Registration open now for Alabama Water Rally 2020!
Building the Movement for the Future
The goal for Alabama Water Rally 2020 is to build effective organizations and alliances for the future we want to have: an inclusive, just and equitable future where our communities have clean water, a healthy environment and are prepared to face the challenges of climate change.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE! Apply today!
Click here to read more https://alabamarivers.org/waterrally/
*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS* include:
COLETTE PICHON BATTLE, Esq. (invited)
Colette is a generational native of Bayou Liberty, Louisiana. As founder and executive director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, she develops programming focused on Equitable Disaster Recovery, Global Migration, Community Economic Development, Climate Justice and Energy Democracy.
SCOT DUNCAN
Scot is a Professor of Biology at Birmingham-Southern College. Scot is the author of Southern Wonder: Alabama's Surprising Biodiversity. His latest research focuses on how climate change is affecting rivers and streams in the Southeast.
*SESSION TOPICS* include:
* PFOA/PFAS impacts in Alabama and practical policy solutions
* Back-to-the-basics: organizing in the streets
* Building and maintaining strong organizations - diversifying both human and financial resources
* Improving transparency and public notification policies
* Influencing power companies and water utilities
* Dams and the importance of fish passage to Alabama's aquatic biodiversity
And don't miss our ever-popular Junior Board-led panel discussion on Sunday morning! This year's focus will be on the youth-led climate movement in Alabama and beyond.