Our Strategies
Bridge
the gap between policy makers and disadvantaged
communities.
Ensure
accountability among legislature and
agencies.
Advocate
on behalf of those communities left out of the decision-making
process
Build
capacity among impacted communities
to make changes in both policy and their daily living situations.
Empower
communities to fight for environmental
justice.
Organizations
have their own issue priorities such as economic development,
affordable housing, civil rights, pollution prevention, or human
health. All have recognized that water policy has far-reaching
implications for many of these issue areas, and EJCW seeks to
connect locally-focused grassroots efforts with state-level policy
work. We do this through three main avenues.
Community Voices, Community Visions
EJCW
hopes to facilitate broader participation in local and statewide
water policy and planning of communities not historically
involved and helping organizations that were not previously concerned
about water policy to find the connections between CALFED and
their own priority concerns.
Our
education and capacity-building activities are aimed to inform
and empower the public, affected communities, community leaders,
appointed and elected water decision-makers and officials to make
changes. In addition to functioning as a clearinghouse for information
on water and EJ issues, EJCW also hosts regional workshops throughout
the state.
