A Clan of Our Own: Coming Out Experiences of Gay Hmong Men
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, November 20, 2019, 7pm Growing up as a gay Hmong, Brian Xiong couldn’t find any gay books written about gay Hmong coming out experiences, or just gay Hmong representation in general. He remembers checking out gay resource books from Minneapolis Public Library, City Pages newspaper, or gay lifestyle stories online during his high school […]
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 […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear None Conquer All presents United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming FNCA takes pride in empowering diversified communities to accomplish goals through leadership, education, training, and legalization. To register for programming, contact FNCA at 651-508-6762 Click "Going" and share on Facebook!
A Conversation with Jay Weiner: “Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest Public Historian”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, the University of Minnesota Press, and the University of Minnesota History Department invite you to a special book event, honoring our mentor and friend, the late Professor Hy Berman Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota's Greatest Public Historian A Conversation with Jay Weiner Monday, November 25, 2019, 7pm Hy Berman (1925–2015) […]
Neng Now: Meet and Greet
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesIn collaboration, Saint Paul Public Library and East Side Freedom Library bring you Neng Thao of Neng Now! Neng will share stories from his travel adventures and demonstrate various traditional instruments used in the whistled language of the Hmong. His popularity stems from vlogging about his many travel experiences on social media. Presentation followed by […]
Book Geek Happy Hour(s)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesARE 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, December 1st, 4 to 6PM Please join your friends, neighbors, collaborators, and, of course, Orso, the Library Dog Bring a book or find a book […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear None Conquer All presents United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming FNCA takes pride in empowering diversified communities to accomplish goals through leadership, education, training, and legalization. To register for programming, contact FNCA at 651-508-6762 Click "Going" and share on Facebook!
Collaborating with ESFL in Events, Media, & Community Engagement
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAre you interested in collaborating with us on events and community activities? Please join us in deepening our programming through participating and taking leadership in any of the following projects: Event Promotion & Evaluation 1. Greeting event attendees 2. Assisting with sign-ins 3. Collecting event surveys 4. Recording Library events 5. Editing podcasts Media and […]
The East Side Freedom Library’s Labor Open House
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library's Labor Advisory Committee and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 Women's Committee invite you to The East Side Freedom Library’s Labor Open House! Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 5pm - 8pm (Short Program at 6pm) The East Side Freedom Library—a Labor Hall for the Community—is excited to open our doors to […]
Collaborating with ESFL in Events, Media, & Community Engagement
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAre you interested in collaborating with us on events and community activities? Please join us in deepening our programming through participating and taking leadership in any of the following projects: Event Promotion & Evaluation 1. Greeting event attendees 2. Assisting with sign-ins 3. Collecting event surveys 4. Recording Library events 5. Editing podcasts Media and […]
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 […]
Horn of Africa: Crisis and Prospects for Peace
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAmbassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis is President of Eri-Platform, an international civil society association working to promote dialogue on vital national, regional and international issues impacting Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. Eri-Platform works to foster understanding of, respect for and commitment to rule of law, human rights and democratic principles. Educated at the University of […]
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 […]
Rebuilding the Eritrean Economy
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAmbassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis is President of Eri-Platform, an international civil society association working to promote dialogue on vital national, regional and international issues impacting Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. Eri-Platform works to foster understanding of, respect for and commitment to rule of law, human rights and democratic principles. Educated at the University of […]
Readings from “What God is Honored Here?”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWhat God Is Honored Here? is a literary collection of voices of Indigenous women and women of color who have undergone miscarriage and infant loss, experiences that disproportionately affect women who have often been cast toward the margins in the U.S. Powerfully and with brutal honesty, they write about what it means to reclaim life […]
Being Hmong: Exhibit Opening and Dialogue
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSunday, December 8, 2019, 1-3pm Please join us at the Freedom Library for our BEING HMONG exhibit opening and talk with artists about creating spaces where being Hmong can be explored through personal stories and created artwork. All ages are welcome and encouraged to join. This event is free and open to the public. Mark […]
United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFear None Conquer All presents United in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Family Programming FNCA takes pride in empowering diversified communities to accomplish goals through leadership, education, training, and legalization. To register for programming, contact FNCA at 651-508-6762 Click "Going" and share on Facebook!
History Revealed: Slavery’s Reach
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to a presentation and discussion of Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State, featuring historian Christopher Lehman in the ongoing series, “History Revealed." Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7pm From the 1840s through the end of the Civil War, leading Minnesotans invited slaveholders and […]
The Life of Swede Hollow: A Pictorial History with authors Angela and Karin DuPaul
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesWednesday, December 11, 2019, 6:30pm This book is the result of a labor of love. Mother and daughter, Karin and Angela DuPaul will explain how they fell in love with Swede Hollow. They dedicated years of their work to the transformation, renewal, and restoration of this urban park. And now, with help from Marilyn McGriff, […]
The Poetry of Witness: A Reading and Writing Workshop in Honor of International Human Rights Day
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesDirected by Preeti Kaur Rajpal Recipient of a 2019 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant Thursday, December 12, 2019, 6:30 – 8:00 PM Preeti writes: “To honor International Human Rights Day, we will gather to read and write poems on the "Poetry of Witness." We will study poems in the tradition of Carolyn Forché. […]