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SUMMARY:HISTORY DAY MENTORING! - Every Saturday morning from 10am-12pm
DESCRIPTION:National History Day Mentoring Returns to ESFL! \nWe’re excited to launch this year’s ESFL National History Day Mentoring Project! \n\nOur first session was Saturday\, December 6\, and will continue every Saturday morning from 10AM–12PM throughout the season through April 2026.\n\nThis year’s National History Day theme is:  REVOLUTION\, REACTION\, AND REFORM IN HISTORY \nAs the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, students are invited to explore how revolutions spark reactions\, how reactions inspire reforms\, and how each moment sets off the next\, just like a line of falling dominoes. \nAre you or your students passionate about racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, or other powerful stories of change? \nDo they want to create performances\, documentaries\, exhibits\, websites\, or research papers? \nSend them to the East Side Freedom Library! \nHere they’ll find: \n\n\nRich research resources (books\, art\, music\, archival material)\nConnections for oral histories\nExperienced mentors who have supported local students for over 10 years\nAnd our results? Last year\, three ESFL-mentored students won first or second place at Nationals!\nSTARTING THIS SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 6 – THEN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM–NOON\nEast Side Freedom Library\n\nStudents are encouraged to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff (American History professor at Macalester College for 30 years and coordinator of the ESFL mentor team): peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org \nAfter their first session\, students are welcome to return anytime to use ESFL resources. Menors will be available for in-person or remote one-on-one support. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-mentoring-every-saturday-morning-from-10am-12pm/2026-02-07/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:HISTORY DAY MENTORING! - Every Saturday morning from 10am-12pm
DESCRIPTION:National History Day Mentoring Returns to ESFL! \nWe’re excited to launch this year’s ESFL National History Day Mentoring Project! \n\nOur first session was Saturday\, December 6\, and will continue every Saturday morning from 10AM–12PM throughout the season through April 2026.\n\nThis year’s National History Day theme is:  REVOLUTION\, REACTION\, AND REFORM IN HISTORY \nAs the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, students are invited to explore how revolutions spark reactions\, how reactions inspire reforms\, and how each moment sets off the next\, just like a line of falling dominoes. \nAre you or your students passionate about racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, or other powerful stories of change? \nDo they want to create performances\, documentaries\, exhibits\, websites\, or research papers? \nSend them to the East Side Freedom Library! \nHere they’ll find: \n\n\nRich research resources (books\, art\, music\, archival material)\nConnections for oral histories\nExperienced mentors who have supported local students for over 10 years\nAnd our results? Last year\, three ESFL-mentored students won first or second place at Nationals!\nSTARTING THIS SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 6 – THEN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM–NOON\nEast Side Freedom Library\n\nStudents are encouraged to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff (American History professor at Macalester College for 30 years and coordinator of the ESFL mentor team): peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org \nAfter their first session\, students are welcome to return anytime to use ESFL resources. Menors will be available for in-person or remote one-on-one support. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-mentoring-every-saturday-morning-from-10am-12pm/2026-02-14/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Screening: SALT OF THE EARTH\, as part of the Reel Stories: Labor in Film Series
DESCRIPTION:UPCOMING EVENT AT ESFL\, Thursday\, February 19th at 6pm\n\n\nScreening: SALT OF THE EARTH\n\n\n\nThis film will be screened for free as part of our Reel Stories:\nLabor in Film series\, presented in collaboration with East Side Freedom Library and the ESFL Labor Advisory Committee.\n\n\n\nFebruary 19th\, 6:00pm\nEast Side Freedom Library\n1105 Greenbrier Street\, St Paul\n\n\n\n“Proudly\, deeply\, defiantly humanistic\,”\n-Matt Brunson\, Film Frenzy\n\n\n\nSalt of the Earth is an extraordinary film — extraordinary in the story it tells of Mexican zinc miners and their families who engage in an historic strike in post-WWII Arizona\, and extraordinary in its very making\, with a creative team consisting of blacklisted Hollywood writers\, directors\, and actors\, and a cast in which many of the characters are played by actual participants in the strike.