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The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water (EJCW) is a statewide coalition of grassroots groups and intermediary organizations building a collective, community-based movement for democratic water allocation, management, and policy in California. \u00a0EJCW empowers the most under-served communities, including those of low-income and communities of color throughout California to advocate for clean, safe, and affordable water.<\/p>\n
Mission: Our mission is to educate, empower, and nurture a community-based coalition that serves as a public voice and an effective advocate for environmental justice issues in California water policy.<\/p>\n
Vision: We envision all communities throughout California having access to safe and affordable water, clean rivers, streams, and bays for personal, cultural, ceremonial, and recreational uses.<\/p>\n
EJCW plays a critical bridge-building role in connecting grassroots communities and statewide policy advocates across California. We are building a broad movement for water justice by tackling structural inequity in how California\u2019s water resources are managed. Our goals are to:<\/p>\n
Communicate.<\/strong> We coordinate a statewide message on the importance of identifying and meeting the water needs of the most under-served communities in California.<\/p>\n Convene.<\/strong> We connect our members to each other and potential allies throughout the state. Our work brings a variety of local, regional and statewide partners together.<\/p>\n Collaborate.<\/strong> , In this and other ways, EJCW serves as the umbrella organization for California\u2019s water justice movement. We maintain a strong presence in Sacramento and have conducted many successful advocacy campaigns.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_cta admin_label=”Call To Action” button_url=”https:\/\/co.clickandpledge.com\/sp\/d1\/default.aspx?wid=41693″ url_new_window=”off” button_text=”DONATE NOW” use_background_color=”on” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_button=”off” button_letter_spacing=”0″ button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ saved_tabs=”all”] [\/et_pb_cta][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=”Sidebar” orientation=”right” area=”sidebar-1″ background_layout=”light”] [\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" < About EJCW The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water (EJCW) is a statewide coalition of grassroots groups and intermediary organizations building a collective, community-based movement for democratic water allocation, management, and policy in California. \u00a0EJCW empowers the most under-served communities, including those of low-income and communities of color throughout California to advocate for clean, safe, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1029","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n