"Eroding History" tells a story of climate change and community - WYPR
"Eroding History" tells a story of climate change and community | WYPR
"Eroding History" tells a story of climate change and community
A new film looks at climate change layered on old racism on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. We ask the creators of " Eroding History" how rising salt water and settling land threaten the culture and memory of two African American churches on Deal Island.
Links: "Eroding History" trailer, Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative, Disruption: Baltimore's Highway to Nowhere, Natural History Society of "Eroding History" film screening on Monday, Aug. 14.
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