RiverWise is a newly launched initiative in Beaver County focused on using our rivers and their surrounding communities as wisely as possible. At the heart of this work is a concerted effort to organize stakeholders to dream, learn, and collaborate about the future of our rivers. We are encouraging this process in two ways. First, we are forming ecodistricts in three communities (Aliquippa, Monaca, and Beaver Falls). Second, we are conducting community assessments in a handful (number not yet certain) of river facing communities aimed at growing the infrastructure on the rivers, creating access to the rivers, and generating meaningful connections between the rivers and the communities through which they flow.

RiverWise

Erin Ninehouser is RiverWise's Photojournalist. She is a community photojournalist and the owner of Rustbelt Mayberry ...

Meet the Team: Erin Ninehouser

Kelly Powell is RiverWise's Managing Director. She has been a part of RiverWise since its origin and is the glue that holds the ...

Meet the Team: Kelly Powell

Ahmed “Tacumba” Turner Jr. is RiverWise's Environmental Justice Community Coordinator. He primarily works with projects that ...

Meet the Team: Tacumba Turner

Joseph Chaney is RiverWise's Videographer and Video Editor. He is also the owner of Joseph Chaney Media. Learn more about ...

Meet the Team: Joseph Chaney

Christopher Padgett is RiverWise's Director of Storytelling. He is a community documentary filmmaker and the owner of Human ...

Meet the Team: Christopher Padgett

Daniel Rossi-Keen, PhD is RiverWise's Executive Director and founder. He is the visionary behind the organization and also owns ...

Meet the Team: Daniel Rossi-Keen

Tyler Schaub is RiverWise's Environmental Justice Project Manager. He primarily works with projects that are a part of the Justice ...

Meet the Team: Tyler Schaub

Dani Brown is RiverWise's Director of Strategic Communication. She is a community journalist and leads RiverWise's Storytelling ...

Meet the Team: Dani Brown

Federal funding provided by the Biden-Harris Administration is making all kinds of innovation possible in new and exciting places.

The RISE Project: Federal Funding Creates Local Energy Innovation

November 2023 marked one year of operations for the Shell ethane cracker plant in Potter Township. In response, RiverWise ...

One Year On: A Community Responds to Shell&#39;s Presence

Many college students are eligible to receive SNAP benefits! The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides ...

Are you college student? You may be eligible for SNAP benefits!

One Year On: A Community Informed

One Year On: A Community Mobilized

One Year On: A Community Connected

One Year On: A Community Testifies

One Year On: A Community Speaks Out

One Year On: A Community Impacted

The Current in the Community: Lessons from the East Palestine Train Derailment on April 13, 2024, featured an art gallery, ...

The Current in the Community: Lessons from the East Palestine Train Derailment

RiverWise and New Sun Rising's Ignite Environmental Justice Workshops took place throughout the month of May 2024 at three ...

Ignite Environmental Justice: Introducing 20 Projects

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on June 25, 2024, shared its findings from a year-long investigation into the ...

National Transportation Safety Board assessment of EP train derailment

Our final Ignite Environmental Justice Workshop on May 30 was wonderful! Congratulations to Ginger Brooks Takahashi for ...

Ignite Environmental Justice Workshop: Monongahela Valley

Rob Two Hawks, an East Palestine resident, shares his experience of being caught in a riptide. Rob was interviewed as a part of ...

Still Here: &quot;Caught in a Riptide&quot;

We had an incredible evening on Wednesday, May 22, alongside New Sun Rising during the second Ignite workshop event, this ...

Ignite Environmental Justice Workshop: Ohio Valley

The first Ignite Environmental Justice Workshop on May 2 for Allegheny Valley was a success! Hosted by New Sun Rising and ...

Ignite Environmental Justice Workshop: Allegheny Valley

In late 2023, residents from Southwestern PA traveled to Memphis to learn from the Partnership for Southern Equity at the SURJE ...