conversation with Tony Carr. Click here to access the Zoom link on July 21st. FREC’s shared learning is a way to share ideas, stories, articles, videos, books, blogs, poems and more with others who […]
History Revealed: The Bell Museum
A Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum. Don Luce History Revealed Series Thursday, July 21, 2022, 7:00 pm In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting, register on Zoom here.After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the […]
Nikkei with Disabilities
The East Side Freedom Library, the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League, and Tsuru for Solidarity MN invite you to a panel discussion, Nikkei with Disabilities featuring Selena Moon, Atsuko Kuwana, Chuck Aoki, and Karen Tani. Register here to join this event on Zoom. Selena Moon is a Japanese American historian and writer who researches […]
Starbucks Workers Organize: A New Chapter in American Labor History?
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a panel discussion, Starbucks Workers Organize: A New Chapter in American Labor History? Register here to join on Zoom. The pandemic has set the stage for the most exciting union organizing drive in the past 50 years. This drive is based in industries which were not part […]
A Multi-Disciplinary Concert
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to A Multi-Disciplinary Concert, featuring local musical icons Douglas Ewart, Mankwe Ndosi, Davu Seru and special guest from South Africa Dr. Thokozani Mhlambi. This event will take place on our beautiful front lawn at 1105 Greenbrier Street. In this intimate concert, Dr. Thokozani Mhlambi will present a multi-disciplinary […]
National Night Out
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us for National Night Out on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, 5 - 8PM on our beautiful lawn at 1105 Greenbrier Street. National Night Out was introduced in 1984 through a partnership of an established network of community groups, state and local crime prevention associations, local governments, […]
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 Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting, register on Zoom here.After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]
Book Geek Happy Hour
Are you thirsting for some time to read and a chance to talk about what you’re reading? Read on your own starting at 4pm and join the Zoom conversation at 5:30pm to share what you are reading. Register here to join this event on Zoom. After registering, you will be sent the Zoom link and […]
CANCELED: What Is Happening With the Exploration of Reparations in St. Paul? And How Can You Make Your Voice Heard?
*Due to scheduling conflicts, this event has been canceled. The Reparations Reading Group will reconvene next month.* The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to a a conversation, What Is Happening With the Exploration of Reparations in St. Paul? And How Can You Make Your Voice Heard? […]
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 County Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting, register on Zoom here.After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]
FREC Shared Learning Community Circle with Selena Moon
Selena Moon will lead FREC’s August 2022 Community Learning Circle. Access the Zoom link here at 4:30PM CT on August 18th, 2022. As a disabled, mixed race Japanese American independent scholar researching Japanese American mixed race and disability history. Ms. Moon has written and presented her work at various historical and ethnic studies conferences and has […]
History Revealed: Black, Brown and Red Power in the Twin Cities
The East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to a presentation by Dr. Jimmy Patino, Associate Professor of Chicano & Latino Studies, University of Minnesota. History Revealed series Black, Brown and Red Power in the Twin Cities: Parallels, Intersections and Self-Determination in a Liberal Haven Register here to join this […]
RESCHEDULED: East Side Roller Party
*This event has been rescheduled to September 16th—please see the new event listing* Join East Side Housing Justice, Saint Paul Parks, and Family Values For Life for the second annual east side roller party. This will be an evening filled with roller skating, art, games, community, and eastside joy! Free roller skates and helmets will […]
Imagining Revolutionary Futures: A Discussion of Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072
Hybrid event—panelists at ESFL, conversation streamed to Zoom Register here to join this event on Zoom. Mass movements offer us glimpses of radically alternative ways of organizing the world. From the call to abolish the police that surged with the 2020 uprising, to the demand for land back in indigenous sovereignty struggles, rebellions help us […]