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The following video consists of an online presentation by Miriam Torres of the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, which helps local groups build a statewide movement for water justice and Leonardo Vilchis of Union de Vecinos, whose members in the Southeast Los Angeles city of Maywood, recently gained control of their local water company.

The presentation took place on Sunday, July 17, 2011 in my Urban Eco-Systems Thinking class in Antioch University’s new Urban Sustainability M.A. program, and goes deeply into the issues that prevent so many people in California from access to affordable and clean drinking water.

For more about the struggle for clean water in the city of Maywood, check out this video by Urban Semillas.