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History and Theater | Neighbors Meet Neighbors | Women from the Center Series
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Labor isn't just a single Day...

Sisters, Brothers, and Kin,
We're proud to kick off September with an event for Labor Day, but we don't relegate the stories of working people to just a single day at the East Side Freedom Library. Readings, oral history, films and more reflect the great materials we have for use all year round. Many other events round out this month, and we hope you'll join us for some of these engaging opportunities to share and learn in solidarity.

As always, check out our calendar for new events and more details on these great gatherings, and we'll see you in the Library!

Peter Rachleff and Beth Cleary

Housing Justice from the Twin Cities to the Western Cape: A Panel Discussion 

Housing Assembly logoJoin us Sept. 14 at 6 PM for a panel of visiting activists from The Housing Assembly, a grassroots organization ​in Capetown, South Africa, to learn more about the intersections between movements for housing rights at home and abroad.

Activists from the Twin Cities will share their insights about the struggles that they face, and all present will join in a conversation about overlapping challenges and successes. The discussion will be moderated by students and faculty from the University of Minnesota.

History and Theater: How Do We Tell the Stories that have been Silenced?

Rashid and SimWhat happened at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut, Lebanon, thirty-five years ago (September 16-18, 1982)? Why don’t more of us know this story?

This special event on Sept. 16 at 3 PM. features a father and son, historian and playwright, Rashid and Sim Khalidi, who are in town for the staging of Sim’s play SABRA FALLING, which opens on September 15 by Pangea World Theatre at the In the Heart of the Beast Theater’s space.  The play’s opening on the 35th anniversary of the massacre adds to its timeliness.

Neighbors Meet Neighbors: Karen Community Members

Karen weavingThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us for “Neighbors Meet Neighbors,” a series of forums centered around the stories and experiences of recent immigrants to the east side communities. On Tuesday, Sept 19th at 7 pm, we will hear from Members of the Karen Community.

Women From the Center Series: A Harvest Reading by Native Writers 

Spirit Car book coverThursday, Sept. 28 at  7:00 PM
Celebrate Mother Earth’s abundance with a Harvest reading by Native​ Writers!
Join us for the closing event in our “Women From the Center” writers reading series, hosted by Diane Wilson whose first book Spirit Car retraces her family’s Dakota heritage across five generations and won a 2006 Minnesota Book Award (womenspress.com).

The event also features Colleen Casey, Pauline Danforth, Ruth Denny, Rosie Peters, Tayah Reyes, and Kim Wensaut. An opening song will be provided by the Asiginaag Singers and music by JG Everest.

Also in September

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Special thanks to one of our partners, the Laborers District Council of Minnesota and North Dakota! We rely on these partners, and on gifts from individuals like you, to make this work possible. Please consider a gift today!

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