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Tuesday
, May 12
3:15pm
CDT
Activating Our Urban Waterways (Wild Mile Case Study)
Goraz
Zachary Damato
Community-Led Grantmaking: What’s Funded When the Community Leads?
Lantana
Tricia 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 Real
Ryan Anderson • Ellen Kohler, JD, MS • Margaret Cook, PhD
From Listening to Co-Creation: Insights From a Community-Centered Municipal Planning Process in Austin, Texas
Zapata
Janis 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
Olivares
Marie Campbell • Christine Favilla • Colleen McGuire • Becky Smith
Managing Floodplains to Improve Community Vitality, Build Resilience, and Mitigate Risk
Encino
Lacey Davis • Brian Murphy • Eileen Shader
Ready for Prime Time: Media Training 101
Villa
Patrick Williams (He/Him) • Brandon Hayes (he/him)
Transitions and Flows: An Honest Dialogue on the Challenges of Today’s Water Sector Careers
Sabino
Hira Ahmad • Mariah Davis
Wednesday
, May 13
10:30am
CDT
Crafting Effective Water Messaging: From Research to Real-World Application
Sabino
Lindsey Bacigal • Sinjin Eberle • Nicole Lampe
Critical Infrastructure: Building Local Leadership for Climate Resilience
Olivares
Jackie Baham • Juan Lazo Bautista • Hannah Mico • Diamond Spratling
I Wanna Be Where the People Are: Communications as Community Building
Camino Real
Brandon Hayes (he/him) • Frida Ramirez
Protected Rivers Explorer: Using Science & Data to Advance Meaningful Protection Initiatives
Zapata
Mike Fiebig • David Moryc • John Zablocki
Protecting Waters of the United States
Encino
Marie Campbell • Jennifer Western Hauser • Jim Murphy • Kristine Oblock • Jennifer Peters
The Rivers Speak Pajalate, Kinships in Coahuiltecan Lands
Villa
Anua Reyes
1:30pm
CDT
Diving Further Into the Clean Water Act - Part 2!
Lantana
Dr. Mila Marshall, PhD • Val Z. Schull • Sarah Edwards • Becky Hammer • Rachel Conn • Zach Hennessee
From SRFs to Systems Change: Building Power in the South for Water Investment
Sabino
Marie Campbell • Usman Mahmood • Kennedy Moore • Portia Shepherd • Yasmin Zaerpoor
Governance, Community Engagement, and Power: Threats and Opportunities in the Data Center Boom
Encino
Ryan Anderson • Ben Hirsch • Charles Miller
How Do Rivers Shape Our Worlds? A Pakahua Perspective
Villa
Gary Perez • Matilde Torres-Romero
Reimagining the EPA: Environmental Justice & Protection for the 21st Century
Camino Real
Dimple Chaudhary • Katy Lackey • Emily Simonson
Trees, Jobs, and Quality of Life: Practical Ways to Restore Rivers and Communities
Olivares
Dawn Curtis • Yelitza Garcia • Tara Tran
What's Your Superpower? Change Agent Training with Britton Smith
Zapata
Britton Smith
3:15pm
CDT
Brown meets Blue: Reimagining Brownfields for Water Resilience
Zapata
Ozzy Meneses, AICP • Jalisa Gilmore, MPH • Ari Snow • Jessica Swindon • Alex Tiscareño
Clean Water Advocates Unite: Let's work together to protect our waters!
Olivares
Jenifer Collins • Julian Gonzalez • Martin Castro • Ellen Kohler, JD, MS
Including Indigenous Worldviews in Texas Water Work: A Two-eyed Perspective
Lantana
Sabrina Chapa
Partnerships, Patience, and Participation - A Water Affordability Panel from Three Expert Perspectives
Sabino
Anna-Lisa Gonzales Castle • Erin Kanzig • David Wheaton • Greg Wukasch
Reimagining the EPA: Environmental Justice & Protection for the 21st Century
Camino Real
Dimple Chaudhary • Katy Lackey • Emily Simonson
Resilience on the River: Lessons from Urban Restoration and the Community That Tended It
Villa
Kaiya Giuliano-Monroy
Zine Making 101: Telling the Stories of Our Rivers
Encino
Elizabeth Balladares • Christina Carrero • Amanda Thackray
4:15pm
CDT
Beyond the Climate Disaster: Building Recovery That Doesn't Leave Communities Behind
Olivares
Elizabeth Balladares • Gloria McNair • Jacqueline (Jackie) Rogers
Building Blocks of Trust: Proven Strategies to Build Trust Between Local Water Organizations and Water Utilities
Encino
April Ingle • Julianna Roseo
Co-piloting your organization during turbulent times
Villa
Brenna Goggin
HAPPY HOUR: Natural Floodplains Function Alliance
Zocca
Brian • American Rivers
Rising with the River: Building Leadership Pathways and Support for Emerging Leaders of Color
Lantana
Dr. Angela Chalk, DHA, GIP • Felice E. Green
Start Making Sense: EPIC’s New DWSRF Funding Tracker
Sabino
Danielle Goshen
Stewards of Tomorrow: Indigenous-Led Water Protections in the Southeast
Zapata
Kurt Naquin • Giancarlo Richardson • Beth Roach
Unpacking “Capacity Building”: The What, Why, and How of our Sector’s Most Overused Phrase
Camino Real
Hannah Mico • Emily Vail
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