Give Me Shelter! Challenging the Landlord- Tenant Paradigm
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the next conversation in our series "Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future" The crises of 2020 have left millions unable to pay rent. In a society where almost all rental housing is in private hands, tenants are demanding a shift in power. New […]
Labor History Reading Group: “When the Seattle General Strike and the 1918 Flu Collided”
At the East Side Freedom Library, we have been particularly concerned with the Pandemic's impact on working people—putting healthcare, grocery, transit, and meatpacking workers, and many others, at risk. We have also paid attention to its disparate impacts on immigrants and communities of color. We have been encouraged by conversations and movements which insist that we […]
Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
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 […]
“Racial Justice Protests and Social Change: Connecting Local Movements – Stories, and Analysis from Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C.” An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop Online Teach-In
The Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop on Democracy under Threat: Public Scholarship and Teaching is organizing two online teach-ins in July “Racial Justice Protests and Social Change: Connecting Local Movements - Stories, and Analysis from Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C.” An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop Online Teach-In Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 12:00-3:00 p.m. (CST), 1:00-4:00 (EST) In recent weeks, […]
Stories for (Little) People
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThis new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Geography […]
Book Geek Happy Hour(s)
Are you thirsting for some time to read and a chance to talk about what you're reading? East Side Freedom Library is holding its monthly Happy Hour via Zoom. Join us at 5:30pm to share what you are reading. Email us at [email protected] to RSVP and get the link to the Zoom conversation. Click "Going" and […]
The Kaleidoscope Project Readings: An Afro-Asian Creative Reflection on Solidarity, Culture, COVID-19 and Uprising
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe Kaleidoscope Project: Readings (Event 1 of 2) Tuesday, August 4 7:00 p.m. Watch via ESFL’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Live! An Afro-Asian Creative Reflection on Solidarity, Culture, COVID-19 and Uprising May Lee-Yang | Hawona Sullivan Janzen | Julia Gay | Rebecca Nicholson | Ed Bok Lee The Kaleidoscope Project is a three-part creative writing […]
Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
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 […]
Cracked Walnut Poetry Workshop
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesCracked Walnut Literary Workshop is open to anyone interested in having a poem critiqued. Meet at the East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier St., St. Paul, on Saturday, August 8th, 10:00 am-12:00 pm. We will meet outside (weather permitting) to social distance. Feel free to bring blanket or chair. Masks required if we need to […]
Stories for (Little) People
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThis new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Geography […]
The Kaleidoscope Project Reading #2: An Afro-Asian Creative Reflection on Solidarity, Culture, COVID-19 and Uprising
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe Kaleidoscope Project: Readings #2 Tuesday, August 11 7:00 p.m. Watch via ESFL’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Live! An Afro-Asian Creative Reflection on Solidarity, Culture, COVID-19 and Uprising Ashawnti Sakina Ford | Patti Kmeya | Atlese Robinson | Sunny Thao The Kaleidoscope Project is a three-part creative writing and intercultural discourse experience developed and facilitated […]
Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
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 […]
History Revealed: Black Women’s Struggle for the Right to Vote
The East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to the next conversation in our “History Revealed" series Black Women's Struggle for the Right to Vote A Conversation with Dr. Martha S. Jones Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 7pm Amidst all the turmoil of 2020, it […]
Virtual Screening and Discussion: Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl
Join us to watch and discuss the film "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl: Immigrant Women in the Turn of the Century" This virtual event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook page and YouTube channel Immigration is a hot topic today. What can we learn from studying the experiences of immigrants a century ago? What challenges […]
Stories for (Little) People
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThis new program is geared toward young people of preschool and early elementary grades. Kate Derickson, assisted by Harry Potter and Orso the Library dog, will read books that feature all kinds of families and children and people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Kate teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Geography […]
Outdoor Screening: Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for a free outdoor film screening! The program will begin at 8PM with a presentation about the making and meaning of the film. The screening will begin at dusk, about 8:30PM, and will last an hour. Please bring your own chairs and/or blankets. Plan to wear masks and maintain appropriate social distances. Ohiyesa: […]
Reparations Reading Group: The Great Migration and the Red Summer
Register here for an invitation to the Zoom meeting As we continue our investigation into the development of institutional and systemic racism in the United States, we turn our attention to the Great Migration in which millions of African Americans left the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the explosion of […]
Mindful Self-Compassion (Workshop)
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 […]
History Book Club: When They Blew the Levee
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHistory Book Club: When They Blew the Levee a virtual event, via Zoom Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 1 p.m. (Copies of the book are available from the Ramsey County Library or your local, independent bookstore) Join the East Side Freedom Library, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Ramsey County Library at Roseville for the August […]
5th Annual Union Job & Resource Fair
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 110 1330 Conway Street, Saint Paul, MNThe annual Union Job & Resource Fair has been postponed to August 20th. The organizers have created a virtual bulletin board for current job openings and resources to expand career opportunities. We encourage you to look at the the opportunities available there and to share this page with your networks! The fifth annual Union Job and Resource Fair […]