[Libs-Or] NNLM: free webinars and reading club

[Carolyn M Martin]

Hi everyone,

Just an announcement about a couple of free webinars coming up and the next selection of books for the NNLM Reading Club.

We have 2 upcoming webinars that you may attend and they will be recorded to view later. Please allow at least a week before the recordings are available.

I am ... Safe Zone: Messages I Learned: Doing Social Justice work is a simple concept, but it isn't easy. While moving forward, we must also trace from where we have come from and what we have learned. This activity is primarily a silent self-reflection journey through one's past to better inform our futures. This is the last session of the webinar series, "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Nine Conversations that Matter to Health Sciences Librarians with Jessica Pettitt"<https://nnlm.gov/classes/dei>. Please remember to bring paper and pencil or device to participate in the activity planned.
August 12 at 9:00 a.m. PT.
Registration is encouraged<https://nnlm.gov/class/i-am-safe-zone-messages-i-learned/13189>

NNLM Reading Club Presents...We Live for the We with Dani McClain
Join authors Dani McClain and Andrea Collier as they discuss McClain's book, We Live for the We: the Political Power of Black Motherhood. We hope you will join us for this important conversation which will be livestreamed on NNLM PNR's Facebook Page. For news, updates and the link to the livestream event, follow NNLM PNR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nnlmpnr/
September 22 at 12:00 p.m. PT
Registration is encouraged<https://nnlm.gov/class/we-live-for-the-we>

Gain Perspective on Pandemics with the NNLM Reading Club
Diving into fiction can help us understand more about the realities we face. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shape daily life, NNLM Reading Club calls your attention to three literary works focusing on the impact of pandemics or infectious disease.


  *   The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia, translated by Simon Bruni
  *   Severance: A Novel by Ling Ma
  *   A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

Set within the 1918 influenza pandemic and the Mexican Revolution, The Murmur of Bees continues the Latin American tradition of magical realism associated with writers like Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende. Severance is more dystopian, but with a sense of satire amid the outcomes of an apocalyptic plague. A Song for a New Day explores a musician's experience in a pandemic that makes public gatherings illegal and concerts impossible.
While you are exploring fictional stories amid outbreaks, we encourage you to stay informed about real-life infectious disease. To learn more about each of these titles and to download book discussion guides, promotional materials and infectious disease information, visit the NNLM Reading Club Public Health guide<https://nnlm.gov/all-of-us/nnlm-reading-club/public-health>.


Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP | Consumer Health Coordinator
NNLM Pacific Northwest Region
University of Washington Health Sciences Library
Box 357155
Seattle, WA 98195-7155
206-221-3449
martinc4 at uw.edu<mailto:martinc4 at uw.edu>
https://nnlm.gov/pnr

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