Winsor Faculty & Staff Summer read
“I am deeply honored that What the Eyes Don’t See has been chosen as your 2025 summer reading [for faculty and staff]. My hope is that this book serves not only as a call to conscience, but as a reminder of the quiet, persistent power each of us holds to make change — especially when we do it together.” – Dr. Mona Hanna
Take Action
Local Organizations & Resources
- Buzzards Bay Coaltion
- The Environmental League of Massachusetts
- GreenRoots
- Green Energy Consumers Alliance
- Massachusetts Audubon Society
- Massachusetts Climate Action Network
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protections
- Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
- Massachusetts Watershed Coalition
- Mystic River Watershed Association
- The Sierra Club: Massachusetts Chapter
- The Trustees of Reservations
National Organizations & Resources
- Clean Water Action
- Environmental Defense Fund
- League of Conservation Voters
- National Audubon Society
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Sierra Club
“A clarion call to live a life of purpose.” (The Washington Post)
Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water—and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself—an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family’s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice.
What the Eyes Don’t See is a riveting account of a shameful disaster that became a tale of hope, the story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their—and all of our—children. (Penguin RandomHouse)
Further Reading
- The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anne Clark
- “It’s Been 10 Years Since the Start of a Devastating Water Crisis in Flint, Mich.” (NPR)
“Flint Removes Thousands of Lead Pipes in Major Milestone, but these Problems Remain” (PBS)