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Anti-Racist Book Discussion Kits available at Mansfield Public Library It’s difficult to meet in groups and discuss books during this time of social distancing. Our solution has been to create book discussion kits meant for small groups to use, such as a family or close friends -- whoever is in your social bubble. We have chosen the following books for discussion, and will have two kits for each title: • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo • Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. • So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander • Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles • How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Each kit includes six books and a discussion guide. They are loaned out for a month. Call the library for curbside pickup!

Join us for a Live Streaming Performance extraordinaire! Caryn Lin is a classically trained violinist who became an electric violinist, composer, educator, and music innovator. She is a one woman musical extravaganza who blends tradition and technology and in the process transforms sound! With her electric violin and the technology of looping and sound effects, on the spot recordings emerge. Layers of sound with deceptively simple melodies create music that is both other worldly and mesmerizing. Caryn finds influence in everything from baroque to rock. “Unlike the music defined by pure genre, Lin’s only limits are those her electric violin.” New York Post Check our calendar for additional information or call Peggy at McCarthyML@MansfieldCT.org

June 25, 2020 – The Regional Chemical Waste Drop-Off Facility, located at 57 Hancock Road in Willington, serves 15 towns in eastern Connecticut – Andover, Ashford, Bolton, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Ellington, Hampton, Mansfield, Scotland, Tolland, Union, Willington and Windham. Normally the facility opens in April of each year to receive residential and small business hazardous waste, but because of COVID-19, the opening has been delayed. For the 2020 season, the facility will be open on the following Saturdays from 9 am to 2 pm for residential hazardous waste disposal: July 18, August 1 & 15, September 19, October 3 & 17 and November 7. Please visit the Hazardous Waste Facility page for on our website for more details: https://www.mansfieldct.gov/1580/Hazardous-Waste

From fake charities to offers of phony cures, the pandemic has given scammers new ways to get us to let our guard down. But just like the Grandparent Scam, the Lottery Scam, and the IRS Scam, these all share a common goal: to access your personal financial information and steal your hard-earned money. Don't let con artists get the best of you. Learn what new scam are out there and learn tips to avoid being a victim. Knowledge is your best defense! Zoom meeting information will be provided on our website events calendar.

In Deep South - Deep North: A Family's Journey, Lottie B. Scott tells both the heartbreaking and triumphant tale of her maturation into adulthood against a racially-charged, impoverished, yet fiercely loving backdrop in Longtown, South Carolina. Scott traces her family history, peppered with familial violence and love alike. As the passing years turn to decades, and family members move north, Scott reveals how these bonds of love become a transformative power. Lottie B. Scott was born and raised on a farm in Longtown, South Carolina. In 1957, she moved to Norwich, Connecticut, where she raised her son and has called Norwich home ever since. She has been involved in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties as a Leader and Advocate for fifty-seven years. She worked for the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) for twenty-two years. If you are interested in attending, please email us at: MansfieldLibrary@mansfieldct.org We will send you the Zoom ID and passw