{"id":6460,"date":"2026-01-29T19:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/?page_id=6460"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:41:04","slug":"2026-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026-events\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n<h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"2728\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"2728\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Landkeeping: In Conversation with Jared Aldern, Theresa Gregor, Kelsey Leonard, Natasha Caverley and Elizabeth Logan<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: WOOD, WATER, LAND<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1189144280?h=b7e46655d9&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>April 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p>ICW presented a dynamic conversation celebrating the release of <i>Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships<\/i>, forthcoming in April 2026 from Oregon State University Press. <i>Landkeeping<\/i> offers powerful and engaging perspectives on Indigenous fire stewardship and its vital role in ecological health, cultural continuity, and land-based kinship. In this webinar, the authors discussed the book\u2019s collaborative vision, the resurgence of Indigenous fire practices, and how renewed ecological partnerships can guide more just and resilient futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Jared Aldern<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-CaLns3Vr80\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-CaLns3Vr80\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Jared Aldern is a grant writer, historian, fire practitioner, and a cofounder of the Sierra-Sequoia Burn Cooperative; he has over thirty years of experience partnering and collaborating with Tribal Nations in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Theresa Lynn Gregor<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-CaLns3Vr80\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-CaLns3Vr80\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Theresa Lynn Gregor, a Kumeyaay and Yo\u00e9me scholar, researches California American Indian women, Tribal sovereignty, cultural revitalization, and environmental resilience. She leads Mataguay Consulting Services LLC to support Indigenous sovereignty, nonprofit leadership, community service, and survivance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Natasha Covetery<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-CaLns3Vr80\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-CaLns3Vr80\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Natasha <\/span><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Caverley<\/span> is a multiracial Canadian woman of Algonquin, Jamaican and Irish heritage. She holds a M.Ed in Counselling Psychology and an Interdisciplinary PhD in Organizational Studies from the University of Victoria. <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Natasha<\/span> has held research and policy analyst and organizational development positions within Indigenous, non-Indigenous and public service organizations specializing in community facilitation, project management and organizational behaviour. In the <i>Landkeeping Anthology<\/i>, she is a co-author for the \u201cFire Culture as \u2018Good Medicine\u2019: The Revitalization of First Nations Cultural Burning Practices in British Columbia, Canada\u201d and \u201cWe Are Fire: Revitalizing Indigenous-led Fire Practices in the kisisk\u0101ciwani-s\u012bpiy mask\u0113ko ask\u012by\u201d book chapters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-CaLns3Vr80\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Kelsey Leonard<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-CaLns3Vr80\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-CaLns3Vr80\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Kelsey Leonard is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate and Sustainability and an Associate Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo. She is an enrolled citizen of the Shinnecock Nation and a leading scholar in Indigenous water governance, climate justice, and Earth law. Her work brings together Indigenous science and law to support water protection, ocean kinship, and community resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n<h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"109\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"109\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Globalized Ecologies: California &amp; the Middle East<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Conference: A collaboration between USC Dornsife Department of Middle East Studies, USC Dornsife History Department, and Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West<\/p>\n<p>April 23, 2026 Doheny Memorial Library<\/p>\n<p>Though situated a world apart, California and the Middle East are linked by aridity, petroleum, and the social arrangements they have helped foster. But what does it mean to think ecologically across noncontiguous space? By bringing together scholars of both regions, Globalized Ecologies examined such ideas through overlapping pasts and presents of extraction, environment, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists: Environment-as-Infrastructures<\/strong><br \/>\nJames Tejani (CalPoly)<br \/>\nLeila Harris (UBC)<br \/>\nKaveh Ehsani (DePaul)<br \/>\nJoanne Nucho (USC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists: Extractive Ecologies<\/strong><br \/>\nDarren Dochuk (Notre Dame)<br \/>\nNatalie Koch (Syracuse)<br \/>\nMandana Limbert (CUNY)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Afternoon Session Discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam Deverell (USC)<br \/>\nLauren Kelly (USC)<br \/>\nBandar Alsaeed (USC)<br \/>\nCiruce Movahedi-Lankarani (USC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n<h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"3475\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"3475\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Aqua: In Conversation with Chiara Barzini, David Ulin, and Bill Deverell<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: WOOD, WATER, LAND<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1186373871?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 17, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join ICW and Third LA hosted USC Professor of English David Ulin, ICW Co-Director Bill Deverell, and author Chiara Barzini as they discussed California\u2019s complicated history with water. Barzini drew on her research for her new book, Aqua, in which she explores how the LA Aqueduct shaped LA\u2019s landscape and film history, both in culture, myth, and economic reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-3Sw4rMcUhL\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-3Sw4rMcUhL\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Chiara Barzini<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-3Sw4rMcUhL\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-3Sw4rMcUhL\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Chiara Barzini is an Italian author and screenwriter,\u00a0nominated among the 100 most influential Women of 2020 by Forbes Italy.