\n\n\n\nThe film is so extraordinary that we will have TWO terrific scholar-activists introduce it and lead our discussion afterwards. Both of them have conducted research and published studies that center communities of color here in the Twin Cities. One is Rahsaan Mahadeo\, Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of “Funk the Clock\,” a study of race and time\, which upends what we think we know and offers new ways to think about the production of knowledge. The other is Jimmy Patiño\, Associate Professor of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota. While his first book\, “Raza Si\, Migra No” focused on Chicano struggles in San Diego\, his current work explores solidarity among Chicanos\, African Americans\, and American Indians here in Minnesota.\n\n\n\nTheir work\, and this film\, could not be more timely. Join us to explore how Mexican miners and their families wrote a new chapter in American labor history\, and how their story speaks to the challenges we face today.\n\n\n\nSynopsis\nAt New Mexico’s Empire Zinc mine\, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacon) helps organize the strike\, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife\, Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas)\, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting\, however\, the gender roles are reversed\, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.\n\n\nThis film is not rated. Parents or guardians are encouraged to consult the IMDB Parents Guide.\nThis film will be screened in English with English subtitles.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/screening-salt-of-the-earth-as-part-of-the-reel-stories-labor-in-film-series/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:HISTORY DAY MENTORING! - Every Saturday morning from 10am-12pm
DESCRIPTION:National History Day Mentoring Returns to ESFL! \nWe’re excited to launch this year’s ESFL National History Day Mentoring Project! \n\nOur first session was Saturday\, December 6\, and will continue every Saturday morning from 10AM–12PM throughout the season through April 2026.\n\nThis year’s National History Day theme is:  REVOLUTION\, REACTION\, AND REFORM IN HISTORY \nAs the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, students are invited to explore how revolutions spark reactions\, how reactions inspire reforms\, and how each moment sets off the next\, just like a line of falling dominoes. \nAre you or your students passionate about racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, or other powerful stories of change? \nDo they want to create performances\, documentaries\, exhibits\, websites\, or research papers? \nSend them to the East Side Freedom Library! \nHere they’ll find: \n\n\nRich research resources (books\, art\, music\, archival material)\nConnections for oral histories\nExperienced mentors who have supported local students for over 10 years\nAnd our results? Last year\, three ESFL-mentored students won first or second place at Nationals!\nSTARTING THIS SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 6 – THEN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM–NOON\nEast Side Freedom Library\n\nStudents are encouraged to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff (American History professor at Macalester College for 30 years and coordinator of the ESFL mentor team): peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org \nAfter their first session\, students are welcome to return anytime to use ESFL resources. Menors will be available for in-person or remote one-on-one support. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-mentoring-every-saturday-morning-from-10am-12pm/2026-02-21/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:PANEL: VOICES WITHOUT BORDERS with writers Kao Kalia Yang\, Dinaw Mengestu and Burhan Sönmez
DESCRIPTION:PEN America and the East Side Freedom Library are pleased to present Dinaw Mengestu\, Burhan Sönmez\, and Kao Kalia Yang in a timely conversation about the role of writers and the power of solidarity in moments when human rights and democratic values are under strain. \nDrawing on their experiences as writers shaped by displacement\, censorship\, migration\, and political upheaval\, the speakers will explore the role of literature as witness\, refuge\, and resistance. The evening will feature readings from Dr. Jonas Attilus and Hawra Alnabi\, refugee and immigrant writers based in Minnesota\, centering voices whose work emerges directly from their experiences of exile and resilience. \n  \nFriday\, February 27th\, 6-8pm \nat the East Side Freedom Library \n1105 Greenbrier Street\, Saint Paul\, MN 55106 \nWheelchair accessible entrance. No previous registration necessary. \n  \nhttps://pen.org/event/voices-without-borders/
