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EJCW in Transition
Dear
friends and colleagues of EJCW:
Like
many other nonprofits working for social justice in the state, EJCW has faced
organizational challenges during the past couple of years. The main challenge
is the reduction of more than 50% in our funding sources, due to the impact of
the recession on foundation assets available to environmental and social
justice grant-making. In
response to this unexpected downturn in available philanthropic funding and in
an effort to reduce administrative expenses, EJCW closed its offices in Los
Angeles, Oakland, and Sacramento.
Despite
these challenges, we have continued to advance water justice and had many significant
successes during the past year, including
the signing into law four of the six bills on the Human Right to Water. This is an unprecedented victory
that we are extremely proud of.
Moving
forward, we have entered a period of re-structuring the organization and
re-focusing our program priorities, in light of our reduced budget and staffing
capacity. We view the transition planning process as an important component of
our broader effort to ensure EJCW’s long-term sustainability, and as a
foundation for our work in the coming year and beyond.
Please
stay tuned for future updates. In the
meantime, we invite you to contact any member of the EJCW Board of Directors if
you have any questions or concerns.
For
Water Justice,
The EJCW Board of Directors:
Please direct your questions and phone calls to:
PO Box 70532
Oakland, CA 94612
tel: (510) 907-1922
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