\u00a0She is the author of the story collection\u00a0<em>Sister Stop Breathing<\/em>\u00a0(Calamari Press), the novel\u00a0<em>Things That Happened Before The Earthquake<\/em>\u00a0(Doubleday), and an upcoming non-fiction book about the Los Angeles aqueduct and the reckless dreams called\u00a0<em>Aqua<\/em> (Canongate), published in Italy in April 2025 with the title <em>L\u2019Ultima Acqua<\/em> (Einaudi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-3Sw4rMcUhL\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-3Sw4rMcUhL\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">David Ulin<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-3Sw4rMcUhL\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-3Sw4rMcUhL\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>David Ulin is Professor of the Practice of English, and editor of the journal <i>Air\/Light<\/i>. He is the author or editor of 20 books, including the novel <i>Thirteen Question Method;<\/i><i>Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles<\/i>, shortlisted for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay; and <i>Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology<\/i>, which won a California Book Award. The former book editor and book critic of the <i>Los Angeles Times<\/i>, he has written for <i>The Atlantic Monthly<\/i>, <i>Harper\u2019s<\/i>, <i>Virginia Quarterly Review<\/i>, <i>The Paris Review<\/i>, and <i>The New York Times<\/i>; his essay \u201cBed\u201d was selected for <i>The Best American Essays 2020<\/i>. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and Ucross Foundation, as well as a COLA-IMAP Master Artist Grant from the City of Los Angeles. He has also edited <i>The Didion Collection<\/i>, including <i>Didion: The 1960s and 70s, Didion: The 1980s and 90s<\/i>, and<i> Didion: Memoirs and Later Writings, <\/i>for Library of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n<h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"7950\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"7950\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Old is New Again: Mass Timber in Sustainable Architecture<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: WOOD, WATER, LAND<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1181726161?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 9, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ICW and Third LA hosted a timely and thought-provoking webinar exploring the future of massed timber in architecture, design, and urban development. Featuring Christopher Hawthorne, architectural critic and cultural commentator, Nina Mahjoub, structural engineer and advocate for equitable, climate-responsive cities, and Jose Machuca, structural engineer and practitioner advancing timber innovation, this session examined how mass timber is redefining design, construction, and environmental performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-tIXJDYkNmp\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-tIXJDYkNmp\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Christopher Hawthorne<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-tIXJDYkNmp\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-tIXJDYkNmp\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Christopher Hawthorne is an architecture critic, educator, and filmmaker.\u00a0 He currently serves as a senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture. He served from 2018 to 2022 as the first Chief Design Officer for the city of Los Angeles. From 2004 to 2018 Hawthorne was the architecture critic for the <i>Los Angeles Times<\/i>. His writing on architecture and the arts has also appeared in the <i>New York Times<\/i>, <i>The New Yorker<\/i>, <i>The Atlantic<\/i>, <i>Harvard Design Magazine<\/i>, <i>Architect<\/i>, <i>Architectural Record<\/i>, <i>Domus<\/i>, and many other publications. With Alanna Stang, he is author of <i>The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture<\/i> (Princeton Architectural Press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-tIXJDYkNmp\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-tIXJDYkNmp\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Jose Machuca<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-tIXJDYkNmp\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-tIXJDYkNmp\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Jose Machuca is a Technical Director and the Mass Timber Design Lead with the international engineering firm Holmes. As a practicing structural engineer on the West Coast for over 14 years, he has extensive experience in the design, analysis, and detailing of buildings in highly seismic regions. Inspired by architectural designs that celebrate load paths, Mass Timber design has become a focal point in his career. By leveraging his broad project and material type expertise, Jose has successfully executed both hybrid and full mass timber solutions for commercial, residential, industrial, and existing buildings. Some of his recent Mass Timber projects in California include 42XX in Marina del Rey and The Kind Project in Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-tIXJDYkNmp\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-tIXJDYkNmp\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Nina Mahjoub<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-tIXJDYkNmp\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-tIXJDYkNmp\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Nina Mahjoub leads the Holmes Southern California office. She brings extensive experience with a variety of construction types, and she realizes creative environments through insightful structural designs. Her expertise in high-performance structural design is invaluable for both new construction and historic renovations. As a LEED Accredited Professional, she is committed to progressive and environmentally-responsible building design. She recently served as Chair of SEAOSC\u2019s Sustainable Design Committee and is a member of the US Green Building Council. Looking to the future of sustainable construction in California, Nina is excited about mass timber\u2019s potential as an emerging building material. One of her most recent Mass Timber projects in California is 42XX in Marina del Rey\u2014a visionary office campus that reimagines the office grid with a hybrid of mass timber, steel, and concrete. <b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>City of Wood: In Conversation with James Buckley<\/h2>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: WOOD, WATER, LAND<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1179687062?