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/panel-voices-without-borders-with-writers-kao-kalia-yang-dinaw-mengestu-and-burhan-sonmez/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:HISTORY DAY MENTORING! - Every Saturday morning from 10am-12pm
DESCRIPTION:National History Day Mentoring Returns to ESFL! \nWe’re excited to launch this year’s ESFL National History Day Mentoring Project! \n\nOur first session was Saturday\, December 6\, and will continue every Saturday morning from 10AM–12PM throughout the season through April 2026.\n\nThis year’s National History Day theme is:  REVOLUTION\, REACTION\, AND REFORM IN HISTORY \nAs the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, students are invited to explore how revolutions spark reactions\, how reactions inspire reforms\, and how each moment sets off the next\, just like a line of falling dominoes. \nAre you or your students passionate about racial justice\, labor activism\, women’s rights\, immigrant history\, GLBTQ+ movements\, environmental activism\, or other powerful stories of change? \nDo they want to create performances\, documentaries\, exhibits\, websites\, or research papers? \nSend them to the East Side Freedom Library! \nHere they’ll find: \n\n\nRich research resources (books\, art\, music\, archival material)\nConnections for oral histories\nExperienced mentors who have supported local students for over 10 years\nAnd our results? Last year\, three ESFL-mentored students won first or second place at Nationals!\nSTARTING THIS SATURDAY\, DECEMBER 6 – THEN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING\, 10AM–NOON\nEast Side Freedom Library\n\nStudents are encouraged to make an appointment by emailing Peter Rachleff (American History professor at Macalester College for 30 years and coordinator of the ESFL mentor team): peter@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org \nAfter their first session\, students are welcome to return anytime to use ESFL resources. Menors will be available for in-person or remote one-on-one support. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/history-day-mentoring-every-saturday-morning-from-10am-12pm/2026-02-28/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:WRITERS' WORSHOP with acclaimed writers  DINAW MENGESTU and BURHAN SӦNMEZ
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 28th from 10-1pm \nat the East Side Freedom Library \njoin Burhan Sönmez and Dinaw Mengestu for an intimate writers’ workshop on using craft to process moments of crisis. Drawing on their experiences writing through political upheaval\, exile\, and uncertainty\, Burhan and Dinaw will guide participants through conversation and exercises focused on transforming fear\, disruption\, and grief into language that clarifies and endures. \nLimited spots available. Email info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org to register. \n  \nWRITER BIOS \nDINAW MENGESTU\, is the President of PEN America. Mengestu directs both the Center for Ethics and Writing and the Written Arts Program at Bard College. A PEN America trustee since 2016\, he has won the prestigious 2012 MacArthur Genius Grant and the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award. He has reported on conflicts in Darfur\, Uganda\, and eastern Congo in articles for The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, Harper’s\, Granta\, and Rolling Stone. \nMengestu’s first three novels – The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007)\, How to Read the Air (2010)\, All Our Names (2014)\, all New York Times Notable Books – explore the psychic toll and complexities of immigration from his native Ethiopia to the United States. His most recent novel\, Someone Like Us (2024)\, shifts to the U.S.-born second generation\, examining how displacement shapes their identity and a sense of belonging; it was named one of former President Obama’s ten best books of 2024. \n\nBURHAN SӦNMEZ\, a Kurdish novelist from Türkiye\, is the President of PEN International. His novels have been translated into more than forty languages and received international prizes\, including the EBRD Literature Prize\, the Orhan Kemal Novel Award and Vaclav Havel Library Award. He translated the poetry book of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake into Turkish. \nHe received a Law degree from the University of Istanbul and worked as a lawyer before moving to Britain due to political reasons. Sonmez is a Senior Member of Hughes Hall and Trinity College\, University of Cambridge. From Middle East Technical University in Ankara to The Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano he has given lectures on literature and freedom of expression in various universities. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/writers-worshop-with-acclaimed-writers-dinaw-mengestu-and-burhan-s%d3%a7nmez/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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