WHO WE ARE

The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water is a network of more than fifty grassroots and intermediary organizations. EJCW works to empower community members to become strong voices for water justice in their communities. We enable community members to take control of their water resources by participating in water policy, planning and decisions. We ensure policy makers are listening to the concerns of community members and hold policy makers accountable for the heavy impacts water policy has on low-income communities and communities of color. Our coalition is building a collective, community-based movement for democratic water management and allocation in California.

The priorities of our member organizations range from indigenous sovereignty to immigrant rights. We all recognize that access to safe, affordable water is a crucial part of achieving economic development, a clean environment, and ensuring public health for low-income communities and communities of color. Member groups organize around contaminated drinking water, expansion of dams, and many other water-related issues.

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Water justice will only be achieved when inclusive, community-based forms of water management are developed and we address the health and environmental burens low-income communities and communities of color bear.

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The open sewer New River runs past many low-income homes in Calexico, CA

WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?

Environmental Justice is the right of every person to live, work and play in a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment.

Environmental justice demands that low-income communities and communities of color participate as equal players in decisions that effect their local environment and health.

Environmental justice demands that community experiences of toxic exposure, related health problems and degraded environments be addressed.

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