In late Spring 2023, Dr. Reyes-Santos took a trip to Hermiston to conduct well water testing and community science with Euvalcree community members led by Willamette Partnership with funding from Oregon Health Authority. She was joined by Lynny Brown from Willamette Partnership, CRES alumn and Euvalcree Coordinator Rose Poton, Todd Jarvis from OSU, and OHA Representative Cheyenne Holliday.
Learn more about Oregon Water Futures well water testing here.
Recently, Dr. Reyes-Santos took a trip to Maxville Heritage Site on its 100-year anniversary honoring a historically Black town. She was joined by Prof. Ana-Maurine Lara (WGSS), Rachael Sol Lee (JFI Healers Project GE, English and ENVS PhD student), Zoe Gamell Brown (JFI Coordination GE, IRES PhD student), Lisa Arkin (Beyond Toxics), Eunice Blavascunas (Whitman College professor, lead of JFI experiential learning/field school in the PNW, podcast and storytelling project with students Land, Water, Justice), and her Whitman College students traveling to meet BIPOC rural communities in the Columbia River Gorge and documenting with JFI funding.
Learn more about Maxville here.
