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SUMMARY:Chavonn Williams Shen: Readings and Conversations!
DESCRIPTION:Chavonn Williams Shen: Readings and Conversations!\nwith Carolyn Holbrook and Gen Del Raye \nEast Side Freedom Library\n1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106\nThursday\, February 27\, 2025\, 7:00 p.m. \nJoin the East Side Freedom Library for a reading from Chavonn Williams Shen and her guests Carolyn Holbrook and Gen Del Raye. \nChavonn’s first collection of poetry\, Still Life with Rope and River explores racism through a chorus of voices surrounding Emmett Till’s murder. Through research in combination with emotional truth\, Williams Shen uses persona poems to dive deep into the psyche of both common and lesser known people and objects regarding Till’s lynching. Williams Shen also weaves in their own narrative and family history of how Blackness is dissected and dismissed\, illustrating how the past is a ghost to the present.  \nChavonn Williams Shen (she/they) is from Minneapolis\, Minnesota. She was a 2022 McKnight Writing fellow and a first runner-up for The Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Contest. She was also a Best of the Net Award finalist\, a Pushcart Prize nominee\, a winner of the Loft Literary Center’s Mentor Series\, a fellow with the Givens Foundation for African American Literature\, and an instructor for the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. A Bread Loaf\, Tin House\, VONA\, and Hurston/Wright workshop alum\, her writing has appeared in: Diode\, Anomaly\, AGNI\, and others. Her debut book\, Still Life with Rope and River\, is published by Finishing Line Press. \nCarolyn Holbrook is founder and Artistic/Executive Director of More Than a Single Story. Her memoir\, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\, won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative Nonfiction. She is co-editor with David Mura of the anthology\, We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World (Minn 2021)\, and is co-author with Arleta Little of civil rights icon\, Dr. Josie R. Johnson’s memoir\, Hope In the Struggle (Minn 2019) and Ordinary People\, Extraordinary Journeys: How the St. Paul Companies Leadership Initiatives in Neighborhoods Program Changed Lives and Communities (2015). Her essays have appeared in numerous anthologies\, including Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota (MNHS 2015) and A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota (MNHS 2016). Her TEDx talk\, “The Life you Live is the Legacy You will Leave” was presented at Concordia College\, Moorhead\, MN (2022). \nGen Del Raye is half Japanese and was born and raised in Kyoto\, Japan. His writing has appeared in the Gettysburg Review and Poetry Northwest\, among others\, and has been anthologized in The Best Small Fictions 2017 and Best New Poets 2019. His debut collection of short stories\, Boundless Deep\, and Other Stories\, won the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction and is available from the University of Nebraska Press. \n  \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY!
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/chavonn-williams-shen-readings-and-conversations/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:August Nimtz: Marx\, Douglass and the Fight for Racial Equality: a Panel with Kyle Edwards
DESCRIPTION:August Nimtz: Marx\, Douglass and the Fight for Racial Equality: a Panel with Kyle Edwards \nWednesday\, February 26\, 2025\, 7 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nSign up here for this free virtual event \nJoin the East Side Freedom Library with noted University of Minnesota scholar August Nimtz and his coauthor Kyle Edwards as we explore the present-day themes illuminated in their book The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution: Comparing Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass in Real-Time. \nWhat sort of politics leads to real emancipation? This question led Nimtz and Edwards back to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Their work engages a conversation with two competing political perspectives\, liberalism and Marxism\, examining the biggest breakthrough for the millennial-old democratic quest after the French Revolution occurred – the abolition of chattel slavery in the United States. But it does so with a purpose for today. As CLR James said\, “You can study history and understand where we are today and why and where we are going tomorrow.” \nAugust H. Nimtz\, Ph.D.\, is a nationally renowned professor of political science and African American and African studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. He specializes in Marxism\, political economy\, politics of race\, class & ethnicity\, and African politics. \nKyle A. Edwards is a Curriculum Associate at the University of Minnesota. He is a member of AFSCME 3800 and author of “Those Deluded\, Ill-Starred Men: Frederick Douglass\, the New National Era\, and the Paris Commune.” \nThey will be joined by Jack McKivigan and Sidney Carlson White. \nJack McKivigan received his Ph.D. in History from the Ohio State University. He began work at the Frederick Douglass Papers at Yale University under its founding editor John W. Blassingame in 1979 and took over as the project’s director  in 1994. Under his direction the project has published seven volumes with Yale University Press and has only three more to go to finish the most complete scholarly edition of an African American in history. McKivigan is also the author of important books and articles on various elements of radical history including abolitionism\, civil rights\, and labor history. \nSidney Carlson White is a member of Marxist Unity Group\, a caucus of Democratic Socialists of America. He is on the Organizing Committee of the Central Brooklyn Branch of the New York City DSA. He has worked on mayoral and state legislative campaigns in New York\, fighting for candidates who will be accountable to the socialist movement that supports them. Outside of his organizing work\, his scholarship is in the areas of twentieth and twenty-first century American culture and its intersections with race and empire. \nTHIS VIRTUAL EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY! SIGN UP FOR YOUR LINK HERE!
