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A digital poster with a blue background that reads: Virtual Media Briefing, Living in Harm’s Way: The Case for Investment and Technical Help in Community Disaster Resilience Zones. It includes headshots of five people: Rebecca Jim, L.E.A.D. Agency, Arif Ullah, South Bronx Unite, Hilton Kelley, Community In-Power and Development Association, Inc., Carletta Davis, We Matter Community Association, and Julie Nucci, Residents of the Village of Owego

Briefing: Building Resilience in Disaster Hotspots

A recap of the March 20 media briefing the Water Hub hosted in partnership with Anthropocene Alliance highlighting some of ...

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A digital poster with a blue background that reads: Virtual Media Briefing, Community-led Infrastructure in the Great Lakes, Grassroots groups tap federal clean water and climate resilience funds. It includes headshots of four people: Yvonka Hall from Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, Joe Fitzgerald from Milwaukee Water Commons, Tanner Yess from Groundwork Ohio River Valley, and David Ross from Junction Coalition.

Briefing: Community-led infrastructure in the Great Lakes

A recap of the Water Hub’s February 22 media briefing on community-led clean water and climate projects in the Great ...

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Celebrating water progress: new Just Infrastructure campaign

The Water Hub’s Just Infrastructure campaign celebrates the impact federal water funding is having in communities and ecosystems across the ...

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What is resilience really? 2024 water narrative predictions

Dive into a new year of narrative predictions with the Water Hub where we look at the stories behind climate ...

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Color of Water Greatest Hits 2023

Recapping some of the highlights for the Color of Water network in 2023. Media love, social media shoutouts, and ...

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The Color of Water Podcast Series: Elevating Diverse Voices in Water Expertise and Experience

Water Hub and waterloop announce the launch of the Color of Water podcast series to highlight experts of color in ...

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Briefing: Clean Water And Climate Preparedness in the Great Lakes

Two years after the Bipartisan Law allocated billions for clean water and climate readiness, we asked Great Lakes leaders to ...

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Salute to water solutions: Seven of our 2023 favorites

Our team looks back at some of our favorite solutions journalism from 2023.

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Waves of Impact: A Recap of WECR at One Water Summit 2023

Highlights from the 2023 One Water Summit, where the Water Equity & Climate Resilience Caucus emphasized water justice and narrative ...

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2023 reflections: Relationships and nature as infrastructure

The Water Hub's topline summary of water impacts for the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

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Fifth National Climate Assessment water toplines

The Water Hub's topline summary of water impacts for the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

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Infrastructure messaging that’s close to home and heart

How water infrastructure polling data can help us develop messages that tap into people's values.

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Frame, Tone, Messenger: How we can adapt communications to reach different audiences

Recap of our training on how we can modify the frame, tone, and messenger of our communications to reach different ...

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The future is accessible: Inclusive communications and digital best practices

Takeaways from the Water Hub’s Digital Accessibility Guide and River Network’s new Inclusive Communications Guide including accessible website and graphic ...

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Rippling effects: Water affordability advocates bring their stories to Capitol Hill

A recap on the Water Equity & Climate Resilience (WECR) Caucus' panel on water affordability and the need for a ...

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From ivory tower to real world: Collaborating with influencers to drive policy awareness

How to generate excitement and awareness for water and climate policy issues by partnering with social media influencers and content ...

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Issue Brief: Are Inflation Reduction Act drought dollars funding resilience?

In this issue briefing, we look back at one year of the Inflation Reduction Act and how local leaders hope ...

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Water Hub Staff Q&A: Zakiyaa Taylor

New Water Hub Communications Manager Zakiyaa dives into her roots and history with environmental justice work.

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Flood justice for frontline communities

With billions in federal dollars available to help communities prepare for rising seas and stronger storms, we asked national and ...

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How to use the power of images to enhance your organization’s storytelling

Learn photo and video tips including general principles and technical guidelines to help strengthen your visual storytelling skills.

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