Freedom Writers: Film Screening and Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesSponsored by the East Side Freedom Library and the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers THE EDUCATION AND FILM DISCUSSION SERIES CONTINUES with the feature length dramatic film FREEDOM WRITERS In mid-1990s Los Angeles, a class of students labeled "low achievers" connect with a creative teacher and find inspiration in the writings of Anne Frank and […]
“At the River I Stand,” Film and Conversation About the Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike of 1968
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesExplore the Labor Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. View the film about the Memphis sanitation worker's strike of 1968, "At the River I Stand" and have a conversation with Elder Mahmoud El-Kati
“At the River I Stand,” Film and Conversation About the Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike of 1968
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesExplore the Labor Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. View the film about the Memphis sanitation worker's strike of 1968, "At the River I Stand" and have a conversation with Elder Mahmoud El-Kati
“At the River I Stand,” Film and Conversation About the Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike of 1968
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesExplore the Labor Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. View the film about the Memphis sanitation worker's strike of 1968, "At the River I Stand" and have a conversation with Elder Mahmoud El-Kati
“At the River I Stand,” Film and Conversation About the Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike of 1968
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesExplore the Labor Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. View the film about the Memphis sanitation worker's strike of 1968, "At the River I Stand" and have a conversation with Elder Mahmoud El-Kati
Brooklyn Castle Film Screening
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and The Saint Paul Federation of Teachers Imagine a high school where the cool kids are on the chess team. Welcome to I.S.318 in Brooklyn, NY, a "below poverty" junior high where the chess team has won more national championships than any other in the country. Follow the lives and […]
Brooklyn Castle Film Screening
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and The Saint Paul Federation of Teachers Imagine a high school where the cool kids are on the chess team. Welcome to I.S.318 in Brooklyn, NY, a "below poverty" junior high where the chess team has won more national championships than any other in the country. Follow the lives and […]
Brooklyn Castle Film Screening
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and The Saint Paul Federation of Teachers Imagine a high school where the cool kids are on the chess team. Welcome to I.S.318 in Brooklyn, NY, a "below poverty" junior high where the chess team has won more national championships than any other in the country. Follow the lives and […]
Brooklyn Castle Film Screening
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and The Saint Paul Federation of Teachers Imagine a high school where the cool kids are on the chess team. Welcome to I.S.318 in Brooklyn, NY, a "below poverty" junior high where the chess team has won more national championships than any other in the country. Follow the lives and […]
Minnesota & The Freedom Rides: An Eyewitness Account
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesIn June 1961, six Minnesotans boarded a bus to challenge the Jim Crow laws of the South which required whites to sit in the front of the bus and blacks to sit in the back. They faced violence, arrest, and imprisonment. They would change America and transform themselves. Among them was 20 year old Claire […]
Minnesota & The Freedom Rides: An Eyewitness Account
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesIn June 1961, six Minnesotans boarded a bus to challenge the Jim Crow laws of the South which required whites to sit in the front of the bus and blacks to sit in the back. They faced violence, arrest, and imprisonment. They would change America and transform themselves. Among them was 20 year old Claire […]
Minnesota & The Freedom Rides: An Eyewitness Account
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesIn June 1961, six Minnesotans boarded a bus to challenge the Jim Crow laws of the South which required whites to sit in the front of the bus and blacks to sit in the back. They faced violence, arrest, and imprisonment. They would change America and transform themselves. Among them was 20 year old Claire […]
Minnesota & The Freedom Rides: An Eyewitness Account
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesIn June 1961, six Minnesotans boarded a bus to challenge the Jim Crow laws of the South which required whites to sit in the front of the bus and blacks to sit in the back. They faced violence, arrest, and imprisonment. They would change America and transform themselves. Among them was 20 year old Claire […]
Class & The Arts: A Roundtable Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesParticipate in a Roundtable Discussion on Class & the Arts organized by Khoo Wu Chen, well known Twin Cities lighting designer and co-founder of Technical Tools of the Trade(www.techtoolstraining.org) and featuring Carlyle Brown, playwright and producer (http://carlylebrownandcompany.org) Marcus Dillard, lighting designer and University of Minnesota professor Wendy Knox, artistic director, Frank Theater (www.franktheatre.org) […]
Class & The Arts: A Roundtable Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesParticipate in a Roundtable Discussion on Class & the Arts organized by Khoo Wu Chen, well known Twin Cities lighting designer and co-founder of Technical Tools of the Trade(www.techtoolstraining.org) and featuring Carlyle Brown, playwright and producer (http://carlylebrownandcompany.org) Marcus Dillard, lighting designer and University of Minnesota professor Wendy Knox, artistic director, Frank Theater (www.franktheatre.org) […]
Class & The Arts: A Roundtable Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesParticipate in a Roundtable Discussion on Class & the Arts organized by Khoo Wu Chen, well known Twin Cities lighting designer and co-founder of Technical Tools of the Trade(www.techtoolstraining.org) and featuring Carlyle Brown, playwright and producer (http://carlylebrownandcompany.org) Marcus Dillard, lighting designer and University of Minnesota professor Wendy Knox, artistic director, Frank Theater (www.franktheatre.org) […]
Class & The Arts: A Roundtable Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesParticipate in a Roundtable Discussion on Class & the Arts organized by Khoo Wu Chen, well known Twin Cities lighting designer and co-founder of Technical Tools of the Trade(www.techtoolstraining.org) and featuring Carlyle Brown, playwright and producer (http://carlylebrownandcompany.org) Marcus Dillard, lighting designer and University of Minnesota professor Wendy Knox, artistic director, Frank Theater (www.franktheatre.org) […]
A Walking Tour Through Swede Hollow
Yarusso-Bros Italian Restaurant 635 Payne Ave, St. Paul, MN, United StatesA Walking Tour through Time and Space From Swede Hollow to Arlington Hills with Particular Attention Paid to Immigration and Labor History Led by East Side Freedom Library Director Peter Rachleff Sponsored as part of the Jane's Walks events (for more information see janeswalk.org) Meet at Yarusso-Bros Italian Restaurant. Be prepared to walk 2.5 miles in […]
A Walking Tour Through Swede Hollow
Yarusso-Bros Italian Restaurant 635 Payne Ave, St. Paul, MN, United StatesA Walking Tour through Time and Space From Swede Hollow to Arlington Hills with Particular Attention Paid to Immigration and Labor History Led by East Side Freedom Library Director Peter Rachleff Sponsored as part of the Jane's Walks events (for more information see janeswalk.org) Meet at Yarusso-Bros Italian Restaurant. Be prepared to walk 2.5 miles in […]
A Walking Tour Through Swede Hollow
Yarusso-Bros Italian Restaurant 635 Payne Ave, St. Paul, MN, United StatesA Walking Tour through Time and Space From Swede Hollow to Arlington Hills with Particular Attention Paid to Immigration and Labor History Led by East Side Freedom Library Director Peter Rachleff Sponsored as part of the Jane's Walks events (for more information see janeswalk.org) Meet at Yarusso-Bros Italian Restaurant. Be prepared to walk 2.5 miles in […]