Immigration, Identity and the Arts: NEA Big Read no. 4
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNEA Big Read no. 4 March 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CDT Immigration, Identity and the Arts This event will focus on the stories of the African immigrant community. For more information about this series, click here. Register for this event, in person or online HERE. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on the experiences […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
Book Geek Happy Hour
ZoomRegister here to join this virtual event on Zoom 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.
History Revealed: An Interrupted Childhood – Polish WWII Survivors in Minnesota, Part Two
An Interrupted Childhood – Polish WWII Survivors in Minnesota, Part Two A Conversation with Survivors History Revealed Series Thursday, April 6, 2023, 7:00 pm In partnership with the Minnesota Polish […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
University of California Graduate Employees: How We Organized and Struck
ZoomJoin event moderator Professor Ruth Milkman and a panel of academic worker acitivest for this important conversation. This event will be held on zoom. To register and receive a link to attend click HERE. On November 14, some 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California's 10 campuses went on strike. The workers […]
MOVIE: Screening of “PUSH”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin East Side Housing Justice and Trilingua Cinema for a film night and discussion, on April 12th, 6:00-8:00PM at the East Side Freedom Library. REGISTER HERE! We’ll be screening the film PUSH, a documentary looking at the global commodification of housing and issues of affordability. At a time when risks of gentrification and displacement are […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
On the Power of Stories and Collective Healing: A Conversation with Marcie Rendon and Susan Raffo
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesOn the power of stories and collective healing: A Conversation with Marcie Rendon and Susan Raffo Cosponsored with the Indigenous Peoples Task Force and Relationships Evolving Possibilities Join Marcie Rendon and Susan Raffo as they share, and invite others to join the conversation, about the power of claiming, remembering and recreating stories. Friends for over […]
Finding Our Place in the Talk about Race: A Path Toward Reclaiming Whiteness as Caring, Open and Courageous
ZoomJoin us for the next Shared Learning Community Circle Sponsored by Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative and the East Side Freedom Library Register here to join this virtual event on Zoom Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother’s Hands, writes that “White activists can deliberately reclaim whiteness. They can first call it out as the sleight of […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
2023 History Day Workshops
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesNational History Day Scholars! Frontiers in History: People, Places, and Ideas The East Side Freedom Library invites you to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors! The 2023 National History Day theme asks you to think about how the engagement with frontiers—in space, among people, and in the emergence of new ideas—have shaped […]
Celebrate May Day with the East Side Freedom Library: A Panel Discussion with Workers Who Have Organized Minnesota’s Leading Cultural Institutions
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesRegister to attend in-person or virtually via Zoom The past year has seen new energy and passion flow into the labor movement, much of it from young workers in industries which have never been unionized before. Across the country and locally, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Half Price Bookstore, and Amazon workers have organized, struck, and, in […]
Muyehpen: Conversation with Playwright Ehkhudah Zar
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and Exposed Brick Theatre invite you to a selected reading of the upcoming production of: Muyehpen by Ehkhudah Zar Followed by an Artist Talk with the playwright, cast and director Eliza Rasheed. Join us in-person or on Zoom here! Based on a folktale that has been passed down for […]
Book Geek Happy Hour
ZoomRegister here to join this virtual event on Zoom 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.
The Future of Housing: Reading of a Play by Kat Purcell
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin the East Side Freedom Library for a reading of a new play by Kat Purcell, The Future of Housing. Two performances: Friday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. & Saturday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. Sign up to join in person or virtually on Zoom A staged reading of The Future of Housing, a new play […]
The Future of Housing: Reading of a Play by Kat Purcell
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin the East Side Freedom Library for a reading of a new play by Kat Purcell, The Future of Housing. Two performances: Friday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. & Saturday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. Sign up to join in person or virtually on Zoom A staged reading of The Future of Housing, a new play […]
The Roseville History Book Club: American Midnight
ZoomRegister on the Ramsey County Library website American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild The Roseville History Book Club meets monthly with a representative of the East Side Freedom Library, for discussions on a wide variety of topics from American history. Enrollment limited to insure an intimate discussion […]
Raja Shehadeh: Presented by Rain Taxi + Mizna
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesPlease note: this is an in-person event only; virtual attendance is not available. Masks are required at the East Side Freedom Library. Contact Mizna with event questions Two boundary-pushing Minnesota organizations, Rain Taxi and Mizna, are proud to team up to present an evening with renowned Palestinian writer and human rights activist Raja Shehadeh, who […]
The Links Between Trauma, Harm and the Cycles of Violence with Crixell Shell, MS
ZoomJoin us for the next Shared Learning Community Circle Sponsored by Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative and the East Side Freedom Library Register here to join this virtual event on Zoom May guest speaker Crixell Shell will present on the links between trauma, harm and the cycles of violence. Crixell Shell, MS (she/her) is the Executive […]