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River Rally 2026

Welcome to River Rally 2026

Hannah Cooper

Baltimore Urban Waters Partnership; University of Maryland

Program Coordinator

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1:00pm CDT

Urban Waters Learning Forum Encino

5:00pm CDT

Rally First-Timers Meet & Greet Camino Real

6:00pm CDT

River Rally 2026 Welcome Reception (10 minute walk) Texas Public Radio Building

7:30am CDT

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

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

Managing Floodplains to Improve Community Vitality, Build Resilience, and Mitigate Risk EncinoLacey Davis • Brian Murphy • Eileen Shader

8:00pm CDT

Return to MAMA Charline McCombs Empire Theatre

7:45am CDT

LGBTQ+ Affinity Walk ZoccaPatrick Williams (He/Him) • Brandon Hayes (he/him)

9:00am CDT

Artists and Advocates: A Water Arts Showcase for a Unified Movement Navarro BallroomDr. Mel Lewis

1:30pm CDT

Governance, Community Engagement, and Power: Threats and Opportunities in the Data Center Boom EncinoRyan Anderson • Ben Hirsch • Charles Miller

3:15pm CDT

Zine Making 101: Telling the Stories of Our Rivers EncinoElizabeth Balladares • Christina Carrero • Amanda Thackray

6:00pm CDT

River Rally Celebration [bus travel provided] Confluence Park

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Navarro Ballroom

9:00am CDT

The Social Assessment Toolkit: Understanding how people use and value our waterways OlivaresLindsay K. Campbell • Rebecca Pryor