Hi friend,

Growing up in Dinuba in the Central Valley, my family and I worried about whether the water coming out of our tap was safe to drink. To this day, we still don’t trust that the water in our home is safe to drink.

Unfortunately, my experience is not novel. Over 1 million Californians don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water, including 100,000 in the Central Valley.

I’ve made it my mission to raise awareness about inequitable access to clean, safe drinking water in the Central Valley and encourage and organize my community to take action on this issue.

That’s what led me to become a California Environmental Voters Education Fund Ambassador earlier this year. The program aims to cultivate young leaders and help them build power to effect change on key issues. Naturally, my focus was water equity.

I was one of three Ambassadors in our first “cohort” who reached out to tens of thousands of Central Valley voters this past spring. And the Ed Fund just launched its second cohort (of 10 Ambassadors!!) spanning the Central Valley and Inland Empire.

This incredible program wouldn’t exist without the generosity of people like you, friend. That’s why I’m reaching out to you today:

Will you make a tax-deductible gift today to allow the EnviroVoters Ed Fund to continue to fund the Ambassador program and other critical programs like it?

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Many of the same agricultural workers who help the Central Valley produce a quarter of the country’s food supply return to homes without unsafe drinking water.

Heavy use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture, along with excessive groundwater pumping, have contributed to a contaminated water supply and depleted water sources here in the Valley.

Yet local and state officials do little to regulate our groundwater and hold polluters accountable.

As an inaugural Ambassador, I began laying the foundation to create a long-term, transformation in my community so elected officials and the state hear our concerns, act on them, and hold agriculture industry polluters accountable.

I forged relationships with community members. I talked with them about what issues they want to see their elected officials address. (Drought, water scarcity, and the need for clean drinking water were top of mind.) I listened to them. I heard their concerns. And I helped them by getting out the vote.

This is what we mean when we talk about building power, friend.

The work I did — and the work my Ambassador successors are doing — has me so optimistic about our collective ability to organize, mobilize, and effect change from the grassroots up on critical issues like clean water, clean air, and climate resiliency.

We must continue to grow efforts like the Ambassador Program and develop even more young climate champions up and down the state. This Giving Tuesday, I hope you consider making a tax-deductible gift to the EnviroVoters Ed Fund >> [link removed]

I wouldn’t be asking if it wasn’t important.

Thanks for being in this fight. Together, we are making our voices heard.

Emmanuel Agraz-Torres
2022 Ambassador
California Environmental Voters Education Fund
(formerly California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund)

California Environmental Voters Education Fund (formerly CLCV Ed Fund)
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California Environmental Voters Education Fund (EnviroVoters Ed Fund), formerly California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, exists to build power to solve the climate crisis, advance justice, and create a roadmap for global action. To protect our air, land, water, and future, we organize voters and educate lawmakers on bold policy change. Our vision is to solve the climate crisis, build resilient, connected, healthy communities, and create a democracy and economy that is just and sustainable for all.

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