Principled. Focused. Effective. These are the words our members chose when we asked them what words they most associate with Food & Water Watch. Our members are a diverse group — people of many backgrounds, regions, and interests coming together for safe food, clean water, and a livable climate. The consistency of their responses was eye-opening and heartening. It showed us that we share some simple, core beliefs. Truth matters. Science matters. We’re always ready to fight for the policies and solutions we know to be just and right. We can’t be bought or intimidated. We won’t be silenced. Each day, we see anti-democratic forces in our country seeking to destroy institutions and break civil society through violence — physical, emotional, and intellectual. They think they’ll win by denying the truth and distorting reality. We won’t let them. Climate chaos, once an abstraction, is now too real. We see it around us every day. And we see every day how the climate crisis intertwines with other crises that threaten our future and cause human suffering. The crisis of
an unstable food system, incapable of reliably feeding people. The water crisis that robs millions of their basic human right to clean, affordable public water. Food, water, climate. The connections are clear; our fight is focused. Food & Water Watch is effectively mobilizing people to shut down pipelines and power plants. Alongside our allies, we’re banning fracking — community by community, region by region. We’re forcing regulators to do their jobs by confronting the dangerous corporations that control our food. And we’re standing with local communities in their fight for public water and against corporate profiteers. Principled. Focused. Effective. Those words describe everything we do at Food & Water Watch because they describe you, our members, and what makes you such fierce guardians of our future. Facing unprecedented challenges and a barrage of bad news, you continue to fight for a brighter tomorrow, and we cannot thank you enough. Your commitment to a livable future has made a difference and we look forward to moving forward, together.
Wenonah Hauter Executive Director
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