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Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Little Secret By Catherine Coleman Flowers Call Number:  RA 567.5 .V6 2020 Review from the New York Times Publisher's Description :   The "Erin Brockovich of Sewage" tells the riveting story of the environmental justice movement that is firing up rural America, with a foreword by the renowned author of   Just Mercy Catherine Coleman Flowers grew up in Lowndes County, Alabama, a place that's been called "Bloody Lowndes" because of its violent, racist history. Once the epicenter of the voting rights struggle, today it's Ground Zero for a new movement that is Flowers's life's work. It's a fight to ensure human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. Too many people, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable means of disposing cleanly of the waste from their toilets, and, as a consequence, live amid filth. Flowers calls this America's dirty secret.

JOIN US!   Some safe fun in the Library with our Scavenger Hunt Where: The University Library (900 Reserve) When: April 4 - 11 How: Download the clues here   and play at your own pace! Follow each clue to find letters in locations around the library or online. Fill in the answer sheet to solve the puzzle. Please remember to wear your mask and maintain 6 feet from others when in the Library.  What do I get?  Bring your completed answer sheet to the Circulation Desk (1st flr) to collect a small reward!!! 

This could be you 😊 Help the UWSP Libraries celebrate National Library Week, April 4-10 , by uploading a selfie for a Read poster. Read posters will be included in a virtual gallery and shared on social media.  Printed copies will be displayed in the University Library through April 10. To participate, visit  https://libraryguides.uwsp.edu/read Welcome to Your Library!

 Join us for our new Lunch with the Librarians series this spring! Grab your lunch and chill while learning some basics about the Library!  We are excited to meet UWSP students for our first Lunch with the Librarians session. We will have time to chat and you can ask us any questions!! When: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Time: Noon - 12:30 Meeting URL:     https://uwsp.zoom.us/j/93279709465?pwd=TXREY1ZGa0ZibWl4VTlWTDhFYkNZdz09&from=addon   Meeting ID:         932 7970 9465 Passcode:             907053 What will you learn?  We will show you how to access hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of the best and most credible information for your research assignments using the Library search engine and Google Scholar. We'll also show you how to access your favorite mags on your phone with Flipster, where you can find streaming videos, and how you can look at your library account. You can do all of this while eating your sandwich!!!!! Please join us! We also welcome any feedback