Women of Color in Solidarity: A Case Study of Dancing/Writing in Ananya Dance Theatre
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, Ananya Dance Theatre, and St. Catherine University Center for Mission invite you to "Women of Color in Solidarity: A Case Study of Dancing/Writing in Ananya Dance Theatre" on Wednesday, December 13, 7:00-8:30PM, East Side Freedom Library. Join us for a conversation with Ananya Dance Theatre featuring artistic director Dr. Ananya […]
Elections and the State of Our Democracy
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to "Elections and the State of Our Democracy" on Thursday, December 14 @ 7:00PM-9:00PM. From Washington to Minnesota and beyond, there has been growing concern about popular confidence in the U.S. election process. Can foreign governments intervene and influence outcomes? Are people voting illegally? Are people […]
Twin Cities Activist Workshop and Training
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesHosted by: Friends of the Earth and the East Side Freedom Library Official event registration: www.foe.org/MSP-RSVP Trump is proposing an unprecedented 31 percent budget cut to the Environmental Protection Agency and has been working to unravel decades of hard-fought victories for people and the planet. That's why Friends of the Earth is working with our […]
Mindful Self-Compassion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesEast 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 […]
Dakota Čhokáta Nážiŋ and Mniówe
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us with Healing Place Collaborative and Dakhóta Iápi Okhódakičhiye, who will share their Dakota Čhokáta Nážiŋ and Mniówe. Also learn about efforts to bring Phalen Creek back above ground. Co-sponsored by Lower Phalen Creek Project and East Side Freedom Library. Space is limited, please register to save a spot. Čhokáta Nážiŋ is a living […]
Listening for Freedom: Remember “Watch Night” History with Artists Marc Anderson, Davu Seru, and Alessandra Williams
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States"Listening for Freedom" is a unique event to learn more about the importance of Watch Night in our history, through improvisational music and movement. Performers Alessandra Williams, Davu Seru and Marc Anderson will bring movement and percussion together - and encourage our audience to participate in the important history of enslaved people awaiting word of […]
“Minnesota Swedes Raising Cane:” Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Reflections
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to "Minnesota Swedes Raising Cane:” Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Reflections on Thursday, January 4 @ 7:00PM-8:30PM. Marilyn McGriff will offer a powerpoint presentation, including images from her recent trip to Cuba. Shortly after the Spanish-American war, a Minneapolis doctor bought a huge tract of land in eastern Cuba. […]
Kids Rising Story Hour
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesOur mission is to agitate the next generation of leaders by engaging them in stories that we believe to be more meaningful than the ones they might typically encounter at a story time. We focus on stories with social justice messages and are intentionally inclusive of writers and themes from diverse and under-represented communities. We […]
Workers with Disabilities: A Conversation about Confronting and Overcoming Challenges
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to Workers with Disabilities: A Conversation about Confronting and Overcoming Challenges on Tuesday, January 9 @ 7:00PM-8:30PM. Join us as we learn about the challenges faced by workers with disabilities AND the ways that these workers are organizing to confront and overcome these challenges. Come to hear from Macalester College Psychology Professor […]
What’s Happening to Labor at the University of Minnesota?
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to What’s Happening to Labor at the University of Minnesota? on Wednesday, January 10 @ 7:00PM. The University of Minnesota is one of the largest employers and one of the largest recipients of tax-payer dollars in the state of Minnesota. How are they treating their workers? How does their […]
Town Hall Meeting with Representative Tim Mahoney
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a Town Hall Meeting with Representative Tim Mahoney. Please join Rep. Tim Mahoney and your neighbors to discuss what you value and the priorities you want represented at the Legislature in 2018. What: Town Hall Meeting with Tim Mahoney; When: Thursday, January 11th from 6:30 p.m. to […]
Music & Movements: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and A Greener Read Bookstore invite you to our second exploration of Music & Movements: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound on Saturday, January 13 @ 3:00PM. Come hear local author Andrea Swensson discuss her new book, Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound, just published by the University […]
“At the River I Stand”: MLK Day Screening/Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to “At the River I Stand”: MLK Day Screening/Discussion on Monday, January 15 @ 7:00PM-9:00PM. For East Side Freedom Library's commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, we will screen and discuss "At the River I Stand," the award-winning documentary about the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike, […]
Neighbors Meet Neighbors: Student Series
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us for Neighbors Meet Neighbors, a three part series of monthly forums centered around the stories and experiences of students from immigrant communities on the East Side. Join us to hear from Immigrant Students from Hmong, Somali, Oromo, Karen, and Mexican Communities - January 16th @ […]
Hmong Pioneers, Honoring the First Wave: A Documentary Film Screening
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for a screening and discussion of the documentary film, "Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave." In 1975, at the tumultuous close of the Vietnam war, the Hmong people in Laos fled their homes, livelihoods, and culture and began to arrive in the U.S. as refugees. Since that time, St. Paul, Minnesota has become […]
The Politics of the Pantry: A Book Talk with Author Emily Twarog
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to The Politics of the Pantry: A Book Talk with Author Emily Twarog on Saturday, January 20, 1:00PM-3:00PM. Join us for a discussion with author Emily Twarog about her new book, THE POLITICS OF THE PANTRY: HOUSEWIVES, FOOD, AND CONSUMER PROTEST IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA. Emily teaches History and […]
Sports, Social Justice, Labor and Race: The Window Opened by the Super Bowl
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to Sports, Social Justice, Labor and Race: The Window Opened by the Super Bowl on Wednesday, January 24 @ 6:30PM. Join the inter-generational and multi-racial organizers of the upcoming "Take a Knee Nation" conference, which will highlight "Race, Police Violence, and the Right to Protest." The conference will […]
Nidoto Nai Yoni: Opening Reception of John Matsunaga’s Photography Exhibition
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesTitle: Nidoto Nai Yoni: Forgetting and Remembering the Wartime Incarceration of Japanese Americans Artist Statement: This exhibit presents photographs of the physical remnants of the ten American concentration camps that were used to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II. In 1942, approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans that lived within the western United States were forcibly removed from […]
“Writers Who Dare,” with Sherry Quan Lee and Seven Writers
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to "Writers Who Dare,” with Sherry Quan Lee and Seven Writers on Saturday, January 27, 1:00PM-2:30PM, @ East Side Freedom Library. How Dare We! Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse offers a much needed corrective to the usual dry and uninspired creative writing pedagogy. The collection asks us […]
“Mooz-lum”: A Black History Month Film Screening/Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and Metropolitan State University invite you to “Mooz-lum”: A Black History Month Film Screening/Discussion on Monday, January 29 @ 7:00PM-9:00PM. Join us for a screening of the film Mooz-lum in commemoration of Black History Month. Assistant professor of English and Africana studies Salamishah Tillet reviews Mooz-lum as follows: “a thoughtful new drama written and […]