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Join the Netter Health Equity Series to discuss Catherine Coleman Flowers's new book: Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.

The first few individuals to RSVP will be provided with hard copies of the book, courtesy of NHES, as well as a meal voucher for a food delivery service! You will be notified by email if you qualify!

More about the author:
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ) which seeks the implementation of best practices to address the reduction of health and economic disparities, improve access to clean air, water, and soil in marginalized rural communities by influencing policy, inspiring innovation, catalyzing relevant research, and amplifying the voices of community leaders. This is done within the context of climate change and through the lens of environmental justice.

A member of the Board of Directors for the Climate Reality Project, she is employed as the Rural Development Manager for the Equal Justice Initiative and serves as a Senior Fellow for the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. Her goal is to find solutions to raw sewage that exist in rural communities throughout the United States. Catherine is also an internationally recognized advocate for the human right to water and sanitation and works to make the UN Sustainable Development Agenda accountable to front-line communities. Her journey is chronicled in her book entitled Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret, was published by the New Press this November. Catherine was recently awarded a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship grant for her work as an Environmental Health Advocate.

More about the book: https://thenewpress.com/books/waste 

Co-Sponsored by:
Inclusivity and Diversity Council
The People's United Center for Women in Business
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future