H2O Equity: Upholding the Sovereignty of Native Nations
and Building Environmental Justice in California
Two sessions during:
Headwaters to Ocean Conference (H2O)
May 23-24, 2017 • Beckman Center, UC Irvine
Headwaters to Oceans (H2O) is a two-day conference to promote integration across disciplines, sectors,
organizations, and institutions around common interests related to water, oceans, coastal environments,
resilience, and terrestrial interfaces with marine systems. This year’s H2O conference begins to integrate
social equity considerations into program themes. Please join us to ensure that this conversation is led by
participants from Native Nations and other environmental justice communities.
H2O Equity Sessions on Tuesday, May 23
1:30 – 2:50 pm
Session 2D – H2O, Native Nations, and Environmental Justice
Strategies for building capacity in Indigenous communities and economically
disadvantaged communities of color to advocate on behalf of their communities
and meaningfully engage in local, state, federal and international government
proceedings related to fresh water, coastal, and ocean health.
Moderator: Angela Mooney D’Arcy, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
Anecita Agustinez, Tribal Policy Advisor, California Department of Water Resources
Additional Panelist TBA
Nidia Erceg,, Deputy Policy Director, Coalition for Clean Air; Assembly Speaker A.
Renden Appointment, Coastal Commission
Jennifer Lucchesi, Executive Officer, California State Lands Commission
Effie Turbull Sanders, Vice-Chair, California Coastal Commission
3:20 - 5:00 pm
Session 3D – Native Nations and Environmental Justice Caucus on
Coastal Issues
Photo Credit: Kinetic Agribusiness
This open caucus will enable community members from Native Nations
and southern Californian environmental justice communities to discuss
environmental justice policy implementations regarding coastal issues that are
anticipated locally and statewide.
Conference Scholarships Available
For members of Native Nations and other environmental justice communities, funding is available to cover
your conference registration fee, overnight lodging, and transportation to attend the conference as needed. To
join, please submit a short form detailing your anticipated travel and conference attendance plans at this link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H2OEquityFund. Deadline to get funded: Monday, May 22, 2017.
The conference is presented by UCI Oceans, Water UCI, and the Center for Environmental Biology in partnership with
the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, and the
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. The H2O Equity session and caucus are presented by Sacred Places
Institute for Indigenous Peoples and the UCI Community Resilience Project
Photo Credit:Thomas J. Story