Episode 4

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Published on:

7th Dec 2024

Delta Flows Podcast Ep. 4 (ft. Keiko Mertz & Ashley Overhouse)

Women have been the catalysts of many points of change through means of social and environmental justice and system reform. What does this look like when women work in these systems? What can be done to strive towards reshaping harmful experiences into bringing about more transformative change? This episode of Delta Flows discusses Women in Water, featuring Ashley Overhouse and Keiko Mertz regarding their ongoing policy work and experiences shared as women in this line of water and environmental work.

Learn more about Ashley’s work with Defenders of Wildlife as the Water Policy Advisor

for Defenders of Wildlife’s California Program.

Learn more about Keiko’s work with Friends of the River as their Policy Director.

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This podcast is a production of Restore the Delta.

Host - Tony Gladney

Guests – Ashley Overhouse and Keiko Mertz

With Our Words Segment:

Tama Brisbane & Miniya Joy featuring Giovonni Tilley

Production Team:

Guest Coordination - MacKenzie Owens

Podcast Marketing - Ashley Castaneda & Mariah Looney

Podcast Producer & Editor - Leo Marquez

Executive Producer - Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla

Show artwork for Delta Flows

About the Podcast

Delta Flows
Delta Flows is a podcast from Restore the Delta hosted by Tony Gladney.
Delta Flows is a podcast from Restore the Delta hosted by Tony Gladney.

Join us to learn about California’s complex water system, discussing themes particularly surrounding the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as well as the Bay-Delta watershed, from community, science, environmental justice, advocacy, to other expansive topics with individuals from across the state and country.

Restore the Delta’s mission is to ensure the health of the Bay-Delta estuary and Delta communities. In operation since 2006, Restore the Delta works in the field of advocacy and outreach, and has expanded its efforts through means of extensive policy work, water quality testing, carbon capture sequestration analysis, flood and land restoration projects, sustainable agriculture, and community outreach and engagement.

Restore the Delta is a 501c3 non-profit organization, please visit our website to learn more about our organization at restorethedelta.org

Delta Flows is made possible by Restore the Delta’s team, including Producers Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Mariah Looney, Cintia Cortez, MacKenzie Owens, Delta Flows’ Host Tony Gladney, and Executive Producer and Editor Leo Marquez.