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 2, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ICW hosted University of Oregon&#8217;s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">James Buckley<\/span><\/span> in a conversation on Buckley\u2019s book <em data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"243\">In City of Wood<\/em>, the discussion explores how capitalists and workers logged California\u2019s redwood forests to generate the materials and financial capital that built <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">San Francisco<\/span><\/span>. Blending labor, urban, industrial, and social history, Buckley reveals how the remote woods and the urban core functioned as interconnected poles in a dynamic regional system. Discover how capitalist resource extraction linked distant landscapes to the making of a modern metropolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-nd09s9JFWN\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-nd09s9JFWN\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">James Buckley<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-nd09s9JFWN\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-nd09s9JFWN\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Michael Buckley is an urban planner and historian in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Master\u2019s degree in urban planning and a PhD in Architecture from UC Berkeley and has taught at UC Berkeley, MIT, and the University of Oregon. His book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (University of Texas, 2024), has been awarded the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award (Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2025), the J.B. Jackson Award (American Association of Geographers, 2025), and the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize (UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes, 2025).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"24433\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"24433\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Imagery of Water: In Conversation with Photographer Brad Temkin<\/h2>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE AMERICAN WEST<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1168949915?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>February 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p>ICW will host photographer Brad Temkin, who uses photographs to explore the delicate interdependence between people, infrastructure, and the natural water and land systems in the American West. This lively conversation will include a specific focus on the story of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the Owens Valley, facilitated by Dr. Bill Deverell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-FzOdrPDRMI\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-FzOdrPDRMI\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Bradley Temkin<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-FzOdrPDRMI\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-FzOdrPDRMI\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Brad Temkin is a photographer whose work has been exhibited internationally, including at The Field Museum, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Sivori Art Museum (Buenos Aires), the Southeastern Museum of Photography, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the George Eastman Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, among others. His photographs are held in the permanent collections of institutions such as The Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Amon Carter Museum, the George Eastman Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography.<\/p>\n<p>Temkin\u2019s work has been featured in <i>Aperture<\/i>, <i>TIME<\/i>, <i>Black &amp; White Magazine<\/i>, and <i>European Photography<\/i>. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017 and has received two Illinois Arts Council Fellowships (2007 and 2024). He is the author of three monographs: <i>Private Places<\/i>, <i>Rooftop<\/i>, and <i>The State of Water<\/i>. Temkin has taught photography at Columbia College Chicago since 1984 and continues to mentor emerging artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"4142\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"4142\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Photo Clubs in the West: In Conversation with Carolin G\u00f6rgen<\/h2>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE AMERICAN WEST<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1166732990?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>February 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>ICW hosts Carolin G\u00f6rgen, Associate Professor of American Studies at Sorbonne Universit\u00e9. Dr. G\u00f6rgen shares her research on the California Camera Club, one of the largest photography networks in the early 20th century. Dr. G\u00f6rgen is joined by Dr. Bill Deverell, ICW Co-Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-MKBEo1GcKz\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-MKBEo1GcKz\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Carolin G\u00f6rgen<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-MKBEo1GcKz\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-MKBEo1GcKz\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Carolin G\u00f6rgen is Associate Professor of American Studies at Sorbonne Universit\u00e9. A historian of photography and the American West, she researches the histories of photo networks in the western United States and their environmental afterlives. G\u00f6rgen\u2019s research has been supported among others by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Huntington Library, and the Thomas Mann House. She was a 2025 Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"4142\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"4142\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Unpacking an Image: In Conversation with Marni Sandweiss<\/h2>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE AMERICAN WEST<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Sandweiss 2.12.26\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1164501418?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>February 12, 2026, 12:00 \u2013 1:00pm PST<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sandweiss explores what one photograph can reveal about a Civil War photographer, his subjects, and the world around him.