SCRLC Webinar: Green Cleaning Principles and Alternatives

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

What makes cleaning “green”? Can we reduce the need to clean? What is dirt? Formulations: ready-made: typical; greener alternatives: ingredients & tools General purpose cleaners Heavy-duty grease cleaning: cooking aerosols Hard-water scale: tile, toilets, tubs, sinks Disinfectants Laundry detergents and softeners Drain cleaners

SCRLC Webinar: Guided DEI Engagement – What We Learning in a Year

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

Three SCRLC members were awarded grant funding for expert consulting assistance with Dr. Kawanna Bright to make systemic changes within their organizations related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Join Dr. Bright and the project participants to learn about what they decided to work on over the past year, what advice they received, what worked and […]

SCRLC Webinar: Fatphobia – What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Fight It

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

In this talk, Kate Manne will delve into the definition of fatphobia, how it is a systemic form of oppression, and how it intersects with many others--including racism, misogyny, classism, ableism, and transphobia. She will discuss the harms of fatphobia across multiple areas of life, and what we can do to combat it, including by […]

SCRLC Webinar: Shifting the Narrative – What does it mean to center BIPOC library worker needs?

Online Via Zoom NY, United States

In the last four years, library employees have experienced and witnessed the need for workplaces to center their employees' well-being and how vital psychological safety, emotional intelligence, mental health, and trauma-informed care are. In Fostering Wellness in the Workplace, Twanna Hodge states, "No matter where you work, you have a right to a physically and […]