River Rally 2026: Grid

Welcome to River Rally 2026

Camino Real	Encino	Texas Public Radio Building	Zocca

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Rally First-Timers Meet & Greet 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Urban Waters Learning Forum 1:00pm - 5:00pm

River Rally 2026 Welcome Reception (10 minute walk) 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Clean Water for All Happy Hour 4:30pm - 6:00pm

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Camino Real	Charline McCombs Empire Theatre	Encino	Goraz	Lantana	Navarro Ballroom	Olivares	Pink Shark	Sabino	The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio	Villa	Westin Lobby	Zapata

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Data Center Deluge: What You Actually Need to Know 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Return to MAMA 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Managing Floodplains to Improve Community Vitality, Build Resilience, and Mitigate Risk 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Activating Our Urban Waterways (Wild Mile Case Study) 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Community-Led Grantmaking: What’s Funded When the Community Leads? 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Lunch 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Acknowledging & Learning From th... 1:00pm - 1:30pm

The Voice of the Many: Securing Water Funding for Texas 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Learn the Tools of the Clean Water Act and How to Use Them to Mobilize Advocates and Protect Cle... 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Leaders of Color Convening (2 minute walk) 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Transitions and Flows: An Honest Dialogue on the Challenges of Today’s Water Sector Careers 3:15pm - 4:45pm

The Meadows Center: Glass Bottom Boat & Ecosystems at Spring Lake (7:30am departure) [external registration required] 7:30am - 12:00pm

Mission Reach Bike Tour (8:45am departure) [external registration required] 8:45am - 10:15am

Edwards Aquifer Field Research Park [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Integrated River Management Kayaking [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Starwalk with Pakahua Nacion [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

San Pedro Creek Culture Park [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Mission Reach Kayaking [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Litter Clean Up & Data to Action [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Confluence Park Ecosystems Tour [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Downtown / Museum Reach Barge Ride [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Water Quality Training: Texas Stream Team [external registration required] 9:00am - 12:00pm

Mission Reach Bike Tour (10:15am departure) [external registration required] 10:15am - 12:00pm

Ready for Prime Time: Media Training 101 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 9:00am

From Listening to Co-Creation: Insights From a Community-Centered Municipal Planning Process in... 3:15pm - 4:45pm

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Camino Real	Confluence Park	Encino	Lantana	Navarro Ballroom	Olivares	Sabino	Villa	Zapata	Zocca

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I Wanna Be Where the People Are: Communications as Community Building 10:30am - 12:00pm

Reimagining the EPA: Environmental Justice & Protection for the 21st Century 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Reimagining the EPA: Environmental Justice & Pro... 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Unpacking “Capacity Building”: The What, Why, an... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

River Rally Celebration [bus travel provided] 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Protecting Waters of the United States 10:30am - 12:00pm

Governance, Community Engagement, and Power: Threats and Opportunities in the Data Center Boom 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Zine Making 101: Telling the Stories of Our Rive... 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Building Blocks of Trust: Proven Strategies to B... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Diving Further Into the Clean Water Act - Part 2! 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Including Indigenous Worldviews in Texas Water W... 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Rising with the River: Building Leadership Pathw... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Breakfast 7:30am - 9:00am

Artists and Advocates: A Water Arts Showcase for a Unified Movement 9:00am - 10:15am

Lunch 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Critical Infrastructure: Building Local Leadership for Climate Resilience 10:30am - 12:00pm

Trees, Jobs, and Quality of Life: Practical Ways to Restore Rivers and Communities 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Clean Water Advocates Unite: Let's work together... 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Beyond the Climate Disaster: Building Recovery T... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Crafting Effective Water Messaging: From Research to Real-World Application 10:30am - 12:00pm

From SRFs to Systems Change: Building Power in the South for Water Investment 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Partnerships, Patience, and Participation - A Wa... 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Start Making Sense: EPIC’s New DWSRF Funding Tra... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

The Rivers Speak Pajalate, Kinships in Coahuiltecan Lands 10:30am - 12:00pm

How Do Rivers Shape Our Worlds? A Pakahua Perspective 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Resilience on the River: Lessons from Urban Rest... 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Co-piloting your organization during turbulent t... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Protected Rivers Explorer: Using Science & Data to Advance Meaningful Protection Initiatives 10:30am - 12:00pm

What's Your Superpower? Change Agent Training with Britton Smith 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Brown meets Blue: Reimagining Brownfields for Wa... 3:15pm - 4:00pm

Stewards of Tomorrow: Indigenous-Led Water Prote... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

LGBTQ+ Affinity Walk 7:45am - 8:45am

HAPPY HOUR: Natural Floodplains Function Allianc... 4:15pm - 5:00pm

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Come Build and Connect the Water Movement Community Convening AM 9:00am - 12:00pm

Come Build and Connect the Water Movement Community Convening PM 1:00pm - 4:00pm

The River and The Wall Film Screening & Border Wall Discussion 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Funder-only Community Convening - AM (Invite required) 9:00am - 12:00pm

Funder-only Community Convening - PM (Invite required) 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Breakfast 7:30am - 9:00am

Lunch 12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Social Assessment Toolkit: Understanding how people use and value our waterways 9:00am - 12:00pm

"Harm in the Water" Film Screening & Power Building Workshop 1:00pm - 4:00pm

State-Revolving Fund State Advocates Forum Community Convening 9:00am - 12:00pm

Redefining the Water Movement in Texas: The Border Wall Crisis on the Rio Grande 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Water Equity and Climate Resilience (WECR) Caucus Community Convening (Caucus members only) 9:00am - 12:00pm

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