![The quieter side of the bridge over the Red Lake River in downtown Crookston, Minnesota. Image courtesy of Caryn Mohr.](https://i0.wp.com/openrivers.lib.umn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Red-Lake-River-bridge.jpg?fit=330%2C248&ssl=1)
Water and Equity
Water has long played an important role in my life. In fact, it played a role in my very beginning. Like all of you, I first lived in a water environment, then was born into this world. A few weeks later, I was baptized with water. This sacrament joins me with many others that share my faith traditions, and water is sacred in many traditions.