Journalist Stephenson Speaks in Exeter on May 17

EXETER, NH - Independent journalist and climate activist Wen Stephenson will speak about his new book, "What We’re fighting for Now is Each Other: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice," at Christ Church, 43 Pine St. in Exeter at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, according to a press statement.

The event, sponsored by We the People in partnership with Exeter NH Transition Town, is free and open to the public.

Stephenson writes for the Nation and is a former editor at The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, and PBS’s Frontline. He has written about climate, culture and politics for The Boston Phoenix, Grist, Slate, The New York Times and the Globe. In 2012, he helped launch the grassroots climate-action network “350 Massachusetts.”

"What We’re Fighting for Now is Each Other" tells the stories of what Stephenson calls the “new American radicals,” the courageous people who are spearheading the climate justice movement, according to the organization, We the People, which has organized the talk. He argues that the effort is less like environmentalism as we know it and more like the great human-rights and social-justice struggles of the 19th and 20th centuries, from abolitionism to civil rights. Stephenson has himself walked away from his career in mainstream media to join this transformative movement.

Stephenson’s talk is presented by We the People, a free lecture and film series exploring issues at the intersection of current events, ethics and religion.

We the People is co-sponsored by the Congregational, Episcopal, and Unitarian Universalist churches of Exeter, in association with Phillips Exeter Academy and Water Street Bookstore. The talk will be held at Christ Church, which is handicapped-accessible. On-site parking is available.

For more information, go to WTPexeter.weebly.com or call 603-772-4216.