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/august-nimtz-marx-douglass-and-black-america-a-panel-with-kyle-edwards/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-02-22/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: YOU BETCHA! FARMER-LABOR SOLIDARITY IS POSSIBLE\, Art and History
DESCRIPTION:YOU BETCHA! FARMER-LABOR SOLIDARITY IS POSSIBLE \na moveable monument to history and hope \nEast Side Freedom Library\n1105 Greenbrier Street\nSaint Paul\, MN 55106 \nExhibit runs February 20– May 4\, 2025 \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, February 20th\, 2025\, 7pm\, doors: 6:30pm \nJoin us Thursday\, February 20th\, 2025 for the Opening Reception of “You Betcha! Farmer-Labor Solidarity is Possible!” \nDid you know that Minnesota is home to the most successful third-party movement in U.S. history? 2024 marked the 100th anniversary of the Farmer-Labor Party and the remarkable movement of solidarity that supported it. In honor of this centennial celebration and in partnership with Monument Lab’s Re-Generation initiative\, the Farmer-Labor Education Committee (FLEC) commissioned Gita Ghei to create a permanent traveling sculpture\, commemorating the Farmer-Labor movement in Minnesota. She and her team engaged with people throughout the state to inform permanent art that commemorates this important history in a whimsical artwork! \nExperience this Moveable Monument\, a tangible\, touchable\, playable monument! \nCelebrate with us! \nGita Ghei is a metal sculptor\, specializing in public art and teaching.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/exhibit-opening-you-betcha-farmer-labor-solidarity-is-possible-art-and-history/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Mapping Our Housing Family Trees with East Side Freedom Library Art Lab
DESCRIPTION:Mapping Our Housing Family Trees with East Side Freedom Library Art Lab\nDate and Time: Saturday\, February 15\, 1-2pm\nLocation: Arlington Hills Library\, 1200 Payne Avenue\, Saint Paul\, MN 55130 \nFREE! \nWorkshop Description: Join the East Side Freedom Library’s Art Lab Fellows for an interactive workshop where participants will explore their families’ housing histories and create family trees and maps together! Multigenerational families and children are welcome. All materials will be provided\, but if you have photos of places your family has lived/currently lived\, feel free to bring them as references. \nThe East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) works to mobilize community knowledge for solidarity\, justice\, and equity for all. The ESFL Art Lab is an eight month fellowship focused on creating public art around a shared theme. The inaugural cohort of four artists is focused around the theme of “Housing Justice.” \nThis year’s Art Lab cohort includes:\nLis Sundberg\nSterling Miller\nSophie Wang\nMarcia Rowe \nTHIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR THE CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY! \n  \n \nThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/mapping-our-housing-family-trees-with-east-side-freedom-library-art-lab/
LOCATION:Arlington Hills Library\, 1200 Payne Avenue\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55130\, United States
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-02-15/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-02-08/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-02-01/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250130T210000
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SUMMARY:Community Screening: "Nuestra Herencia"
DESCRIPTION:Community Screening of “Nuestra Herencia”\nThursday\, January 30\, 2025\, 7:00 p.m.\n1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nThis event is free and open to everyone! \nBrought to you by:\nUrban Roots\nTwin Cities Community Agricultural Land Trust\nTrilingua Cinema\nand the East Side Freedom Library \nJoin us at the East Side Freedom Library for a community screening of “Nuestra Herencia”\, a series of short documentary films exploring immigration\, personal histories\, gardens\, and legacy through the lives of 10 senior gardeners of El Paseo Community Garden in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Connect with community\, fellow community gardeners and supportive organizations as we celebrate the role that garden spaces play in our own sense of community and wellness. \nThis is a film made by On The Real and Yaritza Guillen. Guillen is  an urbanist\, storyteller\, and unapologetic optimist. Her focus lies in interdisciplinary practices\, community-based design\, and story mapping. As a cultural producer and community planner\, she has engaged in various projects\, including the Nuestra Herencia: Legacy Film Project where she documented the experiences of elders in her community during the pandemic and is one of the We Will Chicago artists whose project involved designing a weather adaptable pergola at South Merrill Community Garden.  She also led an Ethical Storytelling Training for Environmental Justice Lawyers with the Environmental Defense Fund. \nThis event is free and open to everyone for the cause of solidarity. \nThis movie is in Spanish with English subtitles. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/community-screening-nuestra-herencia/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250126T163000
