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7:00am CDT

Breakfast Westin Lobby

7:30am CDT

The Meadows Center: Glass Bottom Boat & Ecosystems at Spring Lake (7:30am departure) [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio

8:45am CDT

Mission Reach Bike Tour (8:45am departure) [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio

9:00am CDT

Confluence Park Ecosystems Tour [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio Downtown / Museum Reach Barge Ride [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio Edwards Aquifer Field Research Park [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio Integrated River Management Kayaking [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio Litter Clean Up & Data to Action [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio Mission Reach Kayaking [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio San Pedro Creek Culture Park [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio Starwalk with Pakahua Nacion [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San AntonioMatilde Torres-Romero • Gary Perez Water Quality Training: Texas Stream Team [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio

10:15am CDT

Mission Reach Bike Tour (10:15am departure) [external registration required] The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Navarro Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Acknowledging & Learning From the Central Texas Floods Navarro Ballroom

1:30pm CDT

The Voice of the Many: Securing Water Funding for Texas Navarro BallroomSarah Schlessinger • Jennifer Walker • Guadalupe Fernandez • Sydney Garcia • Vanessa Puig Williams

3:15pm CDT

Activating Our Urban Waterways (Wild Mile Case Study) GorazZachary Damato Community-Led Grantmaking: What’s Funded When the Community Leads? LantanaTricia Cortez • Monica Lewis-Patrick • Brenda Coley • Sharon Bagley • Jessie Fuentes • Sharee Harrison • Arthur Johnson • Dr. Bernard Singleton Data Center Deluge: What You Actually Need to Know Camino RealRyan Anderson • Ellen Kohler, JD, MS • Margaret Cook, PhD From Listening to Co-Creation: Insights From a Community-Centered Municipal Planning Process in Austin, Texas ZapataJanis Bookout • Tymon Khamsi • Kelly Gagnon Learn the Tools of the Clean Water Act and How to Use Them to Mobilize Advocates and Protect Clean Water OlivaresMarie Campbell • Christine Favilla • Colleen McGuire • Becky Smith Managing Floodplains to Improve Community Vitality, Build Resilience, and Mitigate Risk EncinoLacey Davis • Brian Murphy • Eileen Shader Ready for Prime Time: Media Training 101 VillaPatrick Williams (He/Him) • Brandon Hayes (he/him) Transitions and Flows: An Honest Dialogue on the Challenges of Today’s Water Sector Careers SabinoHira Ahmad • Mariah Davis

5:30pm CDT

Leaders of Color Convening (2 minute walk) Pink Shark

8:00pm CDT

Return to MAMA Charline McCombs Empire Theatre