River Rally 2024

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8:00am EDT

Breakfast L.V. Eberhard Center (EC) Young BIPOC Breakfast L.V. Eberhard Center (EC)

9:00am EDT

Creating a Community Rainscaping Program Room 202Anna Kornoelje • Kelly Goward • Cara Decker FERC-Regulated Hydropower Dams: Licensing, Impacts, and Removal Classroom 611Shannon Ames • Bob Stuber • Serena McClain Advancing Equity and Justice Through Strategic Communication Room 203Sam Meinke • Javon Dobbs Building Board Power & Accountability Classroom 614Francisco "Paco" Ollervides Navigating States' SRF Intended Use Plans Classroom 512Sapna Mulki • Janet Pritchard • Danielle Goshen Bayou City Waterkeeper's Wetland Watch: Community Advocacy and Wetland Preservation Classroom 710Alenka Cardenas • Danielle Garcia

9:30am EDT

TA Success with the American Flood Coalition Story Lounge (Classroom 716)Hannah Mico • Yasmine Dyson

11:00am EDT

Urban Forestry: A Tool for Climate Resilience and Community Empowerment Room 203Stephanie Heidbreder • Felice Green Advancing River Restoration Through State-Based Collaboration Room 202Serena McClain • Kat Hoenke Let's Talk About Burnout - and How to Heal Classroom 611Megan Nguyen • Moiz Mir The Clean Water Act at Work Classroom 512Katherine Baer • April Ingle • La’Tanya Scott • Karen Bareford End Lead Poisoning: Community Advocacy and Public Education Classroom 614Kristen Haitaian • Candice Mushatt • Anna Bunting Mapping and Community Engagement: Protecting the Five Most Critical Wetland Areas in the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed Classroom 710Danielle Garcia • Alenka Cardenas State-Level Advocacy Success Stories Story Lounge (Classroom 716)Julian Gonzalez • Katharine Lange

12:00pm EDT

Lunch L.V. Eberhard Center (EC)

1:00pm EDT

Alabama Advocacy Success with Justinn Overton Story Lounge (Classroom 716)April Ingle • Justinn Overton Communications Tools for Environmental Change: Case Studies from the Mystic River Watershed Room 203Jennifer Delgado • Marja Copeland • Isaiah Johnson Engaging Communities in Dam Management and Dam Removal Projects Classroom 512Josh Leisen Sister Rivers Initiative: Sharing Knowledge, Building Capacity, and Fostering Hope Through NGO Mentorship Classroom 611Kimberly Balke • Madison Ball Working Towards the Remediation of Little Village's Collateral Channel Classroom 614Feliciano Ocegueda • Mariah Mata (She/Her) • Cyatharine Alias • Nancy Meza Local to National Perspectives on Replacing the Nation’s Toxic Lead Pipes Room 202Maureen Cunningham GIS for the Good: Advancing DEIJ in Maryland's Environmental Stewardship Classroom 710Wansoo Im • Claudia Donegan • Carrie Decker

2:15pm EDT

Building a Civic Innovation Hub: Resident Cohort Model for Stormwater Resilience Room 203Cyatharine Alias • Brandon Evans • Dr. Rachel Scarlett • Maggie Catania • Mary Carvlin Barriers and Opportunities in Scaling Local Capacity for Multi-Benefit Watershed Projects Classroom 512Chelsea Silva • Alex Funk • Thérèse D’Auria Ryley Media with Impact: Building a Community Driven Model for Environmental Justice News Coverage in the Great Lakes Basin Classroom 611Kausthubh Sumanth • Hira Ahmad Leveraging the Largest Conservation Goal of the Century for Equitable & Just Freshwater Solutions: An Overview of America the Beautiful for All Coalition Room 202Martin Castro • Usman Mahmood Equity in Every Drop: Creating Affordable Water Rates Classroom 614Kristy Meyer • Jasmine Newell • Roger Colton • Jill Ryan • Tiana Starks Reconciliation Ecology: Addressing Historical and Current Injustices by Restoring Relationships in the Plaster Creek Watershed Classroom 710Gail Gunst Heffner • David Warners • Ron Yob

2:30pm EDT

Positive Impact Through WaterTA with EPA Story Lounge (Classroom 716)Erin Kanzig • Maureen Cunningham • Katy Hansen

3:15pm EDT

Legacy of Justice Ballroom of the L.V. Eberhard CenterRidgway White • John Echohawk • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

5:30pm EDT

Leaders of Color Social Hour (for all BIPOC attendees!) The Loft at LunaEarthjustice