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SUMMARY:Bearing Witness: Pieces for Cello from Kirsten Whitson
DESCRIPTION:  \nBearing Witness: Pieces for Cello from Kirsten Whitson\nSunday\, January 26\, 2025\, 3:00 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN \nThe East Side Freedom Library is pleased to welcome back Kirsten Whitson as she performs Bearing Witness. \nBearing Witness is a program of music for cello that reflects global racial injustice\, genocide and cultural loss. It is a musical experience designed to promote learning and awaken empathy\, inspiring authentic connections and deeper community engagement. It is an enlightening concert\, weaving together history lessons from a worldwide perspective with an artistic focus. Between pieces\, video narration provides real-life stories from marginalized cultures. The storytellers are teenagers\, representing the next generation; our future. The juxtaposition of children with these important issues is powerful. Following the performance\, the community is invited to participate in Q and A with the artist. \nThe program:\nThirty-Eight Tears by Timothy C. Takach\, which honors the Dakota men executed in Mankato\, MN by the US Government in 1862\, with poetry by the Dakota author Gwen Westerman\, written for me \nKhse Buon by Chinary Ung\, a Cambodian who lost family members during the Khmer Rouge regime\nSonata No. 1 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg\, a Polish Jew who fled Warsaw as a teen during World War Two \nThree Pieces for Solo Cello: Rosewood\, Pickin’ and The Long Way North by John Williams\, about the racially motivated destruction of Rosewood\, FL in 1923 \nFinding Refuge Together by Jocelyn Hagen\, with a video essay by Kao Kalia Yang\, about her childhood in a refugee community in St. Paul (written for me) \nKirsten Whitson is a cellist in Saint Paul and a 2020 McKnight Artist Fellow. Bearing Witness has been recognized with four awards. She was awarded the Artist Initiative Grant in 2018 from the Minnesota State Arts Board to create and develop the program. She was awarded a 2021 Creative Support grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board to commission another piece for the program by Minnesota artists\, to bring focus to our local community. The Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers awarded her a grant to work with mentor James Bowey to create the format for a post concert community conversation. \nThis event is free and open to everyone for the cause of solidarity! \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/bearing-witness-pieces-for-cello-from-kirsten-whitson/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-01-25/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250120T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250120T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165336
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SUMMARY:MISSION POSSIBLE: MLK 2025 Celebration
DESCRIPTION:MISSION POSSIBLE: Protecting Freedom\, Justice and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence! \nMonday\, January 20\, 2025\, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nArT @ 967 Payne | 967 Payne Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN 55130 \nInspired by this theme put forth by THE KING CENTER for MLK Day 2025\, the East Side Freedom Library and ArT @ 967 Payne are thrilled to collaborate and invite our entire community to a celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and recognizing his important legacy and irrevocable impact on our society and democracy. \n“FORMAL PROGRAM” – January 20\, 12 pm – 1 pm: \nJoin us for a series of poetry readings by a diverse group of local authors\, followed by an inspiring community conversation inviting all to share their ideas and aspirations about freedom\, justice\, and democracy. \nOPEN HOUSE – January 20\, 11 am – 3 pm: \nWatch a selection of videos highlighting excerpts from the moist poignant speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.; meet the poets and authors in person and check out/purchase some of their books; see our our fabulous exhibition of textiles and works on paper by Nigerian artist Tunde Odunlade and\, at the same time\, check out a pop-up show of paintings and photographs by our own resident artists at ArT @ 967 Payne\, assembled and curated for MLK Day 2025; and enjoy some light refreshments wile meeting your neighbors and making new friends. \nFree event – all are welcome! \nLocation: ArT @ 967 Payne | 967 Payne Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN 55130
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/mission-possible-mlk-2025-celebration/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250118T120000
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help-at-east-side-freedom-library/2025-01-18/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250111T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250111T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2025-01-11/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250104T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250104T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241217T225558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T225833Z
