Great Basin Water Justice Summit
2022

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Great Basin Water Justice Summit 2022

August 3-5, 2022

Schedule

The general public is invited to join the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission and the Great Basin Water Network via webinar on Wednesday, August 3rd, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, for the first ever Great Basin Water Justice Summit, a FREE event that is bringing together communities fighting for water justice in the Great Basin.

The Summit will feature virtual panels and discussions with the organizers as well as representatives from various other groups and entities, including the Keep Long Valley Green Coalition, of which Friends of the Inyo is a leading member, the Sierra Club, Mono Lake Committee, Big Pine Paiute Tribe Environmental Department, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute, Great Basin Resource Watch, and others.

Watch the Summit Recording at the bottom of this page.

Logistics

Speakers

Tom Baker

Board of Directors,
Great Basin Water Network

Kathy Jefferson Bancroft

Tribal Historic Preservation Officer,
Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe

Kate Berry

Professor,
University of Nevada, Reno

Sophia Borgias

Assistant Professor,
Boise State University

Lynn Boulton

Chair,
Sierra Club Range of Light Group

Gigi Coyle

Founder,
Three Creeks Ranch

Bob Fulkerson

Executive Director,
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

Autumn Harry

River Justice

Geoff McQuilkin

Executive Director,
Mono Lake Committee

Kyndall Noah

Communication Specialist,
Owens Valley Indian Water Commission

Teri Red Owl

Executive Director,
Owens Valley Indian Water Commision

Kyle Roerink

Executive Director,
Great Basin Water Network

Wendy Schneider

Executive Director,
Friends of the Inyo

Delaine & Rick Spilsbury

Board of Directors,
Great Basin Water Network

Rupert Steele

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation

Rose Strickland

Board of Directors,
Great Basin Water Network

Jolie Varela

Founder,
Indigenous Women Hike

Noah Williams

Water Program Coordinator,
Big Pine Tribe

Summit Recordings