SALISBURY — Catawba College’s Center for the Environment, the local NAACP and Reimagining America Project are kicking off Black History Month with a community conversation on Climate Justice. The event will take place in Catawba’s Center for the Environment, Room 302 on Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments begin at 6 p.m. Virtual attendance is available.

Many have heard about the problems climate change creates for communities far and wide. Climate change also has a tremendous impact that disproportionately affects our communities of color and those economically disenfranchised. Climate change is also a justice issue — justice of equality, equity and ethics.

Join five panelists for a community conversation on key solutions for North Carolina.

Panelists include: 

• Gemale A. Black, president of Salisbury-Rowan NAACP
• Edgar Miller, Yadkin Riverkeeper
• Jennifer Roberts, 58th mayor of Charlotte
• Jeffrey Robbins, executive director, CleanAIRE NC
• Dr. Mercedes Quesada-Embid, Catawba College Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Advocacy