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 […]
CANCELED: 2023 Day on the Hill
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United States*2023 Day on the Hill has been canceled. Supporters who have signed up will receive information on how they can share their ESFL stories with their representatives individually. 2023 Day on the Hill March 21st, 2023 from 10 am - 11 am CT Live out the mission of the ESFL! Story is a major theme […]
Community Discussion: Melvin Carter Jr.’s Life On Stage – Diesel Heart
Unity Church - Unitarin 733 Portland Avenue, Saint Paul, MinnesotaThis event is co-hosted by On Stage: Creating a Community Dialogue Around Live Theater, Community Stabilization Project, Circle of Peace, and East Side Freedom Library. At Unity Church - Unitarian, 733 Portland Avenue, Saint Paul *Snacks will be provided at the end. Join us for a stimulating discussion led by Melvin Whitfield Carter Jr. and […]
History Revealed: Strike! Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law
Strike!: Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law Dr. William D. Green History Revealed Series Thursday, March 23, 2023, 7:00 pm In partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society & Roseville Library Live presentation on Zoom Register here to join this event on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]
From the Ground Up : The Challenges and Opportunities of Bargaining a First Contract (with music from Emmett Doyle)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesFrom the Ground Up: The Challenges and Opportunities of Bargaining a First Contract With "Music Between the Stacks" with Emmett Doyle Friday, March 24, 2023, 6:30pm-9:30pm Register here to join this event in person or on Zoom. The panel will feature speakers from Trader Joe’s Union, Starbucks Workers United, Peace Coffee, and Common Roots Cafe […]
Music Between the Stacks: Emmett Doyle
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMusic Between the Stacks: Emmett Doyle Join the East Side Freedom Library for our inaugural edition of Music Between the Stacks with Emmett Doyle! THE MUSIC OF SOLIDARITY! (Held in conjunction with From the Ground Up: The Challenges and Opportunities of Bargaining a First Contract) Friday, March 24 at 8:30 p.m. at the East Side […]
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 […]
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 Medical Society, Ramsey County Historical Society, and the Roseville Library. In conjunction with a photographic exhibition in Landmark Center, March 5-April 30, 2023 Live presentation […]
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 […]