Screening and Discussion: “Gaza Fights for Freedom”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, February 16, 2020, 2pm "Gaza Fights for Freedom” documents the Gaza protest movement, known as the Great March of Return, which began in 2018 and continued through last year, during which the Israeli Defense Forces killed more than 200 unarmed Palestinian civilians and injured tens of thousands more. Through her collaboration with videographers and […]
The Saint Paul Recovery Act Reparations Book Group
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThis will be an organizational meeting. Thereafter, we will meet on the third Tuesday evenings of each month, 6:30-8PM We will start with the classic text The Debt. Copies of the book will be available at Subtext Bookstore, 6 West Fifth Street, downtown St. Paul. The St. Paul City Council is considering a "Recovery Act," […]
Roseville History Book Club: “Nothing Ever Dies” by Viet Thanh Nguyen
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesRoseville History Book Club Discusses Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Avenue North, Roseville, MN (Upstairs Board Room) Wednesday, February 19, 1 p.m. Join the East Side Freedom Library, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and Ramsey County Libraries for the February installment of […]
Minnesota Peacebuilding Film Series: “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAll Are Welcome | Free and Open to the Public Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, the new documentary by Robert Greenwald weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought […]
Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us Fridays 9-10AM. The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a widely respected teacher of meditation. This gathering is open to everyone; no previous meditation experience is necessary. The sessions are drop in and offered on […]
A Special Evening of Poetry Reading and Discussion with Jacinta Kerketta
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, Parakh-Minnesota, the South Asia Seminar Series and The Imagining Transnational Solidarities Research Circle at the University of Minnesota invite you to a special evening of poetry reading and discussion with Jacinta Kerketta on Land of the Roots / जड़ों की ज़मीन (Jadon Ki Zameen) Friday, February 21, 2020, 6-8:30pm This […]
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 […]
Kazoku No Tame Ni: Exhibition and Book Launch/Day of Remembrance Event
Saturday, February 22, 2020, 1-3pm Exhibit will be on view: February 22 – March 31, 2020 Please join us for a Day of Remembrance event marking the 78th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and the release and exhibition of John Matsunaga’s photobook, Kazoku No Tame Ni (“For the Sake of the Family”).This book addresses John’s […]
“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 […]
A Celebration of the Builders of the East Side Freedom Library
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 6-8pm This historic "Carnegie Library" was paid for with the labor of immigrant coal and iron miners and steelworkers who made Andrew Carnegie one of the richest men in the world in the early 20th century. His name is on the building, but it was their blood, sweat, and bodies which built it. We are well aware […]
Winter Storytelling with Joseph Marshall III
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for an evening of Storytelling with renowned Lakota storyteller, Joseph M. Marshall III. Marshall is a historian, teacher, craftsman, and award winning author of numerous non-fiction books based on Lakota oral history and culture. Space is limited to 30 total participants for this intimate workshop; registration is $35/person for non-Native folx. Lower Phalen […]
Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us Fridays 9-10AM. The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a widely respected teacher of meditation. This gathering is open to everyone; no previous meditation experience is necessary. The sessions are drop in and offered on […]
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 […]
How Not to Save the Planet: A Conversation with Michael Goodhart
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFriday, February 28, 2020, 7PM With the ‘dire predictions’ of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report last October, the introduction of the Green New Deal in the new Congress, and the recent suggestion by author David Wallace-Wells that we have reached the ‘Time to Panic’, Michael Goodhart will discuss why efforts to combat […]
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 […]
Capturing the East Side: a poster-creating workshop (for youth, 10-20)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast Side youth (ages 10-20) are invited to join graphic design artist Leon Wong in a unique workshop. Come tell us about what you think of the East Side while learning how to create a dynamic poster representing the Payne Area. Select posters will be printed and hung throughout the neighborhood. Youth who complete the […]
Book Geek Happy Hour(s)
ARE YOU THIRSTING FOR SOME TIME TO READ AND A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE READING? The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our Book Geek Happy Hour(s) Sunday, March 1st, 4 to 6PM Please join your friends, neighbors, collaborators, and, of course, Orso, the Library Dog Bring a book or find a book […]
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: […]
History Revealed: She Voted
Thursday, March 5, 2020, 7pm Help us celebrate Women’s History Month with a preview of the in-progress Minnesota History Center exhibit. Learn what is in the works and have an opportunity to voice your own thoughts. On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution—upholding women's right to vote—was signed into law. A […]
Mindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom (Workshop)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMindfulness Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is an ongoing workshop series hosted by the East Side Freedom Library. Join us Fridays 9-10AM. The workshop will be led by Marc Anderson, a widely respected teacher of meditation. This gathering is open to everyone; no previous meditation experience is necessary. The sessions are drop in and offered on […]