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FREC Learning Community: “Recognizing and Dismantling Anti-Blackness and Racism”

May 19, 2022 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm CDT

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The Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative and the East Side Freedom Library invite you to FREC Learning Community: “Recognizing and Dismantling Anti-Blackness and Racism” with Sangay Taythi, co-founder of Tibetans for Black Lives.

The link to join on Zoom will be available on this page on May 19th at 4:30pm CT.

FREC’s shared learning is a way to share ideas, stories, articles, videos, books, blogs, poems and more with others who are interested in learning together to gain new perspectives, exchange bold ideas and build knowledge. ESFL is excited to be working with FREC to co-curate and co-host these monthly conversations.

Photo of SangaySangay Taythi is a Tibetan refugee born in India who with his family immigrated to the United States in 1998. He is an activist for the Tibetan independence movement and has served in leadership roles in Students for a Free Tibet, Tibetan Youth Congress chapter of Minnesota and the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota. He was also involved in the establishment of Tibetan National Congress and is a current member. Recently, he was involved in co-establishing the Tibetan for Black Lives collective. Sangay currently serves on the board of AFL-CIO Minnesota and was recently elected to the board of East Side Freedom Library. An Organizer for SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, Sangay is also the president of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) of Minnesota.

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Date:
May 19, 2022
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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