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Monday
, May 11
Camino Real
5:00pm •
Rally First-Timers Meet & Greet
Encino
1:00pm •
Urban Waters Learning Forum
Texas Public Radio Building
6:00pm •
River Rally 2026 Welcome Reception (10 minute walk)
Zocca
4:30pm •
Clean Water for All Happy Hour
Tuesday
, May 12
Camino Real
3:15pm •
Data Center Deluge: What You Actually Need to Know
Charline McCombs Empire Theatre
8:00pm •
Return to MAMA
Encino
3:15pm •
Managing Floodplains to Improve Community Vitality, Build Resilience, and Mitigate Risk
Goraz
3:15pm •
Activating Our Urban Waterways (Wild Mile Case Study)
Lantana
3:15pm •
Community-Led Grantmaking: What’s Funded When the Community Leads?
Navarro Ballroom
12:00pm •
Lunch
1:00pm •
Acknowledging & Learning From the Central Texas Floods
1:30pm •
The Voice of the Many: Securing Water Funding for Texas
Olivares
3:15pm •
Learn the Tools of the Clean Water Act and How to Use Them to Mobilize Advocates and Protect Clean Water
Pink Shark
5:30pm •
Leaders of Color Convening (2 minute walk)
Sabino
3:15pm •
Transitions and Flows: An Honest Dialogue on the Challenges of Today’s Water Sector Careers
The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio
7:30am •
The Meadows Center: Glass Bottom Boat & Ecosystems at Spring Lake (7:30am departure) [external registration required]
8:45am •
Mission Reach Bike Tour (8:45am departure) [external registration required]
9:00am •
Mission Reach Kayaking [external registration required]
9:00am •
Downtown / Museum Reach Barge Ride [external registration required]
9:00am •
Starwalk with Pakahua Nacion [external registration required]
9:00am •
Edwards Aquifer Field Research Park [external registration required]
9:00am •
San Pedro Creek Culture Park [external registration required]
9:00am •
Litter Clean Up & Data to Action [external registration required]
9:00am •
Water Quality Training: Texas Stream Team [external registration required]
9:00am •
Integrated River Management Kayaking [external registration required]
9:00am •
Confluence Park Ecosystems Tour [external registration required]
10:15am •
Mission Reach Bike Tour (10:15am departure) [external registration required]
Villa
3:15pm •
Ready for Prime Time: Media Training 101
Westin Lobby
7:00am •
Breakfast
Zapata
3:15pm •
From Listening to Co-Creation: Insights From a Community-Centered Municipal Planning Process in Austin, Texas
Wednesday
, May 13
Camino Real
10:30am •
I Wanna Be Where the People Are: Communications as Community Building
1:30pm •
Reimagining the EPA: Environmental Justice & Protection for the 21st Century
3:15pm •
Reimagining the EPA: Environmental Justice & Protection for the 21st Century
4:15pm •
Unpacking “Capacity Building”: The What, Why, and How of our Sector’s Most Overused Phrase
Confluence Park
6:00pm •
River Rally Celebration [bus travel provided]
Encino
10:30am •
Protecting Waters of the United States
1:30pm •
Governance, Community Engagement, and Power: Threats and Opportunities in the Data Center Boom
3:15pm •
Zine Making 101: Telling the Stories of Our Rivers
4:15pm •
Building Blocks of Trust: Proven Strategies to Build Trust Between Local Water Organizations and Water Utilities
Lantana
1:30pm •
Diving Further Into the Clean Water Act - Part 2!
3:15pm •
Including Indigenous Worldviews in Texas Water Work: A Two-eyed Perspective
4:15pm •
Rising with the River: Building Leadership Pathways and Support for Emerging Leaders of Color
Navarro Ballroom
7:30am •
Breakfast
9:00am •
Artists and Advocates: A Water Arts Showcase for a Unified Movement
12:00pm •
Lunch
Olivares
10:30am •
Critical Infrastructure: Building Local Leadership for Climate Resilience
1:30pm •
Trees, Jobs, and Quality of Life: Practical Ways to Restore Rivers and Communities
3:15pm •
Clean Water Advocates Unite: Let's work together to protect our waters!
4:15pm •
Beyond the Climate Disaster: Building Recovery That Doesn't Leave Communities Behind
Sabino
10:30am •
Crafting Effective Water Messaging: From Research to Real-World Application
1:30pm •
From SRFs to Systems Change: Building Power in the South for Water Investment
3:15pm •
Partnerships, Patience, and Participation - A Water Affordability Panel from Three Expert Perspectives
4:15pm •
Start Making Sense: EPIC’s New DWSRF Funding Tracker
Villa
10:30am •
The Rivers Speak Pajalate, Kinships in Coahuiltecan Lands
1:30pm •
How Do Rivers Shape Our Worlds? A Pakahua Perspective
3:15pm •
Resilience on the River: Lessons from Urban Restoration and the Community That Tended It
4:15pm •
Co-piloting your organization during turbulent times
Zapata
10:30am •
Protected Rivers Explorer: Using Science & Data to Advance Meaningful Protection Initiatives
1:30pm •
What's Your Superpower? Change Agent Training with Britton Smith
3:15pm •
Brown meets Blue: Reimagining Brownfields for Water Resilience
4:15pm •
Stewards of Tomorrow: Indigenous-Led Water Protections in the Southeast
Zocca
7:45am •
LGBTQ+ Affinity Walk
4:15pm •
HAPPY HOUR: Natural Floodplains Function Alliance
Thursday
, May 14
Camino Real
9:00am •
Come Build and Connect the Water Movement Community Convening AM
1:00pm •
Come Build and Connect the Water Movement Community Convening PM
Confluence Park
7:00pm •
The River and The Wall Film Screening & Border Wall Discussion
Encino
9:00am •
Funder-only Community Convening - AM (Invite required)
1:00pm •
Funder-only Community Convening - PM (Invite required)
Navarro Ballroom
7:30am •
Breakfast
12:00pm •
Lunch
Olivares
9:00am •
The Social Assessment Toolkit: Understanding how people use and value our waterways
1:00pm •
"Harm in the Water" Film Screening & Power Building Workshop
Villa
9:00am •
State-Revolving Fund State Advocates Forum Community Convening
1:00pm •
Redefining the Water Movement in Texas: The Border Wall Crisis on the Rio Grande
Zapata
9:00am •
Water Equity and Climate Resilience (WECR) Caucus Community Convening (Caucus members only)
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