\u00a0 In 1868, celebrated Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner posed six federal government peace commissioners with a young Indigenous girl wrapped in a blanket. The hand-labeled prints carefully name each of the men, but the girl is never identified. In her book, <i>The Girl in the Middle<\/i>, Dr. Sandweisssearches for the girl\u2019s identity, and draws readers into the entangled lives of the photographer and his subjects. In conversation with Dr. Bill Deverell, this webinar explores Dr. Sandweiss\u2019 research and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-wllhWMJ2ig\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-wllhWMJ2ig\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Martha A. Sandweiss<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-wllhWMJ2ig\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-wllhWMJ2ig\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Martha A. Sandweiss is professor emerita of history at Princeton University, where she is founding director of the Princeton &amp; Slavery Project. She is the award-winning author of many books, including <i>Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception across the Color Line<\/i> and <i>Print the Legend: Photography and the American West<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n<h2 data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"9515\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Behind the Lens: In Conversation with Laura Wilson<\/h2>\n<p>SPRING 2026 WEBINAR SERIES: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE AMERICAN WEST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1164492298?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>February 5, 2026, 12:00 \u2013 1:00pm PST<\/p>\n<p>ICW hosts Laura Wilson as she discusses her photography and understandings of the American West. Wilson\u2019s portraits and images span from Montana to Mexico, trick riders to writers. The conversation includes a discussion of her time working with and book about Richard Avedon, <i>Avedon at Work: In the American West<\/i><i>.<\/i> Laura Wilson is joined in conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Logan, ICW Co-Director.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-k5Bov2jUhf\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-k5Bov2jUhf\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Laura Wilson<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-k5Bov2jUhf\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-k5Bov2jUhf\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Laura Wilson is a photographer and author whose work has appeared in <i>The New Yorker<\/i>, the <i>New York Times Magazine<\/i>, <i>Vanity Fair<\/i>, <i>GQ<\/i>, London\u2019s<i> Sunday Times Magazine<\/i> and the<i>Washington Post Magazine<\/i>. Her books include: <i>Watt Matthews of Lambshead<\/i> (1989; second edition 2007; third edition 2023), <i>Hutterites of Montana<\/i> (2000), <i>Avedon at Work: In the American West<\/i> (2003), <i>Grit and Glory: Six-Man Football<\/i> (2003), <i>That Day: Pictures in the American West<\/i>(2015), <i>From Rodin to Plensa: Modern Sculpture at the Meadows Museum <\/i>(2018), <i>The Writers: Portraits by Laura Wilson <\/i>(2022) and <i>Roaming Mexico <\/i>(2025). She was awarded the Royal Photographic Society of England\u2019s Book of the Year for <i>Avedon at Work<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"151\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">Health as Property with Dr. Nic Jon Ramos<\/h2>\n<p>IN PERSON AT USC FROM THE ASE RACE GENDER AND SEXUALITY RESEARCH CLUSTER<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6465 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/RAGES-Nic-Ramos-Event-Poster-225x300.png\" alt=\"Poster promoting book talk event with yellow highlights on a map of LA and an image of the author\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/RAGES-Nic-Ramos-Event-Poster-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/RAGES-Nic-Ramos-Event-Poster-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/RAGES-Nic-Ramos-Event-Poster-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/RAGES-Nic-Ramos-Event-Poster-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/RAGES-Nic-Ramos-Event-Poster-1280x1707.png 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/RAGES-Nic-Ramos-Event-Poster.png 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>February 4, 2026, 4-6pm PST, Kaprielian Hall (KAP) Room 445 at USC<\/p>\n<p><em>Health as Property<\/em> shows how responses to racism can be predatory, harmful, and dangerous to poor people of color. Nic John Ramos examines a Black-led academic medical center known as King-Drew that was built in response to the 1965 Watts Uprising. Forged by the political willingness of white voters to experiment with anti-poverty programs in poor neighborhoods of color, the health system\u2019s multiple missions represented the freedom dreams of civil rights, Black Power, welfare rights, and consumer rights activists in the 1960s and 1970s. <em>Health as Property<\/em> demonstrates how healthcare policy in America is both labor and real estate policy, and as such preserves health as the property of a select few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen113035130_36=\"95\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen113035130_36=\"95\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time113035130_36=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired113035130_36=\"1\">The Water Remembers: In Conversation with Amy Bowers Cordalis<\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1161201541?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>January 29, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Join ICW for a lively conversation with Amy Bowers Cordalis about her recent work, The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family\u2019s Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life. \u00a0Ms. Cordalis explores the impact of the damming of the Klamath River on the people who depend upon the river, and the role her organization has played in conservation. \u00a0Amy will be joined by ICW\u2019s Co-Director Bill Deverell.<\/p>\n<p><em>To hear more from Amy, check out ICW&#8217;s podcast &#8211; Western Edition Season 5. Amy is a contributor to <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/season-5-watersheds-west\/\">Episode 3: Free the Klamath<\/a>. You can also read an excerpt from Amy&#8217;s book,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Water Remembers<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/02\/02\/excerpt-from-the-water-remembers-my-indigenous-familys-fight-to-save-a-river-and-a-way-of-life\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-2LLFacnouT\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-2LLFacnouT\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Amy Bowers Cordalis<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-2LLFacnouT\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-2LLFacnouT\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Amy Bowers Cordalis is a mother, fisherwoman, attorney, and member and former General Counsel of the Yurok Nation\u2014the largest Indigenous Nation in California. She is currently the cofounder and executive director of the Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, a nonprofit advancing Indigenous sovereignty through the protection of cultural and natural resources, including the undamming of the Klamath River. She is the recipient of the UN\u2019s highest environmental honor, Champions of the World Laureate, and has been named to the second annual TIME100 Climate List (2024), featuring the one hundred most influential leaders driving business to real climate action. 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