Events
Check out events advocates are hosting!
Events are hosted by Forum participants and conveners. Find past recordings of quarterly calls under the Resources page. Contact Chrys to share your event here at cgarzon@greatlakes.org.
Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI) Forum members are welcome to join this coordinating call. Email Erin at ekanzig@rivernetwork.org to get the calendar invite.
This advocate-led, regionally organized session will discuss strategies for strengthening and diversifying funding pathways within and beyond SRFs and explore forward-looking, state-driven funding innovations that expand and sustain water infrastructure investment in the long term.
Some of the questions that this advocate-led discussion will cover include:
- Which states have established dedicated or recurring funds for water infrastructure, and what political or policy levers made that possible?
- How can advocates build momentum for state-based funding mechanisms or strengthen safeguards that protect SRF capital from diversion or depletion?
- What opportunities exist to push for continued or expanded federal appropriations—keeping pace with the transformative funding levels set by BIL?
Together, participants will explore how advocacy can influence state legislatures, financing authorities, and federal decision-makers to secure long-term funding for communities most in need of improved water infrastructure.
If you’re new to the SRF State Advocates Forum, or have been a part of this group but not very active in the last year, we invite you to join this quarterly welcome and orientation on Wednesday, November 19 at 4:00 PM ET to familiarize yourself with the Forum.
On this call we will:
1) Connect with other water infrastructure advocates,
2) Review the many resources that the Forum has created and curated to inform your understanding and advocacy needs,
3) Preview upcoming events and opportunities,
4) Answer your questions!