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SUMMARY:Make a Multilingual Art Shanty! Spill Paint\, Not Oil!
DESCRIPTION:  \nMake a Multilingual Art Shanty! Spill Paint\, Not Oil!\nSaturday\, January 4\, 2025\, noon – 4:00\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN \nRegistration is encouraged \nJoin the Spill Paint\, Not Oil studio in creating a community poem. Add your words\, in whatever language you know. \nLast year a Saint Paul based artist collective called Spill Paint Not Oil made an installation for the Art Shanty Festival. They are going to install it again this year but they would like to include more languages than english in their piece.\n\n\n    \n\nThey call their installation A Poem for Entangled Living. This project features movable words and images strung together to make poems about grief\, abolition\, and community. They are looking for help from their community on the East Side! If you speak a language other than English\, please come to an art build to help brainstorm\, paint signs\, and collaborate! They want to reflect the diversity of the twin cities so they are especially looking for folks familiar with Hmong\, Somali\, Spanish\, Karen\, Dakota\, Lakota\, Ojibwe\, Arabic\, Swahili\, and Amharic! All are welcome to join in creating this piece. Add your voice.\n\nThis activity is free and open to everyone in the cause of solidarity! Registration is encouraged.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/make-a-multilingual-art-shanty-spill-paint-not-oil/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250104T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241029T220621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T224011Z
UID:10000011-1735984800-1735992000@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2025-01-04/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241221T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241029T220621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T224011Z
UID:10000010-1734775200-1734782400@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2024-12-21/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241214T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2024-12-14/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241207T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241029T220621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T224011Z
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2024-12-07/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241130T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241029T220621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T224011Z
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2024-11-30/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241123T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241029T220621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T224011Z
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2024-11-23/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241116T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241116T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241029T220621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T224011Z
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SUMMARY:History Day Help at East Side Freedom Library
DESCRIPTION:  \nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN HISTORY\nThe 2025 National History Day theme asks students to think about how rights have been won and exercised and how they connect to responsibilities as members of society. Are students interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Send them to the East Side Freedom Library to find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past ten years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM TO NOON\nBEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff at peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org. Students should be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. We look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-help/2024-11-16/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241109T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241109T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20241029T231242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T231329Z
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SUMMARY:Closing Reception: Meet the Artist\, Archives in Motion with Leslie Grant and Jeffrey Skemp
