March 8, 2021, 1pm-3:15pm EST

12:50-1:00pm EST

Sign into Zoom Room

1:00pm

Introduction to SRRR

David Berry, SRRR Director

1:15pm

Overview of the Global Freshwaters Summit and Introduction to Host Partner, Missouri Historical Society team Honoring the Great Rivers Peoples Resolution

Myra L Jackson, Global Lead Laura Madden, Local Lead Lindsay Newton, Director of Education & Community Engagement, Missouri Historical Society

1:25-1:40pm

Status of the River and Action toward a healthy freshwater biome

Joseph Roberston, Founder, The Geoversiv Foundation

Kim Lutz, America’s Watershed Initiative, AWI,

Dr. Sharon Deem, Director, St. Louis Zoo Conservation Medicine Institute,

Louise Bradshaw, Fred Saigh Director of Education, St. Louis Zoo 

1:40-1:55pm

Governance - Benefits of a Congressional Portfolio for the Mississippi River

Colin Wellencamp, Executive Director, Mississippi River Cities and Town Initiatives, MRCTI

Olivia Dorothy, Director Upper Mississippi River Basin, American Rivers

1:55-2:10pm

Protecting the Rivers

Monti Aquirre, Latin America Program Director, int’l Rivers

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Chicago Office, Earth Justice [TBD]

2:10-2:25pm

Food, Agriculture and Health

Charlotte Dufour, Food Systems Summit Dialogue Support and Founder of Listening Inspires 

Erica Williams, Founder, A Red Circle and the Good Food Movement

2:25-2:40pm

Lifestyles in Harmony with Nature - Restoration in One Generation

Suzi Steer, Tree Sisters

2:40-2:50pm

Film Clip: Activating Civic Engagement and Community Awareness via film, museums, libraries and farmers markets

Thea La Grou, Films for the Planet

Don Shelby, Peabody Award Winning Journalist and Founder of the Earth Resilience Podcast

2:50-3:10pm

Q&A and Closing Remarks

David Berry and Myra L Jackson

3:10-3:15pm

Wrap up and What’s NEXT: SRRR

Director and Co-Chairs