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Local Groups Bring Climate Change Discussions To Winston-Salem

Image courtesy of Climate Central.

Some local residents are banding together to bring a nonpartisan conversation about climate change into their communities. The event will include information from national experts and initiatives already underway in the Triad.

The New Jersey-based nonprofit C-Change Conversations will discuss the policy, economics, and science related to climate change. There will also be presentations from the Nature Conservancy, looking at the potential impacts of climate-related issues on the state.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church and The Garden Club are sponsoring the free public events in Winston-Salem this week.

Organizer Lila Cruikshank says they hope the discussion will bring local awareness and help people find ways to get involved in their own neighborhoods.

“Bring skepticism, bring interest, bring curiosity, and learn what nonpartisan experts tell us is happening about our world and then see how you feel about how you want to be walking out that door with some new information,” says Cruikshank.

The first discussion will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 23, at Forsyth Central Library.

The second event will be held on Thursday, October 24, at 12:15 p.m., at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem.

Keri Brown is a multi-award winning reporter and host at 88.5 WFDD. She has been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her stories about coal ash, and was named the 2015 radio reporter of the year by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC).Although she covers a variety of topics, her beats are environmental and education reporting.Keri comes to the Triad from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, where she served as the Chief Bureau Reporter for the Northern Panhandle. She produced stories for the state's Public Television and Radio programs and was honored by the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association for her feature and enterprise reporting.She also served as an adjunct instructor at Wheeling Jesuit University and Bethany College in West Virginia. She worked with the Center for Educational Technologies in Wheeling, WV, and other NASA centers across the country to develop several stories about the use of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in the classroom.Keri's journalism career began at WTRF-TV 7 in Wheeling. She worked in several roles at the station, including the head assignment editor. She also was a field producer and assignment manager at WPGH-TV Fox 53 in Pittsburgh.Keri is a graduate of Ohio University. When she's not in the studio or working on a story, she enjoys watching college football with her family, cooking, and traveling.Keri is always looking for another great story idea, so please share them with her. You can follow her on Twitter @kerib_news.

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