DESCRIPTION:Closing Reception: Archive in Motion: The ATU Workers of Metro Transit \nSaturday\, November 9\, 2024\n1:00 – 4:00 p.m.\nEast Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nJoin Photographers Leslie Grant and Jeffrey Skemp\, and project partners for the closing event for the exhibit\, a series of photographs\, “Actions and Archives: The ATU Workers of Metro Transit” depicting days in the life of Metro Transit workers who keep the city moving. \nFROM THE ARTISTS\nThis project explores labor through a visual focus on members of the Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 1005 and Metro Transit employees. Images of the moment of labor\, of tools and objects used\, connect us to laborers – bus operators\, mechanics\, union leaders\, rank and file members – and the crucial work they perform. Photographs are a way to pay attention to and honor the labor of public transit workers all around us. \nOur interest in public transit developed out of a larger project involving a loose collaboration of artists focused on the Shoreham Yards railyard in NE Minneapolis. Photographing trucking company employees at this site led us to consider other modes of transportation occurring nearby\, and how public transit connects Shoreham to the greater life of the city through the lived experience of transit workers. \nWe started by attending ATU Local 1005 meetings to introduce ourselves and our project ideas to members. Once we met workers who wanted to participate\, we spent time riding routes with bus operators such as Todd Eddy and M. Harris\, taking pictures on the job and at the end of the line. We photographed Kira Ross\, the first black female mechanic for Metro Transit\, and we have also made portraits of David Stiggers\, the current president of ATU Local 1005. Other images we have included are still lives of tools and objects used by bus operator Todd Eddy\, documentation of the ATU Local 1005 archives\, and historical images of public transit sites found at the Hennepin History Museum. \nThe erasure of labor runs through the history of photography. Our project (however)\, highlights workers and labor union members in order to insist on the importance of the visibility of labor in contemporary life. And\, photographs of all kinds can be generative – they hold the possibility to open up identities\, resist simplicity\, counteract harmful narratives\, and imagine new ways of being in the world. \nLeslie Grant (she/her/hers) is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily with photography and archival materials. She uses images to connect with and tell the stories of people at work. Her practice includes collaboration with other makers to bring in multiple perspectives and ideas. \nJeffrey Skemp (he/him/his) is a multimedia artist and poet based in Minneapolis whose work often combines photography\, poetry and video. Several of his most recent projects have\, in part\, examined humanity’s complex relationship with our surrounding natural environment. \nHear the artists talk about this project in the “Still Lives of Workers in Motion” episode of Labor Heritage Power Hour.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/closing-reception-archive-in-motion/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240620T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240620T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20240320T194555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T194732Z
UID:10000004-1718910000-1718915400@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Finding Moses Dickson with Karen Sieber
DESCRIPTION:June 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm\n\n\n\n\nHistory Revealed: Finding Moses Dickson\nwith Karen Sieber\nThursday\, June 20\, 2024\, 7:00 pm\nWatch for program details to come.\n \nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library. \nNew documentation places Moses Dickson\, one of the most well-known leaders of the Underground Railroad\, living in Minnesota during the 1850s. Despite being one of the most influential Black figures of the nineteenth century\, there has always been a gap in knowledge about the abolitionist’s whereabouts in the 1850s\, a period in which he was known to have led countless individuals to freedom and organized a massive slave rebellion. In celebration of Juneteenth\, historian Karen Sieber\, Director of the Finding Moses Initiative\, will give a talk on Dickson and his time in Minnesota and will provide insight into how Dickson’s story connects to both the local and the national Black freedom movements. She will also discuss a new initiative being launched around Dickson to examine the people\, places\, and moments of the nineteenth-century Black Midwest\, a collaboration between scholars across state lines. \n \nKaren Sieber is an award-winning scholar of riots and resistance\, Black history\, and labor history in the United States. She is best known as the creator of Visualizing the Red Summer\, part of the AP African American Studies curriculum\, and for her work in the Gayle King CBS documentary Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy. Her work has appeared in Jacobin\, Yahoo\, MSN\, Minnesota History\, The Conversation\, PBS\, Smithsonian\, American Historical Association\, Labor\, and in the book Where Are the Workers?: Labor’s Stories at Museums and Historic Sites. For more on her work visit www.ksieber.com.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-revealed-finding-moses-dickson-with-karen-sieber/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240516T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T165337
CREATED:20240204T191152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T194804Z
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Why We Left
