The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 5 March 11th 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM
The New Great Basin Water Justice Summit Virtual Series: Session 5, march 11th 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
The Indian Peaks Band of Paiute (IPB) is currently engaged in a battle to defend their traditional homelands and senior water rights from officials in Cedar City, UT, a fast growing community along I-15 that wants to build more data centers, warehouses, subdivisions, and shopping malls where water is in limited supply. IPB Chairwoman Tamra Borchardt-Slayton has been leading the effort to push back against the 70-mile pipeline and water grab proposal. She will share a film on the project and talk about her efforts to preserve history, culture, and water supplies in her homelands. ✊
On behalf of the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, the Great Basin Water Network, and Friends of the Inyo, we would like to invite you to join the 4th Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit– with a twist. In order to best include the depth and breadth of the conversations we want to have, connecting voices and stories across the great basin, we are evolving the Summit into a monthly virtual series for the 2025-2026 year.
The summit aims to foster an open dialogue about environmental advocacy that spans the Great Basin, and with this new format we will be able to ensure these conversations are ongoing, providing opportunities for us to share knowledge, connect, and consider new futures together throughout the year. We will showcase successful initiatives to address challenges facing the Great Basin tribes, environmentalists, and other community members. Through this community time together, we will create actionable strategies to mobilize existing resources and strengthen regional relationships.
This event is FREE and open to the public via webinar. Registration required.
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Questions? Please reach out to allison@friendsoftheinyo.org.
The summit will continue to be an opportunity for tribal leaders, community members, and allies from across the Great Basin to share knowledge and work together to envision plans for collaborative water justice across this region. We look forward to being able to share more diverse perspectives and stories: if you have a topic you would like to present or are interested in learning more about in the 2026 series, please let us know! This series seeks to serve and highlight all those working to create a more just and equitable water future in the Great Basin.
Missed the past sessions? Watch them on demand on the Eastern Sierra Water Alliance Website
