VOICES FROM LA WALKERS Media by Teena Pugliese

REPORT OF RAJENDRA SINGH’S VISIT TO 3 CREEKS, PAYAHUUNADÜ By Gigi Coyle with Teena Pugliese Our intention at Walking Water and 3 Creeks continues to be to build support and deepen community around change called for in our world thru bringing the local and global water stories and peoples together.

THREE CREEKS STATEMENT photo by Teena Pugliese On February 21st 2023, after many years of dreaming and listening for the future of Three Creeks, Gigi Coyle and Win Phelps transferred title of this 5 acre oasis to the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, a tribal consortium of all

END OF YEAR LETTER & FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY Dear Friends,  We hope this finds you well as Winter approaches here in the Northern Hemisphere.  While Covid is still with us, Walking Water is emerging  from the pandemic with much learning about restorative rest and relational response. We have experienced a full

LA WALKS OF RESILIENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY - 2 By Gigi Coyle Photos by Teena Pugliese On November 18th and 19th, 2022 Walking Water and the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission (OVIWC) co-hosted Walks of Resilience and Accountability along the LA river/Paayme Paxaayt and an evening with film and conversation at

FROM HOME TO HEADWATERS By Nina Gordon-Kirsch Photo by Theresa Martin, at Highland Lakes, Hungalelti-Washoe Land Roughly five years ago, a seed was planted in my chest that I had to walk to my headwaters (read more here from a previous WW newsletter) and use the journey to

LA WALKS OF RESILIENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY After nearly 3 years of not holding walks due to the pandemic, we decided to begin our initiative Walks of Resilience and Accountability in Los Angeles, CA in partnership with the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission and members of the Tongva community. We walked with

WALKING TO THE HEADWATERS By Julia Maryanska 5 years ago, water protector, high school teacher and former Walking Water collaborator, Nina Gordon-Kirsch received a vision that she was meant to walk her waters – from the end use of her home in Oakland to the Headwaters. This Summer, she has

CURRENT WATER NEWS FROM PAYAHUUNADÜ Paul Huette and Noah Williams have the same great great grandparents, Jim and Sarah Hill.  Mr. and Mrs. Hill owned farm land in what used to be the community of Fish Springs, located five miles south of Big Pine.  The Hills obtained the land in

VISIONS FOR WATER JUSTICE By Dr. Sophia Borgias What would water justice look like in a region known for its history of injustice? This was a question I posed to more than two dozen individuals who have dedicated themselves to water issues in the Owens and Mono basins. These were