We at the East Side Freedom Library have been encouraged by the Papal Encyclical on climate crisis,"Laudato Si," and we are particularly excited by the possibilities it opens up for community conversations.  Each of our four discussions in July will engage experienced presenters from diverse communities and organizations in discussion with the audience.  We will make copies of […]

Screening of prize-winning documentary film on the work and lives of the men and women who constructed the Minnesota statehouse. Post-film discussion with the filmmaker and researchers, and the descendants of some of the workers. Co-hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the ESFL.

Screening of prize-winning documentary film on the work and lives of the men and women who constructed the Minnesota statehouse. Post-film discussion with the filmmaker and researchers, and the descendants of some of the workers. Co-hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the ESFL.

Screening of prize-winning documentary film on the work and lives of the men and women who constructed the Minnesota statehouse. Post-film discussion with the filmmaker and researchers, and the descendants of some of the workers. Co-hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the ESFL.

Screening of prize-winning documentary film on the work and lives of the men and women who constructed the Minnesota statehouse. Post-film discussion with the filmmaker and researchers, and the descendants of some of the workers. Co-hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the ESFL.

Gillian Furst: 1933 - 2015 For nearly four decades, Gillian Furst organized strategic meetings out of her living room, offering rank-and-file workers a safe haven from corporate oversight and a vision for the future of the labor movement. She would gently lend her ear to every person in attendance, but could be a vigorous taskmaster […]

Gillian Furst: 1933 - 2015 For nearly four decades, Gillian Furst organized strategic meetings out of her living room, offering rank-and-file workers a safe haven from corporate oversight and a vision for the future of the labor movement. She would gently lend her ear to every person in attendance, but could be a vigorous taskmaster […]

Gillian Furst: 1933 - 2015 For nearly four decades, Gillian Furst organized strategic meetings out of her living room, offering rank-and-file workers a safe haven from corporate oversight and a vision for the future of the labor movement. She would gently lend her ear to every person in attendance, but could be a vigorous taskmaster […]

Gillian Furst: 1933 - 2015 For nearly four decades, Gillian Furst organized strategic meetings out of her living room, offering rank-and-file workers a safe haven from corporate oversight and a vision for the future of the labor movement. She would gently lend her ear to every person in attendance, but could be a vigorous taskmaster […]

The East Side Freedom Library is deeply committed to the idea that there are many untold stories and that there are many ways to tell those stories. Working people have long relied on art – music, poetry, visual art, puppetry, fiction, theater, story telling, -- to tell their stories to each other and to the […]

The East Side Freedom Library is deeply committed to the idea that there are many untold stories and that there are many ways to tell those stories. Working people have long relied on art – music, poetry, visual art, puppetry, fiction, theater, story telling, -- to tell their stories to each other and to the […]

The East Side Freedom Library is deeply committed to the idea that there are many untold stories and that there are many ways to tell those stories. Working people have long relied on art – music, poetry, visual art, puppetry, fiction, theater, story telling, -- to tell their stories to each other and to the […]

The East Side Freedom Library is deeply committed to the idea that there are many untold stories and that there are many ways to tell those stories. Working people have long relied on art – music, poetry, visual art, puppetry, fiction, theater, story telling, -- to tell their stories to each other and to the […]

The Twin Cities branch of the Industrial Workers of the World are hosting their historic organization's national convention over the Labor Day weekend.  While their proceedings are for members only, they will celebrate the close of their work with an "after party" here at the East Side Freedom Library.  There will be music, refreshments, socializing, […]

The Twin Cities branch of the Industrial Workers of the World are hosting their historic organization's national convention over the Labor Day weekend.  While their proceedings are for members only, they will celebrate the close of their work with an "after party" here at the East Side Freedom Library.  There will be music, refreshments, socializing, […]

The Twin Cities branch of the Industrial Workers of the World are hosting their historic organization's national convention over the Labor Day weekend.  While their proceedings are for members only, they will celebrate the close of their work with an "after party" here at the East Side Freedom Library.  There will be music, refreshments, socializing, […]

The Twin Cities branch of the Industrial Workers of the World are hosting their historic organization's national convention over the Labor Day weekend.  While their proceedings are for members only, they will celebrate the close of their work with an "after party" here at the East Side Freedom Library.  There will be music, refreshments, socializing, […]

Wynfred Russell, Program Operations Manager at the American Refugee Committee, spent much of 2014 and the first half of 2015 in Liberia, the country of his birth. A long-time resident of Minnesota, Wynfred drew on his training and experience in public health and higher education, and his experiences in municipal politics in Brooklyn Park, in his work during the Ebola […]

Wynfred Russell, Program Operations Manager at the American Refugee Committee, spent much of 2014 and the first half of 2015 in Liberia, the country of his birth. A long-time resident of Minnesota, Wynfred drew on his training and experience in public health and higher education, and his experiences in municipal politics in Brooklyn Park, in his work during the Ebola […]

Wynfred Russell, Program Operations Manager at the American Refugee Committee, spent much of 2014 and the first half of 2015 in Liberia, the country of his birth. A long-time resident of Minnesota, Wynfred drew on his training and experience in public health and higher education, and his experiences in municipal politics in Brooklyn Park, in his work during the Ebola […]