DESCRIPTION:Why We Left: Untold Stories and Songs of America’s First Immigrants\nJoanna Brooks\n\nHistory Revealed Special Event\nThursday\, May 16\, 2024\, 7:00 pm\n\nLive presentation on Zoom. Register Here.\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions\, please email events@rchs.com\nFree and open to all \n\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, Ramsey County Libraries and Norway House. \nA grounded\, tender\, and mournful reckoning with the catastrophes that launched poor\, white Anglos into their role as itinerant foot soldiers for modern imperialism—now in paperback (May 2024) with a new preface. \nWhy We Left reveals the dislocation\, violence\, and deforestation that propelled seventeenth- and eighteenth-century working-class English emigration\, offering a powerful restorying of the journey to our present moment of precarity and rootlessness. Following American folk ballads back across the Atlantic\, Joanna Brooks shares a scholarly and personal account of the intergenerational traumas that shape the history of white Anglos on Turtle Island. \nJoanna Brooks’s ancestors were among the early waves of emigrants to leave England for North America. For generations\, they lived hardscrabble lives\, eking out subsistence in one place after another as they continually moved west in search of a better life. Why\, Brooks wondered\, did her people and countless other poor English subjects abandon their homeland for such unremitting hardship? The question leads her on a journey through an obscure dimension of American history. \nShe will share folk ballads such as “Edward\,” which reveals the influence of deforestation on the dislocation of early Anglo-American peasant immigrants\, and “The House Carpenter’s Wife\,” which emphasizes the impact of economic instability and the colonial enterprise on women. From these ballads\, tragic and heartrending\, Brooks uncovers an archaeology of the worldviews of America’s earliest immigrants. This tenth-anniversary edition includes a new preface and develops a haunting historical perspective on the ancestors we thought we knew. \n Joanna Brooks is an award-winning scholar and writer whose work tends to catastrophes of human belonging in American history. The author or editor of ten books on race\, religion\, colonialism\, and social movements\, her writing has been featured in global media\, including the BBC\, NPR\, the Daily Show\, CNN\, MSNBC\, and the Washington Post. \nWhy We Left is published by the University of Minnesota Press. \nRCHS is committed to presenting the stories and histories of all in our community\, and we are pleased to bring you tonight’s program. To that end\, in 2022\, we are working to bring you programs focused on our series\, “Making Minnesota” which will explore the often untold stories\, histories and experiences of the some of the world-wide immigrant\, African American and Indigenous communities that make up our most diverse county.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-revealed-why-we-left/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:May Book Geek Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Book Geek Happy Hour\nJoin the conversation here on Zoom!\nAre you thirsting for some time to read and a chance to talk about what you’re reading? Gather with others to share what you’re reading! Better than a book club!\nRead on your own starting at 4pm and join the Zoom conversation at 5:30pm to share what you are reading.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/may-book-geek-happy-hour/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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SUMMARY:2024 History Day Workshops and Mentoring Sessions
DESCRIPTION:TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY \nMAKE HISTORY DAY FUN! The East Side Freedom Library invites your students to benefit from our rich resources and our experienced mentors \nThe 2024 National History Day theme asks students to think about how change takes place and what its consequences have been. Are you interested in racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, the impact of GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, and more? Come to to the East Side Freedom Library where they will find rich resources (books\, art\, music\, and more) for their research and experienced mentors eager to help them shape their project. We have worked effectively with local students for the past nine years. \nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10 AM TO NOON \nWe encourage students to make an appointment by emailing peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org\, and that they be prepared to follow our safety protocols\, including wearing a mask if asked (as we are unsure what our precautions will be as we get deeper into the fall). After their initial mentoring consultation\, they will be welcome to come at other times to use our resources\, and our mentors will be available for one-on-one conversations\, in person or remotely. If you would like to speak with us\, feel free to call us at 651-207-4926. \nWe look forward to working with you and your students.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/2024-history-day-workshops-and-mentoring-sessions/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
ORGANIZER;CN="East Side Freedom Library":MAILTO:info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
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