Through a myriad of local, statewide and international partnerships, that included Community-Based Organizations, Environmental Justice Groups, Non-Governmental Environmental Entities, Coalitions, Tribal Leaders, City Departments and Community Leaders, the March for Water committee organized this event to promote responsible ways for all of us to move towards more sustainable water management.
As co-convener and lead organizing body of this event, Urban Semillas is committed to making this march a fun, interactive and educational opportunity for all attendees. Our passion for making water issues relevant to communities and in everyday people’s lives, drives our work. This march presents it self in a time when water management and conservation awareness is so needed. Water has been, is today and will always be that one resource, that one string that holds all together. The future of humanity and our ecosystem relies on it.
Anahuak Youth Sports Association is proud to be a co-convener of this event. In the past 5 years we have worked very hard to become involved in environmental justice issues that impact our constituency and the communities they represent. Our environmental programs at their core, always carry water as it’s main educational tool. In our typical style of utilizing soccer as a social outreach strategy, we are inviting our teams and their families to participate in this event and take action on water issues.
GREEN LA Coalition is glad to help raise awareness about the need to treat water like the precious resource it is. A march is a great way to engage people in a simple activity that we can all do together. We look forward to thousands of people having a good time on the march and at the end-of-march festivities, while also learning how we can all be more responsible with our water. The Water March is only the beginning of our education on water and advocacy for sustainable water policies and practices.
Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink. Food & Water Watch works with grassroots organizations around the world to create an economically and environmentally viable future. Through research, public and policymaker education, media, and lobbying, we advocate policies that guarantee safe, wholesome food produced in a humane and sustainable manner and public, rather than private, control of water resources including oceans, rivers, and groundwater.
The LA Water March, especially in these times of challenging water supplies, will show the interest and involvement in an issue that demands public participation. Los Angeles has shown that it can be a leader in water conservation with the hard work of community based organizations and it is time to do that again.
The Angeles Chapter was founded in 1911, so we have a long history in Southern California, starting first as the Southern California Section of the Sierra Club, then as the Southern California Chapter, and finally, as the Angeles Chapter. Our members have explored almost every nook and cranny of our region, both on their own and in tens of thousands of chapter-sponsored outings. Besides our many regional groups, our members have formed over a dozen specialized activity committees and sections, each with its own proud heritage.
The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water is humbled to be a co-convener of the first Los Angeles March for Water. The EJCW is a network of over sixty organizations working to advance water justice throughout California. We live in a state that abounds in resources but leaves many communities lacking basic access to clean, drinking water and safe watersheds to live, play and pray in. The EJCW is marching for water justice and to raise awareness of the disparities that low-income communities of color face in accessing water in California. The mismanagement of water around the world has created dire water conditions for millions and we are marching to demand a Human Right to Water locally and globally.
LA Conservation Corps employs young people to provide conservation services for government agencies and private contract sponsors throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Our crews show up in uniform and ready to work, along with an LA Conservation Corps staff supervisor and all the tools they need to successfully complete the job for the contract sponsor. On any given day, our labor force of more than 200 young people perform conservation services for sponsors as far and wide as the San Bernardino Mountains to the Channel Islands.
Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) is proud to be a part of the March for Water – a community walk to raise awareness about the importance of water to our planet, to our local environment and to our daily lives. We can and will find solutions that meet the growing needs of our region without adversely impacting the natural world. We look forward to the day when the Los Angeles River is swimmable, fishable, boatable AND drinkable! Together we will attain our goals, one step at a time.
Since the late 1980’s, Heal the Bay has been working towards making the Southern California coastal waters and watersheds safe, healthy, and clean. We use research, education, community action and advocacy to pursue our mission. It is a pleasure to participate in the Water March 2009 and see the community empower itself. Trash and toxins from the streets that get into our city’s storm drains continue to pollute our rivers and ocean; sometimes even killing marine animals. The spirit of this march embodies the same message that we carry every day: it is up to each one of us to take action. Together, we can make a difference!
The National Hispanic Environmental Council (NHEC) is proud to join this great cause with other supporters in an effort to raise our communities’ awareness on water issues. NHEC seeks to educate, empower, and engage our community on environmental and sustainable development issues, such as informing our community on the importance of water in our local environment and lives as a whole. It is very important to raise awareness on such issues in order to lead our community in the direction of constructing a cleaner and brighter future for them and future generations.
